PDF of Dr. Force's CV

Academic Appointment

• Assistant Professor of Surgery and McKelvey Fellow in Lung Transplantation, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Appointments

• Surgical Director, Adult Lung Transplant Program, Emory University Hospital
• Emory Center for Respiratory Health, Scientific Council

Telephone
404.778.5345

Affiliations

• Emory University Hospital
• Emory Crawford Long Hospital

Board Certification

• American Board of Surgery
• American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Medical School
Tulane University School of Medicine, 1990-94

Postgraduate Training

• General Surgery Residency, 1995-99, Research Fellowship, Surgical Oncology Laboratory, 1997-1999, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, 2001-03

Current Organizational Memberships

• Association for Academic Surgery
• American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow
• International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
• American College of Surgical Oncologists
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• CTS Net, Resident's Editorial Board

Clinical Interests

• Thoracic oncology
• Reflux surgery
• Minimally invasive thoracic surgery
• Lung transplantation
• Microinvasive hyperhydrosis

Research Interests

• Efficacy of inductive therapy for lung transplantation
• Use of valgancyclovir in lung transplantation
• Role of GERD in chronic rejection in lung transplantation

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
2003

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