Dr. Robert Guyton, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory SOM

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Robert A. Guyton, MD

Academic Appointments

		Distinguished Charles Ross Hatcher, Jr., Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

		Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Training Program, Emory

Clinical Appointment

Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University Hospital

Telephone

404.778.3836

Affiliations

		Emory Crawford Long Hospital
		Emory University Hospital
		Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
		Grady Memorial Hospital
		Atlanta VA Medical Center

Board Certification

		American Board of Surgery
		American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Medical School

Harvard Medical School, Class of 1971

Postgraduate Training

		Internship, General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery Residencies, Clinical Fellowship in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1971-1978

		Chief Resident in Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, 1978-1979

Current Editorial Boards

Clinical Cardiology

Current Organizational Memberships

		American College of Surgeons, Fellow

		American Association for Thoracic Surgery

		American College of Cardiology

		American Surgical Association

		Society of Thoracic Surgeons: Council on Health Policy and Relationships; Chair, Workforce on Communication

		Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

		Thoracic Surgery Directors Association

		Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education, Board of Directors

Clinical and Research Interests

		Off pump coronary artery bypass
		Bypass surgery
		Cardiac revascularization
		Mitral valve prolapse
		Myocardial infarction
		Valve repair/replacement
		Adult congenital heart surgery

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member

1980