Paul M. Kirshbom, MD
PDF of Dr. Kirshbom's CV
| Academic Appointment |
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Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department
of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine |
| Clinical Appointments |
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Director, Operative Services, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston |
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Medical Director, Cardiac Extracorporeal Membrane Support (ECMO), Children's
Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston |
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Quality Officer, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta |
| Telephone |
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404.785.6330 |
| Medical School |
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Johns Hopkins Medical School, Class of 1991 |
| Postgraduate Training |
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General Surgery Residency and Clinical and Research Fellowship in Cardiothoracic
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 1991-2000 |
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Clinical and Research
Fellowships in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children’s Hospital
of Philadelphia, 2000-2002 |
| Current Organizational Memberships |
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American
College of Surgeons |
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American
Medical Association |
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Southern Thoracic Surgical Association |
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American
Heart Association |
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Society of Thoracic Surgeons |
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Congenital Heart Surgeons Society |
| Honors and Awards |
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Howard
Hughes Summer Research Fellowship, 1988 |
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Phi Beta Kappa, 1987 |
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Beneficial
Hodson's Scholarship, Johns Hopkins University, 1984-1987 |
| Clinical Interests |
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Neonatal
and infant cardiac repairs |
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Congenital heart disease (CHD) |
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Neurological
protection |
| Research Interests |
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Protection
of the brains of children and neonates during cardiopulmonary bypass
and circulatory arrest |
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Neurologic protection in post-cardiopulmonary
bypass (CPB) and circulatory arrest (DHCA) |
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Evaluation of genetic factors
involved in the development of single ventricle heart disease and the
survival of children with these types of anomalies |
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Collaboration with
members of the Georgia Institute of Technology and other major pediatric
cardiac surgery centers in the evaluation of blood-flow energy losses
for children with palliated single ventricle heart disease |
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Long-term
outcomes following repair of various congenital heart diseases |
| Year Joined Emory as a Faculty
Member |
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2002 |
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