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Paul M. Kirshbom, MD
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Paul M. Kirshbom, MD

PDF of Dr. Kirshbom's CV

Academic Appointment

  green arrow Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Appointments

green arrow Medical Director, Cardiac Extracorporeal Membrane Support (ECMO), Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
green arrow Quality Officer, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Telephone

  green arrow 404.785.6330

Affiliations

green arrow Emory University Hospital
green arrow Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
green arrow The Emory Clinic

Board Certification

green arrow American Board of Surgery
green arrow American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Medical School

  green arrow Johns Hopkins Medical School, Class of 1991

Postgraduate Training

green arrow General Surgery Residency and Clinical and Research Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 1991-2000
green arrow Clinical and Research Fellowships in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2000-2002

Current Organizational Memberships

  green arrow American College of Surgeons
green arrow American Medical Association
green arrow Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
green arrow American Heart Association
green arrow Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Honors and Awards

green arrow Howard Hughes Summer Research Fellowship, 1988
green arrow Phi Beta Kappa, 1987
green arrow Beneficial Hodson's Scholarship, Johns Hopkins University, 1984-1987

Clinical Interests

green arrow Neonatal and infant cardiac repairs
green arrow Congenital heart disease (CHD)
green arrow Neurological protection

Research Interests

  green arrow Protection of the brains of children and neonates during cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest
green arrow Neurologic protection in post-cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and circulatory arrest (DHCA)
green arrow Evaluation of genetic factors involved in the development of single ventricle heart disease and the survival of children with these types of anomalies
green arrow 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
green arrow Long-term outcomes following repair of various congenital heart diseases

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member

  green arrow 2002

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