PDF of Dr. Kirshbom's CV

Academic Appointment

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

Clinical Appointments

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

Telephone

404.785.6330

Affiliations

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

Board Certification

		American Board of Surgery
		American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Medical School

Johns Hopkins Medical School, Class of 1991

Postgraduate Training

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

Current Organizational Memberships

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

Honors and Awards

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

Clinical Interests

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

Research Interests

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

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member

2002

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