Academic Appointment

• Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Appointment

• Service Line Manager, Surgical and Perioperative Care Service Line, Atlanta VA Medical Center

Telephone
404.728.7621

Location of Practice

• Inpatient:
  Atlanta VA Medical Center
  Emory University Hospital
• Outpatient:
  Atlanta VA
  The Emory Clinic

Medical School
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Class of 1974

General Surgery Residency
Residency Training Program, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Affiliated Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, 1974-80

Fellowship/Advanced Training

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Ulcer Research and Education (CURE), Los Angeles, CA, 1980-81
• Clinical Fellow (for ERCP training with Dr. Ronald Passi), Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1983
• Clinical Fellow (for ERCP/Endoscopic Sphincterotomy Training with Dr. Peter Cotton), The Middlesex Hospital, London, England, 1984-85
• Clinical Manager's Institute, Veterans Administration, San Francisco, CA, Cleveland, OH, and Washington, DC, 1996

Board Certification

• National Board of Medical Examiners
• American Board of Surgery

Medical License
Georgia and California

Honors and Awards

• Best Doctors in Atlanta, 1997-98, General Surgeons, Atlanta Magazine
• Best Doctors in America: Southeast Region, 1997-98, General Surgeons, Woodward/White Inc.
• Best Doctors in Atlanta, 1996-97, General Surgeons, Atlanta Magazine
• Best Doctors in America: Southeast Region, 1996-97, General Surgeons, Woodward/White Inc.
• Physicians Recognition Award, American Medical Association, 1983-86

Current Editorial Boards

• Pancreas
• International Journal of Pancreatology

Current Organizational Memberships

• American College of Surgeons: Fellow, Governor
• Veterans Administration National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VA NSQIP), National Executive Committee
• VA NSQIP/CICSP Surgical Quality Data Use Committee
• American Pancreatic Association
• Association for Academic Surgery
• Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS): Chairman, Nominating Committee; Executive Committee; Council of Chiefs
• AVAS Foundation Board, Executive Committee
• Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons: Legislative Committee, Guidelines Committee
• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
• Society of University Surgeons
• National Quality Forum Healthcare-Associated Infection Consensus Project, Technical Advisory Panel
• VA HSRD, Executive Committee, "Training Research Enhancement Program"
• VA Scientific Merit Review Board, Health Services and Research Development
• American Gastroenterological Association
• American Medical Association
• International Hepato-Biliary Pancreatic Association

Clinical Interests

• Endoscopic, laparoscopic, and open techniques
• Disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract, including the stomach, biliary tree, pancreas, and small bowel

Research Interests

• The regulatory control of pancreatic exocrine secretion, particularly bicarbonate
• Studies assessing surgical outcomes and informed consent processes

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
1993

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