John R. Galloway, MD

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Academic Appointment

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

Clinical Appointments

• Director, Nutritional Metabolic Services, Emory University Hospital (EUH)
• Medical Director of Transplant and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, EUH
• Associate Section Chief for Critical Care, Nutrition and Metabolic Support, EUH

Telephone
404.727.5807

Location of Practice

• Inpatient: Emory University Hospital
• Outpatient: The Emory Clinic

Medical School
Emory University School of Medicine, Class of 1981

General Surgery Residency
Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, 1981-85

Fellowship/Advanced Training
Emory University School of Medicine: Research Fellowship in Portal Hypertension, 1983-85, Clinical Fellowship in Portal Hypertension, 1985-86

Board Certification

• American Board of Surgery
• Critical Care
• Certified Nutritional Support Physician

Medical License
Georgia

Honors and Awards

• Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, 2006
• 2006 Guide to America's Top Surgeons, Consumers' Research Council of America
• J. Richard Amerson "Dedication in Teaching" Award, 2004-2005, chosen by Chief Residents, Department of Surgery, Emory
• America’s Top Physicians Award, Consumers' Research Council of America, 2003
• Top Doctors Award in General Surgery, Atlanta Magazine, 2001
• Excellence in Surgical Education, Chief Residents Teaching Award, Emory, 1997
• Physician’s Recognition Award, American Medical Association, 1995
• Excellence in Scholarship, Patient Care, and Surgical Education, Chief Residents Teaching Award, Emory, 1993
• Recipient of Reader’s Digest/MAP-International Fellowship to Overseas Medical Missions, 1981

Organizational Memberships

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• Southern Surgical Congress
• American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
• Southern Medical Association
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Georgia Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
• Georgia Medical Association
• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
• American Association for the Study of Liver Disease
• American College of Gastroenterology
• Christian Medical and Dental Society
• Southern Surgical Association
• Atlanta Surgical Association, Charter Member
• Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Georgia Chapter

Clinical Interests

• Surgical nutrition
• Adrenal masses
• Biliary tumors
• Cirrhosis
• Colorectal cancer
• Crohn's disease
• Esophageal varices
• Gallbladder surgery
• Gastrointestinal surgery
• Gastrointestinal tumors
• Hernia
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Liver cancer
• Liver surgery
• Liver tumor
• Malabsorption syndrome
• Pancreatic surgery
• Pancreatitis
• Small intestine surgery
• Stomach surgery
• Variceal bleeding

Research Interests

• Mechanisms of intestinal adaptation in patients with short bowel syndrome
• Nutritional support in the critically ill patient
• Techniques in complex abdominal wall reconstruction
• Operative and non-operative therapy for variceal bleeding
• Surgical management of acute and chronic pancreatitis
• Complex hepatobiliary surgery

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
1987

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