Dr. Edward Lin, Division of General and GI Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, Emory SOM

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Edward Lin, DO

Academic Appointments

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

		Director, Emory Endosurgery Unit

Clinical Appointments

		Chief, GI and General Surgery, Emory Crawford Long Hospital

		Director, Emory Gastroesophageal Treatment Center

		Surgical Director, Emory Bariatric Center

Telephone

404.712.2196

Location of Practice

		Emory University Hospital

		Emory Crawford Long Hospital

		Atlanta VA Medical Center

		Grady Memorial Hospital

		The Emory Clinic

Medical School

Des Moines University-College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, Des Moines, IA, 1989-1993

Postgraduate Training

		Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York, NY, 1993-1995

		The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, 1995-96, 1999-2001

		Fellow, Laboratory of Nutrition and Surgical Metabolism, The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, 1996-1997

		Fellow, Division of Surgical Sciences, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, 1997-1999

		Laparoscopic and GI Surgery Fellow, Division of General and GI Surgery, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, 2001-2003

Board Certification

		American Board of Surgery

		Certified Nutrition Support Physician, National Board of Nutrition Support Certification

Medical License

New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Georgia

Honors and Awards

		Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Grant, 2002

		Jameson L. Chassin Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, New York Hospital, Queens, 2000, 2001

		Surgical Infection Society Research Grant, 1998

Organizational Memberships

		American College of Surgeons, Fellow

		Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons: Flexible Endoscopy Committee, Resident Education Committee, Publications Committee

		American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

		Society of Critical Care Medicine

		American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

		Society for the Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

		Association for Academic Surgery

		American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

		American Gastroenterological Association

		Southeastern Surgical Congress

		American Society of Bariatric Surgeons

		Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

		American College of Gastroenterology

Clinical Interests

		Colon cancer

		Colonoscopy

		Endoscopy

		Esophageal cancer

		Endoscopic GERD treatment (first surgeon in U.S. to perform endoscopic plication for GERD, Emory Crawford Long Hospital, 6/23/04)

		Stomach cancer

		Liver and pancreas surgery

		Laparoscopic surgery

		Bariatric surgery

		Hemorrhoid surgery

		Hernia surgery

Research Focus

		Inflammatory response syndrome and metabolic alterations related to gastrointestinal surgery, the goal being to identify biomarkers (cytokines and gut hormones) through standard molecular biology methodology as well as genomics analysis in patients undergoing surgery

		Endoscopic therapy and interventions of the gastrointestinal tract

Year Joined the Department of Surgery as a Faculty Member

2003