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Richard R. Ricketts, MD
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Academic Appointments
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Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School
of Medicine, Emory
Children's Center |
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Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory |
Clinical Appointment
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Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Emory Children's Center |
Telephone
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404.727.3779 |
Affiliations
Board Certification
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American
Board of Surgery, 1979, recertified 1995, 2004; Certificate of
Special Competency in Pediatric Surgery 1982, recertified 1989, 2001 |
Medical School
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Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, Class of 1973 |
Postgraduate Training
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General
Surgery Internship and Residency, LA County-USC Medical Center, Los
Angeles, CA, 1973-1978 |
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Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Children's Memorial
Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1978-1980 |
Honors and Awards
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Resident
Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, Emory, 1984 and 1989 |
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Pediatric Surgery "Teacher of the Year," 2004, 2005 |
Current Organizational Memberships
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American
Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow |
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American
College of Surgeons, Fellow
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American Pediatric Surgical Association
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Association of Pediatric Surgery Resident Training Directors
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Children's Oncology Group
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Pediatric Oncology Group: Membership
Committee;
Surgical Principal Co-Investigator, Emory
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Southeastern
Surgical Congress, Fellow
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Southern Medical Association
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Southern Surgical Association
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British Association of Pediatric Surgeons
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Core Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Committee
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Societe Internationale de Chirurgie, U.S. Chapter
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Georgia Surgical Society
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Greater Atlanta Pediatric Society |
Clinical Interests
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Neonatal surgery |
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Prenatal consultations |
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Necrotizing enterocolitis |
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Hirschsprung's disease |
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Pediatric oncology |
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Thoracic surgery |
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Appendectomy |
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Biliary tumors |
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Bronchoscopy |
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Colitis |
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Crohn's disease |
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Gallbladder
surgery |
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Gastroesophageal reflux |
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Gastrointestinal surgery |
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Graves'
disease |
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Hemangioma |
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Hernia |
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Inflammatory bowel disease |
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Laparoscopic
surgery, especially applied to gallbladder, liver tumor, lymphomas,
sunken chest, ulcerative colitis |
Research Interests
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Neonatal
necrotizing enterocolitis |
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Pediatric oncology |
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
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1980 |
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