Kevin J. Farrell, MD

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Faculty Appointment
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Appointment
Co-Director, Grady Memorial Hospital Burn Unit

Telephone
404.616.7311

Affiliation
Grady Memorial Hospital

Board Certification
General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

Medical Degree
Marquette School of Medicine (now the Medical College of Wisconsin), Milwaukee, WI, Class of 1968

Postgraduate Training

• General Surgery Residency, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1973-77
• Clinical Fellowship in Trauma, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 1978-79

Honors and Awards

• Teacher of the Year in General Surgery, 1999-2000, Physician of the Year, 1998, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA
• Selected by Positive Medicine as one of the 250 most positive role models for younger physicians and medical students in the US, 199
• Army Commendation Medal for Outstanding and Exceptional Meritorious Service as a Staff Surgeon at the US Army Institute for Surgical Research (Army Burn Center), 1983-85
• Outstanding Attending Surgeon Award for Contributions to Resident Education, selected by the Surgical Residents of West Virginia University, 1981-82

Organizational Memberships

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• International Society of Oxygen Transport to Tissue
• American Burn Association
• International Society for Burn Injuries
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Clinical Interests

• Burn care
• Surgical critical care
• Multiple organ failure
• Blood transfusion

Research Interests

• Multiple organ failure
• Global oxygen transport
• Blood transfusion
• Critical care of burn patients

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
2000

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