Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD

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Primary Academic Appointments

• Professor and John E. Skandalakis Chair of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
• Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, Emory

Secondary Appointments

• Professor (adjunct), School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University/Georgia Institute of Technology
• Faculty Member, Program in Physical, Materials, and Computational Sciences (PMACS), Emory University
• Faculty Member, Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Faculty Member, Polymer Engineering Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology

Telephone

• 404.778.3191 (Clinical)
• 404.727.8413 (Academic)

Affiliations

• Emory University Hospital
• The Emory Clinic
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston

Certifications

• General Surgery
• Vascular Surgery

Education

• MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Class of 1982
• PhD, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989
• Residency in General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, completed 1991
• Residency in Vascular Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, completed 1992

Honors and Awards

• Atlanta’s Top Doctors, "Atlanta Magazine," 2007
• Guest Editor, Seminars in Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Therapy 2006, June 2006
• Atlanta’s Top Doctors, "Atlanta Magazine," 2006
• Best Doctors in America, Castle Connolly Guide, 2006
• Best Doctors in America, Castle Connolly Guide, 2005
  
• 2003 Harvard-Longwood Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School, May 13-14, 2003
• Listed Among Emory University's Distinguished Faculty for 2002-2003
• Lipoproteins, Lipid Metabolism and Thrombosis, Study Section, American Heart Association, 2002-present
• 2002 Pacific Vascular Research Foundation Visiting Professor, University of California-San Francisco, Department of Surgery, March 20, 2002
• National Institutes of Health, Surgery and Bioengineering Study Section, 2001-2005
• Dean's Clinical Investigator, Emory University School of Medicine, 2000-2003
• Ad Hoc Member, NIH, Surgery and Bioengineering Section, 1999
• Member, Vascular Wall Biology I Study Section, American Heart Association, National Center, 1998
• Ad Hoc Member, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International Study Section, 1998
• Ad Hoc Member, National Science Foundation Study Section, 1998
• E.J. Wylie Traveling Fellowship, Society for Vascular Surgery/International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter, 1996-1997
• Faculty Fellowship Award, American College of Surgeons, 1994-1996
• Clinician-Scientist Award, American Heart Association, 1994-1999
• Young Investigator Award, American Heart Association, 1993

Current Editorial Boards

• Annals of Vascular Surgery
• Current Cardiology Reviews
• Vascular
• The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal

Current Organizational Memberships

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• American Society for Clinical Investigation
• Southern Surgical Association
• American Surgical Association
• Southern Association for Vascular Surgery
• Society of University Surgeons
• International Society of Applied Cardiovascular Biology, Executive Committee
• International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter
• Society for Vascular Surgery/American Association for Vascular Surgery, Advisory Committee to the President, Publications Committee, Vascular Specialty Action Committee
• American Vascular Association, Treasurer
• American Society for Cell Biology
• Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery, Chair, Issues Committee
• American Board of Surgery, Associate Examiner, Certifying Examination in Vascular Surgery
• American Board of Vascular Surgery, Board of Directors
• Peripheral Vascular Society
• Association for Academic Surgery
• Georgia Surgical Society
• Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Chemical Society
• Atlanta Vascular Society, Vice President
• Materials Research Society
• Society for Biomaterials
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Federation of the American Society for Experimental Biology
• American Heart Association, Leadership Committee for the AHA Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia

Clinical Interests

• Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms
• Aortic valve replacement surgery
• Carotid artery, renal artery and peripheral vascular arterial disease
• Therapeutic angiogenesis for peripheral atherosclerotic disease
• Endovascular surgery
• Limb preservation
• Lymphedema
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Portal hypertension
• Renal artery disease
• Venous diseases

Research Interests

• Tissue engineering with a particular emphasis on the design of new polymeric materials for organ/tissue regeneration based upon biomimetic principles. Other research areas include the role of cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans in the development of atherosclerosis and the development of immunoisolation strategies for cell transplantation.
• Clinical research interests focus on the endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms, wound healing and the use of biologics for the management of vascular disease.

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
1992

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