Thomas F. Dodson, MD

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Academic Appointments

• Professor of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
• Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program, Emory
• Associate Chairman, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Telephone
404.778.3320

Affiliations

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

Certifications
General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Vascular Surgery

Education

• MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Class of 1973
• Residency in General Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, completed 1979
• Research Fellow in Surgical Oncology, The Peter Bent Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 1983-1984
• Fellowship in Vascular Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, 1987-1988

Honors and Awards

• Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2007-2008, 2005-2006, 2003-2004
• Selected for Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2006
• J.R. Amerson Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, Emory, 1999
• Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, Vascular Surgery Section, Department of Surgery, Emory
• Boylston Society Teacher of the Year Award, Harvard Medical School, 1987
• Teacher of the Year, Selected by the Surgical Residency Council, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 1985

Organizational Memberships

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow, Education Task Force
• Alpha Omega Alpha
• Association for Surgical Education
• Eastern Surgical Society
• The International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
• Georgia Surgical Society
• Atlanta Vascular Society

Clinical Interests

• Peripheral vascular disease of the upper and lower extremities
• Vascular disease of the mesenteric vessels
• Thoracoabdominal aneurysms
• Abdominal aortic aneurysms including endovascular repair
• Carotid artery disease
• Pediatric vascular diseases and anomalies

Research Interests

• Problems in vascular surgery
• General surgery education issues

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
1988

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