Atef A. Salam, MD

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Academic Appointment

• Professor of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Appointment

• Chief of Vascular Surgery Service, Atlanta VA Medical Center

Telephone
404.778.3248

Affiliations

• Emory University Hospital
• The Emory Clinic
• Atlanta VA Medical Center
• Grady Health System

Certifications

• General Surgery
• Vascular Surgery

Education

• MD, Cairo University Medical School, Class of 1955
• Research Fellowship, Vascular Surgery and Portal Hypertension, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1966
• General Surgery Residency, University of Miami, completed 1968

Honors and Awards

• Teacher of the Year Award, Emory Surgical Residents, 2007
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Emory University School of Medicine, 2006
• Teacher of the Year Award, Emory Surgical Residents, 2003
• Awarded the Shield of Medicine by the Medical Scientific Society of Egypt for Being One of the Ten Most Outstanding Egyptian Doctors in the World, June, 2001
• Highest Award of Distinction from the Egyptian Medical Association for Lifetime Contributions to Surgical Education and Healthcare in Egypt, 1996
• Teacher of the Year Award, Emory Surgical Residents, 1984
• Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Emory University SOM, 1973

Organizational Memberships

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• Society of Vascular Surgery
• American Association of Vascular Surgery
• Southern Association for Vascular Surgery
• Southern Surgical Society
• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
• The Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
• Georgia Surgical Association
• The Medical Association of Georgia
• American Medical Association
• Egyptian Medical Association
• Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digest
• Association of Egyptian American Scholars
• Association of Veterans Affairs Surgeons

Special Interests

• Vascular and endovascular management of circulatory disorders including aneurysms, carotid, visceral and extremity vascular disorders
• Venous diseases
• Liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
1971

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