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Dr. Atef Salam

 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

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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