Dr. Kirk Kanter, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, Emory SOM

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Kirk R. Kanter, MD

Academic Appointment

Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Appointments

		Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston

		Director, Heart and Lung Transplant Programs, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston

Telephone

404.785.6310

Affiliations

		Emory University Hospital
		Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston

Board Certifications

		American Board of Surgery
		American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Medical School

Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, Class of 1976

Postgraduate Training

		Internship in Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 1976-1977

		Residency in Internal Medicine, Emory, 1977-1978

		General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery Residencies, Research Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1978-1984

		Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England, 1984

		Fellowship in Pediatric and Adult Cardiac Surgery and Heart and Lung Transplantation, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, England, 1985

Current Organizational Memberships

		Alpha Omega Alpha

		American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Representative to the CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) Advisory Board of the American Medical Association

		American Heart Association, Fellow

		American Medical Association

		American Society of Transplant Surgeons

		Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society (CHSS)

		International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

		Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association

		Society of Thoracic Surgeons: Director-at-Large, Board of Directors; Council on Education and Member Services Operating Board; Workforce on Nomenclature and Coding

		Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Councilor, Executive Council

		World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

		United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), "Best Practice" Subcommittee

Current Editorial Boards

		Annals of Thoracic Surgery
		Associate Editor, Journal of Pediatric Transplantation

Honors and Awards

		Finalist, Physician Category, Annual Healthcare Heroes Awards, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2009, 2004

		President's Award for Best Scientific Paper, Annual Meeting, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, 1994

		Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society Scholarship, 1983

		George D. Zuidema Surgical Residents' Research Award, 1981

Clinical Interests

		Pediatric cardiac surgery with emphasis on the Norwood procedure and the Ross procedure

		Adult and pediatric heart and lung transplantation

		Cardiopulmonary transplantation

		Tracheal surgery

Research Interests

		Cardiac assistance and replacement

		The surgical management of congenital heart disease with an emphasis on early correction in infancy

		Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for the management of postoperative cardiac failure in infants

		Mechanical circulatory assistance

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
1988

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