Allan
Kirk,
M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Translant Surgeon, Kidney Transplant Program
Egleston
Professor of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
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Education and Training
Medical Degree:
Duke University School of Medicine,
Durham,
NC
Residency:
Surgery,
Duke University School of Medicine,
Durham,
NC
Fellowship:
Transplantation,
University of Wisconsin,
Madison,
WI
Professional Scientific Societies
- American College of Surgeons
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- American Society of Transplantation
- The Transplantation Society
- The Society of University Surgeons
- American Association of Immunologists
Publications / Presentations
- Authored/co-authored 117 publications
- Authored/co-authored 130 journal abstracts
- Participated in 140 national presentations
Awards/Honors
- Consumers’ Research Council of America “America’s Top Surgeons”, 2007
- American Society of Transplantation Clinical Science Investigator Award, 2006
- NIH Clinical Center Bench to Bedside Award, 2004 & 2006
Areas of Interest
- Minimizing the need for long-term immunosuppression in children
- Translation of transplantation tolerance induction strategies and immunosuppressive individualization/minimization approaches to the clinic
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