Kirk R. Kanter, M.D.
Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Heart and Lung Transplant Program
Endowed Chair, The Kanter Endowment
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
1365 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: 404-785-6330, 800-542-2233
Fax: 404-785-6266
kkanter@emory.edu
Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Education/Training
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Internship: Emory University School of Medicine (Internal Medicine)
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine (Internal Medicine), Johns Hopkins Hospital (Surgery and Thoracic Surgery)
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Cardiac Surgery); The Brompton Hospital, Middlesex, England (Pediatric Cardiac Surgery); Harefield Hospital, London, England (Thoracic Transplantation and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery)
Certification
- American Board of Surgery, 1987
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1988, 1996 (recertified)
Professional/Scientific Societies
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- American Association for Thoracic Surgery
- American Heart Association
- American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society
- Continuing Medical Education Committee, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Council on Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, American Heart Association
- Editorial Board, Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association
- Lunar Society for Congenital Cardiac Surgery
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
- Fellow, American Heart Association
Research
Dr. Kanter participated in numerous research endeavors through Emory University School of Medicine in association with the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health. Research focus in the field of cardiac assist and cardiac replacement and the surgical management of congenital heart disease with an emphasis on early correction in infancy.
Areas of Interest
- Cardiac assist and cardiac replacement
- Heart, lung and heart/lung transplantation
- Mechanical circulatory assistance
- Staged Norwood palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Ross procedure, arterial switch procedure and Fontan procedure
- Extracorporeal membrane (ECMO) for the management of postoperative cardiac failure in infants
Publications/Presentations
- Selected journal articles authored / co-authored by this physician are available at the National Library of Medicine
- More than 80 national and international scientific presentations
- Authored 8 book chapters
- Authored/co-authored more than 100 journal articles
- Authored/co-authored more than 40 journal abstracts
Honors and Awards
- Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Freshman Award, 1970-71
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- SAMA-MECO Scholar, 1973
- American Cancer Society Fellowship, 1974
- Alpha Omega Alpha, 1974
- President, Alpha Omega Alpha, 1975-76
- George D. Zuidema Surgical Residents’ Research Award, 1981
- Frederick A. Surgical Society Scholarship, 1983
- President’s Award for Best Scientific Paper, Annual Meeting, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, 1994
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