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Richard Ricketts, M.D.
Emory Children's Center
Professor of Pediatric Surgery
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery


Specialties
Pediatric Surgery (Board certified since 1982)

Area of Clinical Interest
Crohn's disease
Graves' Disease
appendectomy
biliary tumors
bronchoscopy
colitis
gallbladder surgery
gastroesophageal reflux
gastrointestinal surgery
hemangioma
hernia
inflammatory bowel disease
laparoscopic surgery
laparoscopy
laparoscopy-gallbladder
liver tumor
lymphomas
sunken chest
thyroid surgery
ulcerative colitis


Hospital Affiliation(s)
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Emory University Hospital Midtown
Grady Memorial Hospital

Additional spoken language(s)
 Spanish

Addresses Locations

Emory Children's Center
1276B McConnell Drive Decatur , GA 30033 Map to the office
(404) 982-9938


Year started practicing at Emory
1980

Education
Medical School
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 1973

Internship
Los Angeles County, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1974

Residency
Los Angeles County, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1978

Fellowship
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 1980

Organizational Leadership Memberships
American Academy of Pediatrics

American College of Surgeons

American Pediatric Surgical Association



Awards
AOA
Northwestern University, 1974

Teaching Awards
Surgical Residents, 1984 & 1989

Major or Recent Publications
Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain in Children . Oxford Textbook of Surgery, 2nd edition (2000), .

Hirschsprung's Disease . Oxford Textbook of Surgery, 2nd edition (2000), .

Mesenteric and Omental Cysts . Pediatric Surgery, 5th edition (1998), .

Necrotizing Enterocolitis . Swenson's Pediatric Surgery, 5th edition,1990.