Allan Pickens, M.D.
The Emory Clinic
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Thoracic Surgery
Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Thoracic Surgery
Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Specialties:
Surgery (Board certified since 2002)
Thoracic Surgery (Board certified since 2004)
Transplantation
Surgery (Board certified since 2002)
Thoracic Surgery (Board certified since 2004)
Transplantation
Areas of Clinical Interest:
esophageal cancer
lung cancer
esophageal cancer
lung cancer
Office(s) Locations:
Emory University Hospital Midtown
550 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 686-2515
The Emory Clinic 'A'
1365 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30322
Emory University Hospital Midtown
550 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 686-2515
The Emory Clinic 'A'
1365 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30322
Year Started Practicing at Emory: 2008
Organizational Leadership Memberships:
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
American Society of Clinical Oncology
European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
American Society of Clinical Oncology
European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
Major or Recent Publications:
Diversity of the Angiogenic Phenotype in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer . Am Journal of Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology, March 2007.
Fast Tracking after VATS Lobectomy, Segmentectomy, Pneumonectomy . The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, November 2007.
Surgical treatment of epiphrenic diverticula: a 30-year experience . The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December 2007.
Transhiatal esophagectomy in the profoundly obese: implications and experience . Annals of Thoracic Surgery, August 2007.
Two thousand transhiatal esophagectomies: changing trends, lessons learned . Annals of Surgery, Sept 2007.
Awards:
Society for Surgery of the
Alimentary Tract Resident Research Award, 1998
UAB Department of Surgery
Resident Research Award, 1999
University of Michigan
Clinical Innovation Fund Recipient for Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Resections, 2005
Society for Surgery of the
Alimentary Tract Resident Research Award, 1998
UAB Department of Surgery
Resident Research Award, 1999
University of Michigan
Clinical Innovation Fund Recipient for Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Resections, 2005
Education:
Medical School
University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 1995
Residency
University of Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham, AL 2002
University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI 2004
Fellowship
Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA 2004
University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI 2005
Medical School
University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 1995
Residency
University of Alabama Hospitals, Birmingham, AL 2002
University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI 2004
Fellowship
Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA 2004
University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI 2005
