Emory Faculty
Emory Faculty
Edward Lin, DO
Surgery, Minimally Invasive General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, General Surgery
Emory University Hospital Midtown Campus
550 Peachtree Street Northeast, Medical Office Tower, Fl 14, Atlanta, GA 30308 +2 More LocationsAbout
Dr. Lin travels academically teaching laparoscopic and endoscopy techniques. He is involved in ongoing studies in the role of gut hormones in appetite control and diabetes. He pioneered single incision laparoscopic techniques for colon and solid organ surgery.
While Dr. Lin was a young surgeon training in New York City, the field of laparoscopic surgery exploded. He realized that many of the operations performed in the abdomen (liver, stomach, pancreas and colon) may be completed with smaller incisions which speed recovery. He has spent the past decade developing ways to perform these same operations with the least invasive approach as possible. This means some patients who have laparoscopic surgery for advanced colon cancer can receive chemotherapy in the same month. Dr. Lin's proudest moments have been seeing patients with diabetes come off insulin and survivors of stomach and esophagus cancers sending him notes seven years after surgery.
Dr. Lin sits on Editorial Boards of Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care, Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques, Surgery for Obesity and Related Disorders, and Bariatric Times. He holds a patent on endoscopic surgery device.
Languages
- English
Emory Affiliation
- Emory Clinic - School of Medicine Faculty
- Emory Healthcare Network
- Emory Physician Group Practice
Academic Title
- Professor
Academic Profile
Year Started Practicing
- 2002
Locations
Emory University Hospital Midtown Campus
550 Peachtree Street Northeast
Medical Office Tower, Fl 14
Atlanta,
GA
30308
Emory Bariatrics Center
550 Peachtree Street Northeast
Medical Office Tower, Fl 7
Atlanta,
GA
30308
Emory at Decatur - Specialty Surgery
2665 North Decatur Road
Ste 130
Decatur,
GA
30033
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Credentials
Education
- Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine, Endosurgery, 2002
- Residency: New York Hospital Hospital of Queens, 2001
- Fellowship: Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital at New Brunswick, Surg Metab-Nutritional Support, 1999
- Residency: New York Hospital Hospital of Queens, General Surgery, 1996
- Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center, General Surgery, 1995
- Medical Education: Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center, DO, 1993
Board Certifications
- Surgery (General Surgery), American Board of Surgery, 2003
Awards
- Junior Surgery Residents Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, 2009
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Grant, 2002
Jameson L. Chassin Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, New York Hospital, Queens, 2000, 2001
Surgical Infection Society Research Grant, 1998
Professional Memberships
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Fellow, American Gastroenterological Association
American Foregut Society
International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
Society for the Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
