Provider search
Print
Seth D. Force Emory Faculty
Seth D. Force Emory Faculty

Seth D. Force, MD

Thoracic Surgery

Telehealth Visits Available

Booking information not available

(404) 778-7973
Book Online

About

Dr. Force has a national reputation as an outstanding thoracic surgeon whose research focuses on outcomes in  and thoracic diseases with a particular interest in minimally invasive surgery for lung and esophageal cancer. Dr. Force's other interests include diseases of the mediastinum and hiatal hernia and reflux surgery. Dr. Force became the head of the section of General Thoracic Surgery in 2014 and was named the Kamal A. Masour Professor of Surgery in 2019. 

Video about Seth D. Force

Languages

  • English

Emory Affiliation

  • Emory Clinic - School of Medicine Faculty
  • Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
  • Emory Healthcare Network
  • Emory Physician Group Practice

Academic Title

  • Professor

Academic Profile

Year Started Practicing

  • 2001

View my Winship Cancer Institute profile

Credentials

Education

  • Fellowship: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Thoracic Surgery, 2003
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Surgery (General Surgery), 2001
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1999
  • Internship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Surgery (General Surgery), 1995
  • Medical Education: Tulane University School of Medicine, MD, 1994

Board Certifications

  • Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2004
  • Surgery (General Surgery), American Board of Surgery, 2002

Awards

  • Emory Provider Excellence Award, 2017
  • Atlanta's Top Doctors, Atlanta Magazine, 2009, 2011-2019
  • America's Top Surgeons, Consumers' Research Council of America, 2010
  • Thoracic Surgery Teacher of the Year Award, Emory University School of Medicine, 2010
  • Woodruff Leadership Academy, 2008

Professional Memberships

  • American College of Surgeons, Fellow
  • Association for Academic Surgery
  • American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow
  • International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Pulmonary Transplant Council
  • Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
  • American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
  • Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  • American Society of Transplant Surgeons
  • American Society of Transplantation
  • International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • American Association of Thoracic Surgeons