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Kamal A. Mansour

Certification: American Board of Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member: 1971

Dr. Mansour has been an Emory faculty member since 1971 and currently practices at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. He is widely known for perfecting a technique replacing the esophagus with a section of bowel. He was awarded the 2001 Shield of Medicine by the Medical Scientific Society of Egypt for being one of the ten most outstanding Egyptian doctors in the world, received the prestigious Emory Medal for distinguished service and notable professional and academic achievement in 2008, and received the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA) 2010 Inspiration Award in recognition of exceptional efforts in motivating, inspiring and cultivating the clinical and research efforts of upcoming generations of cardiothoracic surgeons. Dr. Mansour was only the second physician to receive this award.

Affiliations

Emory University Hospital Midtown

Emory University Hospital

Atlanta VA Medical Center

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston

Grady Memorial Hospital

Medical School

Ein Shams University Medical School, Cairo, Egypt, Class of 1954

Postgraduate Training

Internship, Tanta General Hospital, Tanta, Egypt, 1954-1955

House Officer, UNWRA, Jordan, 1955-1956

Surgeon, Baptist Hospital, Ajlun, Jordan, 1956-1960

Surgeon, Baptist Hospital, Gaza, Egypt, 1961-1962

Assistant Resident in Surgery, Church Home and Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1962-1963

Assistant and Chief Resident in Surgery, Georgia Baptist Hospital, Atlanta, GA, 1963-1966

Assistant and Chief Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory, 1966-1968

Current Organizational Memberships

American College of Surgeons, Fellow

American Association of Thoracic Surgery

American College of Cardiology, Fellow

American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow, Council on Critical Care

American Heart Association

American Medical Association

American Surgical Society

American Thoracic Society

Georgia Surgical Society

International College of Surgeons, Vice Regent Georgia

The International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus

Medical Association of Georgia

Medical Association of Atlanta

North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, Founding Member

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Southeastern Surgical Congress, Fellow

General Thoracic Surgical Club

Honors and Awards

2010 Inspiration Award, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Recipient, Emory Medal for 2008

Recipient, 2006 Emory School of Medicine Alumni Award of Honor

Establishment of the Kamal A. Mansour Professorship of Thoracic Surgery, June 2004, Emory SOM

Awarded Certificate of Recognition by the Atlanta VA Medical Center for 25 years of service, 2003

Honorary Chief, Thoracic Surgical Oncology Section, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, 2002

Awarded the Shield of Medicine by the Medical Scientific Society of Egypt for Being One of the Ten Most Outstanding Egyptian Doctors in the World, June, 2001

Special Interests

Major chest wall resections and reconstructions including adult pectus deformities, tracheal resections and reconstructions

Surgery for esophageal replacements

Major lung and esophageal resections