Seth D. Force
MD
Dr. Force has a national reputation as an outstanding thoracic surgeon whose research focuses on outcomes in lung transplantation and thoracic diseases.
Titles and Roles
- Kamal A. Mansour Professor in Thoracic Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology Program
- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
- Chief, General Thoracic Surgery
- Emory University Hospital
- Surgical Director, Adult Lung Transplant Program
- Emory University Hospital
- Co-Director, Emory Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Center
- Emory University Hospital
- Director, Emory Thoracic Surgery Robotics Program
- Emory University Hospital
- Thoracic Surgeon
- Esophageal Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Cardiac Tumors
- Research Program
- Cancer Prevention and Control
Biography
As a fellow at Barnes Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine, Dr. Force worked with Dr. Joel Cooper, who is credited with performing the first successful lung transplant. Since becoming the surgical director of Emory's adult lung transplant program in 2003, Dr. Force has improved the service's transplant survival rates by revamping its protocols and procedures. The program's lung transplant volume has also tripled to 30 transplants annually from an average of 10 per year prior to Dr. Force's arrival.
Education
Dr. Force earned his medical degree at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. He completed his internship and residency at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He then completed his fellowship at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis, Missouri.
Research
Below is a listing of current federal grants for the above principal investigator.
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Awards
Dr. Force has earned the following awards:
- Atlanta Magazine's "Top Doctors," 2009-2012, 2015-2018, 2020, 2022
- 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