Allan Pickens, MD

Titles and Roles

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery: Emory School of Medicine
Director of Thoracic Oncology: Emory University Hospital Midtown
Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery: Emory University Hospital Midtown

Cardiothoracic Surgeon: Esophageal Cancer; Lung Cancer; Sarcoma

Research Program: Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics

Biography

Allan Pickens, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. Board certified in both general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery, Dr. Pickens specializes in treating lung and esophageal cancer, as well as, in performing lung transplantation and minimally invasive thoracic surgery.

After completing surgical training, Dr. Pickens was a faculty member at the University of Michigan from 2005-2009. He joined Emory in 2009.

Dr. Pickens is a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics research program at Winship Cancer Institute. He also holds memberships with American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

Education

Dr. Pickens received his BS in Microbiology from University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL in 1990. He received his Medical Degree from University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, AL in 1995. Dr. Pickens did general surgery residency at the University of Alabama, where he also did 2 years of basic science research studying the molecular biology of cancer. In 2004, he completed cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Michigan. Afterwards, he did a Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, CA and an Esophageal Cancer Fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.

Research

Dr. Pickens' research interests include clinical and translational lung cancer research, and minimally invasive surgical technology.

Publications

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Awards

Dr. Pickens is a recipient of the following awards:

Atlanta Magazine "Top Doctors," 2016, 2017
Cardiothoracic Surgery - University of Michigan Clinical Innovation Fund Recipient for Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Resections, 2005
UAB Department of Surgery Resident Research Award, 1999
General Surgery - Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Resident Research Award, 1998
Medical School - Dean's Scholarship