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Donald P. Atkinson, M.D.

Principal hospital base:
Allegheny General Hospital

Current professional and academic appointments (Include starting date):

1991 - present:   Senior Attending Surgeon, Division of General Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital
1997 - present:   Active Staff, North Hills Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
1997 - present:   Active Staff, Canonsburg General Hospital, Canonsburg, PA
1998 - present:   Assistant Professor of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine (formerly MCP Hahnemann)
2000 - present:   Surgery Clerkship Director, Drexel University College of Medicine (formerly MCP Hahnemann)
2001 - present:   Consultant, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
2002 - present:   Chairman, Allegheny General Hospital Cancer Committee, Pittsburgh, PA

Undergraduate medical education (including dates and degrees):

1972   M.D. University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS

Postgraduate medical education (including dates of internships, residencies, fellowships, etc.):

1972 - 1973:   Straight Surgical Internship, Wayne State University Affiliated Hospitals, Detroit, MI
1973 - 1975:   General Surgery Residency, Wayne State University Affiliated Hospitals, Detroit, MI
1975:   Surgical Oncology Residency, Memorial Hospital for Cancer & Allied Diseases, New York, NY
1976 - 1977:   General Surgery Residency, Wayne State University Affiliated Hospitals, Detroit, MI
1977 - 1979:   Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, NY

Student teaching awards:
Golden Apple Award Nominee, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002

Recent publications and presentations:

National/regional presentations:

Cotter J, Patel N, Cobb CF, Atkinson DA. "Clinical Usefulness of tTechnetium 99m Labeled Red Cell Scintigraphy in the Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding", Southeastern Surgical Congress, February 2003.

Other presentations:

Basic Science Conference, "Thyroid", Allegheny General Hospital, February 2003.

Medical Student Lecture, "Benign/Malignant Disease of the Liver", presented quarterly

Surgical Grand Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, "Therapy of Gastric Neoplasms", April 2002

Lecture to GI Fellows, Allegheny General Hospital, "Pancreatic Cancer", November 2001

Basic Science Conference, Allegheny General Hospital, "Thyroid", November 2001

Laparoscopic Lecture and Lab Session, Allegheny General Hospital, May 2001

Surgical Grand Rounds, Allegheny General Hospital, "Management of Periampullary and Pancreatic Neoplasm", December 2000.

Basic Science Conference, Allegheny General Hospital, "Thyroid Pathophysiology", September 2000.

Cancer Lecture Series, "Breast Cancer", Indiana Hospital, Indiana, PA, August 2000

Surgical Grand Rounds, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, October 1998.



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