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Experienced in Lung Transplant

Dr. Allan D. Kirk

Transplant Surgery | General Surgery
101 Woodruff Cir, Suite 5105 - Wmb, 
Atlanta, GA 
Accepting New Patients

Experienced in Lung Transplant
101 Woodruff Cir, Suite 5105 - Wmb, 
Atlanta, GA 
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Overview

Allan Kirk is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Kirk is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Malnutrition, Hepatic Ischemia, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Kidney Transplant, and Islet Cell Transplantation. Dr. Kirk is currently accepting new patients.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 210 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 4 articles in the study of Lung Transplant.

Specialties
Transplant Surgery
General Surgery
Licenses
Transplant Surgery in GA
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Accepted insurance plans:

Aetna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Cigna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • PPO
Humana
  • HMO
  • INDEMNITY
  • POS
  • PPO
Piedmont
  • HMO
  • POS

Locations

101 Woodruff Cir, Suite 5105 - Wmb, Atlanta, GA 30322
Call: 404-727-8380

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


3 Clinical Trials

SC2i VIPER: EnVenomation Investigation Pilot to Evaluate Recovery
SC2i VIPER: EnVenomation Investigation Pilot to Evaluate Recovery
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: August 12, 2025
Intervention Type: Other
Donor-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells, Alemtuzumab, Co-stimulation Blockade and Sirolimus for Tolerance Induction in Adult Kidney Allograft Recipients (ITN062ST)
Donor-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells, Alemtuzumab, Co-stimulation Blockade and Sirolimus for Tolerance Induction in Adult Kidney Allograft Recipients (ITN062ST)
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: February 21, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug, Biological
Study Phase: Phase 1
Regulatory T Cell Modulation in Kidney Transplantation With Biologic Blockade of Dual Effector Pathways, CD28 and IL-6 (CTOT-24)
Regulatory T Cell Modulation in Kidney Transplantation With Biologic Blockade of Dual Effector Pathways, CD28 and IL-6 (CTOT-24)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: October 09, 2024
Intervention Type: Drug, Biological
Study Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
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208 Total Publications

Corrigendum to "Antibodies to angiotensin II type 1 receptor and endothelin type A receptor are associated with cytokine production enriched for type 2 immune response and antibody production in pediatric kidney transplant recipients" [American Journal of Transplantation. Volume 25, Issue 11, November 2025, Pages 2329-2344].
Corrigendum to "Antibodies to angiotensin II type 1 receptor and endothelin type A receptor are associated with cytokine production enriched for type 2 immune response and antibody production in pediatric kidney transplant recipients" [American Journal of Transplantation. Volume 25, Issue 11, November 2025, Pages 2329-2344].
Journal: American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Published: December 13, 2025
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  • Kidney Transplant
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