
Overview
Raymond Givens is a Transplant Surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Givens has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Transplant, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 30 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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Locations
550 Peachtree Street Northeast, MedicalOfficeTower, Atlanta, GA 30308
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.
Piedmont Transplant Institute
A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dr. Gracon earned his medical degree from Michigan State University School of Medicine in East Lansing, Michigan, and completed his residency in General Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. He went on to complete his fellowship in Abdominal Transplant Surgery at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. Prior to joining Piedmont, he practiced as a Transplant Surgeon at Ochsner Health in New Orleans, Louisiana.Dr. Gracon is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He specializes in kidney, pancreas and liver transplantation, and has a special interest in donor organ optimization and emerging technology.In his spare time, he enjoys travel, home projects, gardening, and golf.Dr. Gracon welcomes new patients and accepts most major insurance plans. Dr. Gracon is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
Allan Kirk is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Kirk is rated as a Distinguished 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.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- Cardiogenic ShockDr. Givens isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiogenic Shock.
- Heart FailureDr. Givens isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Heart TransplantDr. Givens isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Transplant.
- Pulmonary EdemaDr. Givens isAdvanced. Learn about Pulmonary Edema.
- Experienced
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Givens isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Givens isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Givens isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ApoplexyDr. Givens isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Givens isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
