Dr. Thomas G Heffron MD
Surgeon
101 Woodruff Cir Room 5105 Wmb Atlanta GA, 30322About
Dr. Thomas Heffron is a general surgeon practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Heffron specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Heffron provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Univ of Ne Coll of Med, Omaha Ne 1982
University of Nebraska, Omaha, NB
University of Nebraska College of Medicine 1982
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Preemptive ganciclovir for CMV viremia in liver transplantation.
- Interferon-alpha and ribavirin for the treatment of recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation.
- Mycophenolate's influence in the treatment of recurrent hepatitis c following liver transplantation.
- Osteoporosis screening in an outpatient liver transplant clinic: impact of primary immunosuppression.
- Prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients being evaluated for liver transplantation.
- Can patients awaiting liver transplantation elicit an immune response to the hepatitis A vaccine?
- Hepatitis C treatment outcomes of African Americans following liver transplantation.
- Can current technology be integrated to facilitate laparoscopic living donor hepatectomy?
- Nonresponders of interferon/ribavirin treatment for recurrent hepatitis C following liver transplantation.
- Peripheral eosinophilia and eosinophilic gastroenteritis after pediatric liver transplantation.
- Relationship between immunosuppression and osteoporosis in an outpatient liver
- Surgical innovations in the treatment of children with end-stage liver disease.
- Does interferon use prior to liver transplant influence hepatitis C outcomes following transplantation?
- Common hepatic duct with five tributaries: a dangerous anomaly in hepatic resection and living donor liver transplantation.
- Liver retransplantation in children: the Atlanta experience.
Treatments
- Liver Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Immunodeficiency
- Hepatitis C
- Hernia
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