Department of Surgery Centennial

The presentations on August 28, 2025 were provided by the divisions of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pediatric Surgery. Part I of the presentation was hosted by Dr. Gary Bouloux whose presentation was titled Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: “Rags to Riches.” Part II was hosted by Dr. Matthew Clifton and was titled Pediatric Surgery at Emory: Past, Present, and Future.

Dr. Bouloux joined the Emory Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 2006 as director of the OMFS residency. In 2020, he transitioned from this role to serve as interim chief of Emory OMFS before being appointed as chief in February 2024.

Dr. Clifton has served as chief of the division of Pediatric Surgery since 2020 after having served as interim chief for more than two years. Dr. Clifton earned his medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and completed his internship, junior residency, research fellowship, and general surgery residency at the University of California, San Francisco. He joined the Emory Department of Surgery in 2010 after completing his Emory pediatric surgery fellowship.

The presentations on December 18, 2025 were provided by the divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Plastic Surgery. Part I of the presentation was hosted by Dr. Michael Halkos whose presentation was titled Emory Cardiothoracic Surgery: Where We Are Going and the Impact of Superspecialization and Part II was hosted by Dr. Albert Losken and was titled A History and Review of Emory Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Halkos is a Professor of Surgery and an academic cardiac surgeon-scientist with expertise in minimally invasive cardiac surgery, specifically in robotic mitral valve surgery and robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass surgery, hybrid coronary revascularization, and hybrid atrial fibrillation ablation. He was the Department of Surgery's first faculty member to receive an NHLBI K-23 Award, and currently serves as principal investigator for multiple industry- and NIH-sponsored trials.

Dr. Losken is the Program Director of the Division of Plastic Surgery at Emory University where he has taught since 2002. He is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Losken has garnered special recognition for his contributions to the field of plastic surgery: his peers voted him one of Atlanta’s Top Doctors, and he has been named Teacher of the Year at Emory three times, most recently in 2012. He is also an Honorary Clinical Tutor for the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

The presentation on February 26, 2026 was provided by the division of Vascular Surgery, hosted by Dr. Yazan Duwayri whose presentation was titled Decades of Excellence and Innovation: Vascular Surgery at Emory Surgery.

Dr. Yazan Duwayri is a Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy at Emory University and Emory Healthcare in Atlanta. He holds the prestigious John E. Skandalakis Chair in Surgery and serves as Co-Director of the Emory Aortic Center.

The presentation on February 26, 2026 was provided by the Surgery at Grady Division, hosted by Dr. Keith Delman, whose presentation was titled History of Grady Surgery.

Dr. Delman is Professor and Chief of Surgery at Grady at Emory University. Among other accomplishments, Dr. Delman served as program director of the Emory General Surgery Residency from 2011-2020 and assisted in establishing the Emory Surgery Global Surgery Program in 2011, one of the first American Board of Surgery-approved international surgical training experiences.