Glen Balch, MD, MBA, FACS
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RoleColon and Rectal Surgery
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Specialty
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Practicing Since2007
Background
Dr. Balch is the inaugural chief of the Emory Division of Colorectal Surgery. He received his MD degree from the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, completed his general surgery residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, and completed surgical oncology and colorectal surgical oncology fellowships at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Before joining Emory, he was at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he directed the surgical oncology program as well as Parkland Memorial Hospital's Surgical Oncology Clinic. Prior to that he was at Feinberg School of Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Dr. Balch's specialties include surgical robotics, honed by supervising the surgical oncology robotics program at UT Southwestern for seven years, and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion (HIPEC), an innovative cancer treatment that delivers highly concentrated, heated chemotherapy directly to the abdomen, which allows for higher doses of chemotherapy than systemic chemotherapy delivery.
Titles & Roles
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Professor and Chief, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of SurgeryEmory University School of Medicine
Education & Training
Education
- Fellowship, Surgical Oncology, 2007Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Residency, General Surgery, 2005Vanderbilt Medical Center
- Internship, Surgery, 1999Vanderbilt University
- Medical Education, , 1998The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Board Certifications
- SurgeryAmerican Board of Surgery, 2006
Professional Memberships
- American College of Surgeons, Fellow
- American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, Member GI Cancer Committee
- North Texas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
- Society of Surgical Oncology, Annual Symposium Scientific Program Committee
- Honorary Member of the Hellenic Society of Surgical Oncology
Clinical Trials
Dr. Balch's articles have been published in a number of leading journals, including the American Journal of Surgery, Annals of Surgical Oncology, The American Surgeon, and Annals of Surgical Oncology.
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