Mark Wulkan

- Current Titles and Affiliations:

• Academic appointments:

Primary Appointments: Professor of Surgery (presumptive)
Northeast Ohio Medical University
8/2020 - present

Secondary Appointments: Professor of Pediatrics (presumptive)
Northeast Ohio Medical University
8/2020 - present

• Clinical Appointments:

Chair, Department of Surgery
Akron Children’s Hospital
8/2020 - present


- Previous Academic and Professional Appointments:

Professor of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
10/2011 – 7/2020

Professor of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
10/2011 – 7/2020

Associate Professor of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
10/2004 – 09/2011

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
10/04-09/11

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
7/1998 - 10/2004

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
7/1998 - 10/2004


- Previous Administrative Appointments:

Surgeon-in-Chief
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
2/2010 – 1/2020

Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
7/2010 – 9/2017

Program Director
Pediatric Surgery Residency
Emory University School of Medicine
2006 – 2013

Director of Medical Informatics
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
2004 – 2010

Surgical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
2001 - 2016


- Licensure/Boards:

Ohio License, 35.139193, (4/10/20)
Georgia License (6/4/1998)
National Board of Medical Examiners – Certificate (7/1/1990)

- Specialty Boards:

Board Certified General Surgery - Certificate (12/12/1995)
Recertified (12/14/2005)
Added Qualifications in Critical Care – Certificate (10/18/1996)
Special Qualifications in Pediatric Surgery – Certificate (3/20/2000)
Recertified (10/2/2009)

- Education:

Emory College 1981 - 1985
Atlanta, GA

Degree: B.S. Biology/B.A. Chemistry - May 13, 1985 - Emory

Honors: Alpha Epsilon Delta premedical honor society – 1982-85 - Emory
Biology Honor Society – Emory – 1982-85
Summa Cum Laude honors thesis (listed below) 1985 - Emory
Honors Thesis: "Computer Aided Construction of Nucleic Acid Restriction Maps Using Defined Vectors" - Emory
Faculty Advisor: Timothy Lott, Ph.D. - Emory

Emory University School of Medicine 1985 - 1989
Atlanta, GA
Degree: M.D. - May 15, 1989

- Postgraduate Training:

University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Medical Center 1989 - 1994
Miami, FL (Dr. Duane Hutson)

General Surgery Resident 1989-1993
General Surgery Chief Resident 1993-1994

University of Pittsburgh/Pittsburgh Children's Hospital 1994 - 1995
Pittsburgh, PA (Dr. Marc Rowe)


- Pediatric Surgical Critical Care Fellow

University of Alabama at Birmingham/The Children's Hospital of Alabama 1995 - 1996
Birmingham, AL (Dr. Keith Georgeson)

Pediatric Surgery Research Fellow

University of Alabama at Birmingham/The Children's Hospital of Alabama 1996 - 1997
Birmingham, AL (Dr. Keith Georgeson)

Assistant Chief Resident in Pediatric Surgery

University of Alabama at Birmingham/The Children's Hospital of Alabama 1997 - 1998
Birmingham, AL (Dr. Keith Georgeson)

Chief Resident in Pediatric Surgery