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Galen Poole, MD, General Surgery, Pearl, MS, Merit Health Rankin

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General Surgery Pearl, MS

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

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Summary

  • After 34 years of practicing surgery in military, academic, and private practice settings, I retired to help take care of my wife who has had recurrent adenocarcinoma of the lung (in remission since December 2019) and to be a father to my grandson, whose father (my son) died in 2020.

Education & Training

  • Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    Wake Forest University School of MedicineFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1984 - 1985
  • Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    Wake Forest University School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1978 - 1984
  • University of Kentucky College of Medicine
    University of Kentucky College of MedicineClass of 1978

Certifications & Licensure

  • MS State Medical License
    MS State Medical License 1989 - 2021
  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 1979 - 2006
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 1987 - 1990
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification athenaClinicals EHR, athenahealth, Inc, 2013
  • Fellow American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

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Hospital Affiliations