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Michael Connor Jr

  • Department of Medicine
    Professor

  • Emory FOB -- Pulmonary Division
    49 Jesse Hill Jr Dr SE
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Overview

Dr. Connor completed his bachelors degree at the University of Notre Dame and attended medical school at the Medical College of Georgia (2003). He completed dual training in combined internal medicine and pediatrics at Brown University in 2007, where he became interested in both critical care medicine and nephrology, with a particular interest in acute care nephrology. Dr. Connor completed fellowship training in adult nephrology and critical care medicine at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio between 2007-2010. He joined the faculty of the Emory University School of Medicine in September 2010. He currently holds the rank of professor of medicine in critical care medicine & nephrology.

Dr. Connor is an internationally recognized expert on acute renal replacement therapies, acute kidney injury (AKI), antimicrobial dosing in AKI, volume management and hemodynamic support of the critically ill, intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome, and extracorporeal blood purification techniques including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

In September of 2014, Dr. Connor spearheaded the first-ever application of advanced critical care life support to a patient with Ebola virus disease (EVD), which included the first known successful application of acute continuous hemodialysis and mechanical ventilatory support in EVD.

Academic Appointment

  • Professor of Medicine - critical care medicine & nephrology, Divisions of (1) Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine; (2) Renal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Senior Physician, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine
  • BS from University of Notre Dame

Research

Publications

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