Doctor's Bio
Dr. Katherine Kohler. MD. is a surgeon with advanced training in trauma surgery and surgical critical care. She specializes in caring for patients with serious injuries and complex conditions that require urgent surgical care and close monitoring.
Dr. Kohler earned her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia and completed her general surgery residency at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. She then completed advanced fellowship training in trauma and surgical critical care at Emory University School of Medicine.
Her experience in trauma, surgery, and critical care allows her to care for patients through every stage of a serious injury, from emergency treatment and surgery through recovery.
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia
- Residency: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Fellowships
Grady Memorial Hospital
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
OPEN 24 HOURS
Visiting hours are from 8 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. daily
Publications
- Percutaneous Tracheostomy under Bronchoscopic Visualization Does Not Affect Short-Term or Long-Term Complications.
Easterday TS, Moore JW, Redden MH, Feliciano DV, Henderson VJ, Humphries T, Kohler KE, Ramsay PT, Spence SD, Walker M, Wyrzykowski AD
The American surgeon. 2017;83(7):696-698.
PMID: 28738937 - FRET-based mapping of calmodulin bound to the RyR1 Ca2+ release channel.
Cornea RL, Nitu F, Gruber S, Kohler K, Satzer M, Thomas DD, Fruen BR
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2009;106(15):6128-33.
PMID: 19332786
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