Dr. Kooby is an international leader in minimally invasive pancreatic and liver surgery. His clinical specialties include laparoscopic and open surgical treatment of liver, bile ducts, pancreas, stomach, and colon tumors/cancers. He also has expertise treating tumors and diseases of the spleen, adrenal glands, and retroperitoneum. He teaches national courses on laparoscopic resection of the liver, pancreas, and colon; is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences; and serves on several national committees. Dr. Kooby's research focuses on multi-center, collaborative clinical outcomes studies pertaining to gastrointestinal malignancies. He co-founded an active multi-institutional consortium for studying pancreatic tumors and pancreatic surgery, with Emory taking the lead on several high-impact studies. He also collaborates across Emory schools to analyze data from the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB). He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters and the text A Clinician’s Guide to Nuclear Oncology. Dr. Kooby is an international leader in minimally invasive pancreatic and liver surgery. His clinical specialties include laparoscopic and open surgical treatment of liver, bile ducts, pancreas, stomach, and colon tumors/cancers. He also has expertise treating tumors and diseases of the spleen, adrenal glands, and retroperitoneum. He teaches national courses on laparoscopic resection of the liver, pancreas, and colon; is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences; and serves on several national committees. Dr. Kooby's research focuses on multi-center, collaborative clinical outcomes studies pertaining to gastrointestinal malignancies. He co-founded an active multi-institutional consortium for studying pancreatic tumors and pancreatic surgery, with Emory taking the lead on several high-impact studies. He also collaborates across Emory schools to analyze data from the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB). He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters and the text A Clinician’s Guide to Nuclear Oncology.

Multi-center, collaborative clinical outcomes research pertaining to gastrointestinal malignancies Co-founder of an active multi-institutional consortium for studying pancreatic tumors and pancreatic surgery that involves Emory taking the lead on several high-impact studies Collaboration across Emory schools to analyze data from the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB)