Dr. Alison Ward is the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Grady Memorial Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. She received a BA from Johns Hopkins University and her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed an integrated general surgery/cardiothoracic surgery residency and a cardiothoracic surgery research fellowship at NYU.
Her clinical interests include gender disparities in cardiothoracic surgery, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, surgical management of atrial fibrillation, ERAS, and cardiac critical care. She is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Women in Thoracic Surgery, Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.