David Walter Griffin, M.D.
Personal Information
Birthdate :
October 7, 1965
Birthplace : Augusta , Georgia
Marital Status : Married,
Amy King Griffin
Children :
3 children
Education
Augusta College 1988
Augusta, Georgia
B.S., Chemistry
Cum Laude
Medical College of Georgia 1993
Augusta, Georgia
M.D.
Training
Memorial Medical Center, Inc. 1993-1998
Licensure/Certification
Board Certified General Surgeon
Fellow of the American College
of Surgeons
Memberships
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society 1986-1988
American Chemical Society Member 1984-1988
Georgia Surgical Society
Georgia Chapter American College of Surgeons
The Southeastern Surgical Congress 2003
Honors/Special Awards
Valedictorian Westside High School, Augusta, Georgia 1983
GTE Academic All America Baseball Team Third Team 1987-88
GTE Academic All America Baseball Team Honorable Mention
1986-87
GTE Academic All America Team Baseball Honorable Mention
1985-86
Big South NCCAA Baseball Conference Presidential Honor Roll
1986-87
Augusta College Outstanding Freshman Award 1983-84
Varsity Baseball Athletic Award, Augusta College 1984-85
Thomas Yeh Intern of the Year Award 1994
Resident’s Award in Trauma Surgery 1996-97
Resident Teaching Award 1996-97
Publications
A.M. Boccanfuso, D. W. Griffin,
R. B. Dunlap and J. D. Odom, “The Reaction of P-Tolyl
Isoselenocyanate with Primary and Secondary Amines: A Multinuclear
Magnetic Resonance Study, Bioorganic Chemistry and International
Journal, December 1988.
“Intracystic Breast Carcinoma with Giant Axillary Metastasis:
A Case Report the
Breast Journal, Volume 6, Number 2, 2000, 193-195.
Ongoing Research
“Case Report – Latissimus Dorsi Free Flap Coverage
of a Large Forearm Deficit Following Resection of a Giant Basal
Cell Carcinoma”
“Morbidity and Mortality from PEG Placement Using T-bar
Fixation Techniques”
“Utilization of Directed clinical Evaluation to Eliminate
Routine Chest X-rays in ICU Patients”
Presentations
Paper Presentation – “The Reaction of Ptolyl Isoselenocyanate
with Primary and Secondary Amines: A Multinuclear Magnetic Resonance
Study,” Second
National Conference on Undergraduate Research, April 21-23,
1988, UniversityOf North Carolina Ashville
“Thyroid Cancer” Oncology Conference, Memorial
Medical Center, Inc., Savannah Georgia, February 6, 1995
“Thyroid Masses” Surgical grand Rounds, Memorial
Medical Center, Inc., Savannah Georgia, November 21, 1996
“Intracystic Breast Carcinoma”, Third Annual Symposium
in Surgery, Memorial Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia, June
13, 1997
Appointments
Chief Administrative Resident 1997-98
Memorial Medical Center
Savannah, Georgia
Medical Director 2000-2002
Tanner Medical Center
Wound Care Center
Carrollton, Georgia