ALAN M. FIXELLE, M.D. Personal Information Education
Columbia College, Columbia University, New York A.B. 1975
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois M.S. 1976
New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York M.D. 1980
Professional Training/Post-Graduate Training
1985 to present: Gastroenterology Consultants, P.C.
(formerly Drs. Cohen & Fixelle, P.C.)
1983 to 1985: Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship – Specialty Training in Digestive Diseases
Internship/Residency - Internal Medicine
Licenses and Board Certifications
Subspecialty in Gastroenterology November 1985
Academic Teaching Experience
1985 to present Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Division of
Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
2007 to present Preceptor for specialty elective rotation for Emory Family Practice
Staff Positions/Hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Center Privileges
Status: Active staff – hospital closed 12.2006
Chief of Gastroenterology/Director-GIDU Chairman, Patient Education Committee 2001- 2006
Chairman, Department of Medicine 1995-96
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
Northside Hospital - Atlanta Main Campus
Operative and Surgical Procedures Committee 2006 - present
Section Chief, Division of Gastroenterology 2010 - present
Promina-Gwinnett Health System Hospitals
Gwinnett County, Georgia Status: resigned due to inactivity
Status: Active Staff (based on Northside Hospital –Atlanta)
Section Chief, Division of Gastroenterology 2010 - present
Status: Staff gastroenterologist/endoscopist
Society Memberships
American College of Physicians/ASIM American Gastroenterology Association
Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Georgia Society of Gastroenterology & Endoscopy Atlanta Gut Club (now defunct) American Liver Foundation Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America
Academic Honors and Awards
Recipient of 1st Annual Sam Schatten Life Saver Award, Atlanta, GA –
Top Doctor, U.S. News & World Report – October 2011 Top MD, Consumers’ Checkbook
Profiled in Atlanta Super Doctors 2012 by SuperDoctors.com Clinical Specialty and Interests
Gastroenterology: Biliary Tract Disease, Gastrointestinal Functional &
Motility Disorders, Hepatology & Liver Transplantation, Inflammatory
Clinical Interests: Delivery of Health Care; Gastroenterology;
Endoscopy; Hepatitis; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Colonic Neoplasms;
Clinical Trial Experience
Bard Gastric Balloon Prototype: Placement of intra-gastric balloon- placebo
controlled study in obese human subjects, ca. 1984 - Emory University School of Medicine
Multi-center Study in Use of Asacol in patients with inflammatory bowel
Compassionate Use of Interferon plus Ribavirin in human patients with
IFN/ribavirin treatment with high dose daily induction therapy followed by
PEG-Intron/ribavirin therapy in patients who relapsed with HCV (Lawitz)
Weight-based dosing PEG-Intron/ribavirin in patients with HCV
Comparison of Two Doses of PEG-Interferon alfa-2b in Combination with
Ribavirin for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Patients (Lee)
Multicenter Hepatitis C study (PEG-Intron/Rebetol) (Jacobson)
Irritable bowel syndrome studies- various subgroups with alosetron GERD therapy studies - various therapeutic agents and indications- clinical
Chronic constipation study- colonoscopy evaluation pre-treatment
Public Speaking Credentials
Served as local and national consultant/speaker for numerous
pharmaceutical companies, including Eli Lilly, Schering, TAP, Novartis,
Grand Rounds, Board Review topics and CME lectures at hospital-based
educational programs- variety of subjects in the field of gastroenterology
Didactic lectures delivered to Emory Physician Assistant program and
Preceptor/subspecialty rotation advisor to Emory Family Practice residents
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