Robert G. Atnip, MD

About Me

• Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Division of Vascular Surgery, 1985 - present
• Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, Division of Vascular Surgery, 2005-present
• Professor of Surgery, Penn State College of Medicine, 2001-present
• Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery 1994-2009
• Penn State Heath: Medical Director, Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 2000-present
• Medical Director, Penn State Health - Center for Wound Care 2014-present

Professional Certification:

• General Surgery 1985-present
• Vascular Surgery 1988-present
• Surgical Critical Care 2002-present
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons 1988-present
• Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation 2006-present
• Registered Vascular Technologist 2005-present

• Journal of Vascular Surgery, Editorial Board 2006-09
• Journal of Vascular Surgery, reviewer 2004-present
• Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Editorial Board 2006-16; reviewer 2006-present

• Alpha Omega Alpha (National Medical Honor Society)
• elected to membership, University of Alabama, 1976
• Board of Directors, 2005-16
• President of the Board of Directors 2015-16
• Penn State Health - Milton S. Hershey Medical Center - Ethics Committee 2014-present
• Penn State College of Medicine - Hershey Medical Center, various years. Best Teacher Awards from Departments of Surgery, Radiology, Family/Community Medicine

Narrative:

I have practiced at Penn State Health since August, 1985 in the Division of Vascular Surgery (part of both the Department of Surgery and the Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute). I am board certified in multiple related specialties. Since May 2014, I have concentrated my clinical practice on chronic wound care.