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Ken Dixon, MD, General Surgery, Gainesville, GA

KenDixonMDFACS

General Surgery Gainesville, GA

Hepatobiliary Surgery, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

SpeciCare, Founder and CEO

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  • Office

    690 Medical Park Lane
    Gainesville, GA 30501
    Phone+1 833-242-2873

Summary

  • The SpeciCare Process

    Uploaded by SpeciCare on 2018-08-09.

Education & Training

  • University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center
    University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer CenterResidency, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 1980 - 1981
  • Emory University School of Medicine
    Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1975 - 1980
  • Emory University School of Medicine
    Emory University School of MedicineClass of 1975
  • Davidson College
    Davidson CollegeBS, Science, 1971

Certifications & Licensure

  • GA State Medical License
    GA State Medical License 1977 - 2025

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

  • Bringing Cancer Research Closer to Home  
    Pam Auchmutey, Emory Medicine Magazine, 10/24/2018

Authored Content

  • Living Tissue is the Key to Individualized Cancer Treatment11/27/2018
  • Is cancer truly the enemy?10/26/2018
  • Out of Many, One10/5/2018
  • Why SpeciCare?8/31/2018
  • Too Late5/15/2018
  • Alternative vs standard of care cancer treatments2/8/2018
  • What is a Tumor Bank?1/3/2018
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Press Mentions

  • SpeciCare Builds Expert Leadership Team to Direct Company’s Impact on Functional Precision Medicine
    SpeciCare Builds Expert Leadership Team to Direct Company’s Impact on Functional Precision MedicineAugust 29th, 2018
  • Helomics® Corporation and SpeciCare, Inc. Sign Letter of Intent to Provide Personalized Medicine Opportunities for Cancer Patients
    Helomics® Corporation and SpeciCare, Inc. Sign Letter of Intent to Provide Personalized Medicine Opportunities for Cancer PatientsJuly 9th, 2018
  • Cancer Surgeon Fueled by a Passion to Do More Launches SpeciCare to Store Live Tumor Tissue for Personalized Use in Cancer Care
    Cancer Surgeon Fueled by a Passion to Do More Launches SpeciCare to Store Live Tumor Tissue for Personalized Use in Cancer CareMay 14th, 2018

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Industry Relationships

  • Founder and CEO, SpecicareThe mission of SpeciCare is to provide the tools to the individual patient to save his/her clinical and research data alongside individual viable tumor tissue in order to provide opportunity for clinical benefit back to that patient in cases in which standard therapies are inadequate or have failed.Disclosure: SpeciCare is a for profit company started in Gainesville, Georgia. We launched commercially in May 2018 after validating that we can successfully keep tumor tissue viable from harvesting through transportation, processing, and biostorage.2015 - 2018