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Paul K.

King recently joined Atlanta Medical Center as a

neurosurgeon.

He will

work in the hospital's emergency room and trauma

department and also will see patients in private

practice. He has a special interest in spinal tumors,

spinal trauma and vascular diseases of the brain.

"Paul

brings more than 13 years of experience and a long list

of accomplishments to Atlanta Medical Center," said

Steven L. Saltzman, M.D., senior vice president and

medical director of Atlanta Medical Center. "His

contributions to the staff and our patients will be

tremendous, and we are happy that he is on board."

Prior to

joining Atlanta Medical Center, King served as chief of

the department of neurosurgery at Grace Hospital in

Detroit, Mich. While in private practice with University

Neurosurgical Associates PC, he also treated patients at

numerous other Detroit-area hospitals, and he served as

an assistant professor in the department of neurosurgery

at Wayne State University School of Medicine. King also

worked in private practice in Battle Creek, Mich.

King

received his undergraduate degree from Fisk University in

Nashville, Tenn., and then went on to earn his medical

degree from Michigan State University, where he serves on

the board of directors for the College of Human Medicine

Alumni Association. He completed his internship in

general surgery and residency in neurological surgery at

Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and also completed a

spine fellowship with Emory University Hospital's

department of neurosurgery.

recognized, board-certified neurosurgeon, King is a

member of numerous professional associations including

the American Medical Association, American Association of

Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological

Surgery and the American Association of University

Professors. In addition, King has served on the editorial

board of Clinical Neurosurgery magazine and was

co-director of Detroit's Receiving Hospital's spinal cord

unit.

He has

participated in numerous seminars and has presented many

lectures, abstracts, papers and presentations dealing

with his specialty. King and his wife have three

children. They live in Fayetteville.