Duke offers comprehensive care for patients with a wide range of colon, rectal, and anal disorders. Our multidisciplinary approach combines endoscopy, general surgery, oncology, and endosurgery to offer complete medical care.

Colonoscopy

All persons over the age of 50 need a colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer. Learn more about colonoscopy

Benign Colon Disorders

We treat several diseases of the colon. Click a link for more information about the disorder.

• Diverticulitis
• Colon polyps
• Familiar adenomatous polyposis (FAP)

Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids are a common problem and can often be treated by non-surgical means. When hemorrhoids don't respond to other treatments, Duke's board-certified surgeons can help.

Surgical treatments for hemorrhoids offered at Duke include:

• Hemorrhoid banding
• Excision of thrombosed external hemorrhoids
• Procedure for prolapse and hemorrhoids (PPH)
• Excisional hemorrhoidectomy

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Duke's team of gastroenterologists collaborates with physicians from the Department of Surgery and Division of Urogynecology to deliver expert care for those suffering from a range of pelvic floor disorders.

Our scope of practice includes treatment for the following conditions. Click a link for more information about a condition.

• Pelvic prolapse
• Rectal prolapse (includes minimally invasive surgical approaches)
• Rectocele and enterocele
• Bowel incontinence -- treatments include:
  • Overlapping sphincter repair
  • Artificial bowel sphincter
  • Non-operative approaches
• Simple and complicated anorectal abscess and fistula
• Anal fissure
• Anorectal abscess
• Anal condyloma
• Anal warts
• Anal intraepithelial neoplasia

Malignant Disorders

Duke offers multidisciplinary treatment for colorectal cancer.

For more information about Duke's care, see Gastrointestinal Cancer.

Physicians

Physicians offering this service include:

• Branch, M. Stanley
  
  • Medicine / Gastroenterology
• Davis, Wendy Z.
  
  • Medicine / Gastroenterology
• Feiler, Michael J.
  
  • Medicine / Gastroenterology
• Mantyh, Christopher
  
  • Surgery / General Surgery
• Migaly, John
  
  • Surgery / General Surgery
• Obando, Jorge V.
  
  • Medicine / Gastroenterology
• Onken, Jane E.
  
  • Medicine / Gastroenterology
• Poleski, Martin H.
  
  • Medicine / Gastroenterology
• Portenier, Dana D.
  
  • Surgery / General Surgery
• Pryor, Aurora D.
  
  • Surgery / General Surgery
• Teitelman, Melissa
  
  • Medicine / Gastroenterology
• Thacker, Julie K. Marosky
  
  • Surgery / General Surgery
• Tyler, Douglas S.
  
  • Surgery / General Surgery
• Wilke, Lee G.
  
  • Surgery / General Surgery
• Wilson, Joanne A.P.
  
  • Medicine / Gastroenterology

Locations

This service is available at:

• Duke Gastroenterology
  Duke Clinic 2G/2H, 200 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710
• Duke Gastroenterology of Raleigh
  3480 Wake Forest Road, Suite 500, Raleigh, NC 27609