Physicians

Chief Medical Officer, Duke University Hospital

Departments / Divisions

• Surgery / Trauma and Critical Care
• Medicine / Medicine-Pulmonary

Address
200 Trent Drive
1144 Yellow Zone, First Floor
Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone
919-684-2786

Fax Telephone
919-681-8921

Training

• MD, Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts), 1994

Residency

• Critical Care, Duke University Medical Center, 1998
• General Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 2001

Clinical Interests
Laparoscopic hernia repair; routine and complex ventral and inguinal hernias; hernias in women; abdominal-wall reconstruction; critical care; quality and care redesign

Research Interests
a. Hernias Database: I am reviewing all the hernias performed at Duke in the last 7 years to create a resource for retrospective and prospective study of patients coming to the Duke Hernia Center. I am currently preparing a statement about the presentation/treatment of hernias in women, which I hope to present at Digestive Diseases Week/Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Track in May.
b. Surgisis Mesh: Cook Surgical has given me a $5,000 unrestricted grant for preparing a video of Surgisis mesh placement in a patient with infected ventral hernia mesh. Dr. Pappas and I continue to use this mesh in patients with infected hernias and plan to publish a case series of these cases soon.
c. Enterra Device: Dr. Pappas and I continue to work with Medtronic to place Enterra gastric pacing devices in patients with severe gastroparesis. We are one of the few sites in the country to do this via a laparoscope.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.