Duke offers multidisciplinary, state-of-the-art care for patients with small intestine and appendix disorders, including appendicitis.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

We see a large number of patients with inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

Patients receive clinical consultation, management, and treatment in Duke’s infusion center, as well as endoscopic evaluation and surveillance by experienced faculty recognized for their expertise in this field.

For patients with complicated inflammatory bowel disease, Duke offers a multidisciplinary approach, with physicians from gastroenterology working closely with expert colleagues from Duke Colorectal Surgery, Radiology, and Pathology.

Surgical treatments include:

Ulcerative colitis

• Restorative proctocolectomy
• J-pouch surgery
• Ileal pouch anal anastomosis surgery
• “Pull-through” surgery

Crohn's disease

• Sphincter-sparing surgery
• Laproscopic surgery

Malignant Disorders

Duke also offers expertise in the management of small bowel cancer and small bowel carcinoids.

For more information, see gastrointestinal cancer.

Appointments

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 919-684-6437.

Information for referring physicians can be found on the Appointments and Referrals page.

Physicians

Physicians offering this service include:

• Branch, M. Stanley
  • Medicine / Medicine - Gastroenterology
• Cline, W. Tucker
  • Surgery / General and Advanced GI
• Farkas, Linda M.
  • Surgery / Surgical Oncology
• Geneczko, John T.
  • Medicine / Medicine - Gastroenterology
• Hopkins, M. Benjamin
  • Surgery / Surgical Oncology
• Mantyh, Christopher
  • Surgery / Surgical Oncology
• McGreal, Nancy M.
  • Medicine / Medicine - Gastroenterology
  • Pediatrics / Gastroentorology, Hepatology & Nutrition
• Migaly, John
  • Surgery / Surgical Oncology
• Obando, Jorge V.
  • Medicine / Medicine - Gastroenterology
• Omotosho, Philip A.
  • Surgery / Metabolic & Weight Loss
• Onken, Jane E.
  • Medicine / Medicine - Gastroenterology
• Park, Chan W.
  • Surgery / Metabolic & Weight Loss
• Pierce, Richard A.
  • Surgery / General and Advanced GI
• Poleski, Martin H.
  • Medicine / Medicine - Gastroenterology
• Portenier, Dana D.
  • Surgery / Metabolic & Weight Loss
• Sturdivant, Mark C.
  • Surgery / General and Advanced GI
• Sudan, Ranjan
  • Surgery / Metabolic & Weight Loss
  • Psychiatry
• Teitelman, Melissa
  • Medicine / Medicine - Gastroenterology
• Thacker, Julie K. Marosky
  • Surgery / Surgical Oncology
• Torquati, Alfonso
  • Surgery / Metabolic & Weight Loss
• Tyler, Douglas S.
  • Surgery / Surgical Oncology
• Watters, Christopher R.
  • Surgery / General and Advanced GI
• Wild, Daniel M.
  • Medicine / Medicine - Gastroenterology
• Wolf, Andrew I.
  • Medicine / Medicine - Gastroenterology
• Wood, Richard K.
  • Medicine / Medicine - Gastroenterology
• Yoo, Jin S.
  • Surgery / Metabolic & Weight Loss

Locations

This service is available at:

• Duke Center for Living Campus
  3475 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705
• Duke Colon and Rectal Surgery
  Duke Clinic 3-2, Duke Cancer Center, Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710
• Duke Colon and Rectal Surgery of Raleigh
  3404 Wake Forest Road, Suite 202, Raleigh, NC 27609
• Duke Gastroenterology
  Duke Clinic 2G/2H, 40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710
• Duke Gastroenterology of Raleigh
  3480 Wake Forest Road, Suite 500, Raleigh, NC 27609
• Duke Gastroenterology of Raleigh (Knightdale)
  162 Legacy Oaks Drive, Knightdale, NC 27545
• Duke General Surgery of Raleigh (American Institute of Healthcare & Fitness Offices)
  American Institute of Healthcare & Fitness Offices, 8300 Health Park, Suite 211, Raleigh, NC 27615
• Duke General Surgery of Raleigh (Duke Medicine Plaza)
  Duke Medicine Plaza, 3480 Wake Forest Road, Suite 410, Raleigh, NC 27609
• Duke General Surgery of Raleigh at Cedarhurst Drive
  1212 Cedarhurst Drive, Suite 102, Raleigh, NC 27609
• Duke Health Center at North Duke Street
  3116 North Duke Street, Durham, NC 27704
• Durham Regional Hospital
  3643 Roxboro Road, Durham, NC 27704