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About Me
I am a lung and critical care doctor at Duke Health. My area of focus is in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Early on in my medical training, patients impressed upon me that the feeling of being “short of breath” was one of the worse feelings in the world. As their lung doctor, having the opportunity to help improve their quality of life is tremendously fulfilling and rewarding. I enjoy the diversity among the patients I care for as COPD most commonly affects middle-to-older age adults from a variety of backgrounds. At Duke Health, we are able to offer complete care for patients with COPD through our multidisciplinary team of experts. These treatment approaches include pulmonary rehabilitation, lung transplant, and interventional pulmonary. I work with each of my patients to develop a personalized treatment plan aimed at improving their well-being and physical function leading toward improvement in their quality of life. Outside of medicine, I enjoy hiking, cooking, and spending time with my wife and two young children.
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Training and Education
Clinical Focus and Research
My research is in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The focus of my research is studying pulmonary rehabilitation and novel treatments aimed at reducing the occurrence of acute exacerbations among patients with COPD. At Duke Health, we are able to offer interested patients the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of COPD research including observational registries and clinical trials investigating new potential treatments. I work with each interested patient individually to help them determine which study option may be the best for them.
Insurance Accepted
Duke Health contracts with most major health insurance carriers and transplant networks, including the ones listed below.
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Aetna
- Aetna Choice POS, Aetna Choice POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice HMO, Aetna Open Access Elect Choice
- Aetna Health Network Only, Aetna Health Network Option
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Limited Benefit Insurance PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Assure Plan (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Medicare Eagle Plan (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Essential Plan (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Value Plan (HMO)
- Aetna Open Access HMO, Open Access Aetna Select, Aetna Open Access Managed Choice
- Aetna Open Choice PPO
- Aetna PCP Coordinated POS Plan
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (QPOS)
- Aetna Select HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice
- Aetna Voluntary Indemnity Group Plan
- Aetna Whole Health – Duke WakeMed WKCC
- Aetna/CVS Health
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Ambetter
- Ambetter of North Carolina
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
- Blue Advantage
- Blue Medicare (HMO, PPO)*
- Blue Options (123, PPO, HSA)
- Blue Select
- NC State Employees Health Plan
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice does not participate in the plan.
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Cigna
- Cigna Behavioral Health (*Limited eligibility)
- Cigna Choice Plus
- Cigna Connect Individual Family Plan
- Cigna Open Access
- Cigna Open Access Plus
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*Please call Cigna Behavioral Heath to see if the provider is participating in your plan.
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Duke Group Plans
- Duke Basic
- Duke Select
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Experience Health
- Experience Health Medicare Advantage (HMO) Plan
- Gateway Health Alliance
- Healthgram
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Humana
- Humana Choice (PPO)
- Humana Choice - Medicare Advantage (PPO)
- Humana ChoiceCare - Medicare Advantage (PPO)
- Humana Gold Choice - Medicare Advantage (PFFS)
- Humana Gold Plus - Medicare Advantage (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage Group Plan - NC State Retirees
- MedCost
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Medicare
- First Medicare Direct
- Medicare Part A
- Medicare Part B
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NC Medicaid
- AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina
- Carolina Complete Health
- Healthy Blue
- NC Medicaid Direct
- WellCare of North Carolina
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TRICARE
- TRICARE Prime
- TRICARE Prime Remote
- TRICARE Select
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Advantage Plan 2 (HMO-POS)
- AARP Medicare Complete (HMO, PPO)*
- AARP Medicare Complete Essential (HMO)*
- All Savers Alternate Funding
- All Savers Fully Insured
- United Healthcare (HMO, PPO, POS)
- United Healthcare Charter/Charter Balance/Charter Plus
- United Healthcare Choice/Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Core/Core Essential
- United Healthcare Navigate/Navigate Plus/Navigate Balanced
- United Healthcare Option PPO
- United Healthcare Passport Connect Choice/Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Passport Connect Options PPO
- United Healthcare Select/Select Plus
- United Healthcare Shared Services - Harvard Pilgrim/UHC Options PPO Network
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice and mental health providers do not participate with the plan.
Before scheduling your appointment, we strongly recommend you contact your insurance company to verify that the Duke Health location or provider you plan to visit is included in your network. Your insurance company will also be able to inform you of any co-payments, co–insurances, or deductibles that will be your responsibility. If you proceed in scheduling an appointment and your health insurance benefits do not participate with Duke, your out of pocket liability may be higher. We will contact you regarding your coverage and patient liability. If you are uninsured, learn more about our financial assistance policy.
External Relationships
- American Lung Association
- Astra Zeneca
- Blue Marble Health
- COPDgene Study
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Foundation
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Guidepoint Global, LLC
- Horizon CME/Pri-Med
- International Consulting Associates, Inc.
- National Institute of Aging
- Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
- The Lang Family COPD Research Fund
- Wellinks
- physician education resources llc