Vance G. Fowler, MD, MHS
Infectious Disease Specialist
Duke Health Provider
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Where I See Patients
Duke Infectious Diseases Clinic - Clinic 1K - Durham, NC
Duke University Hospital - Durham, NC
Board Certified
American Board of Internal Med, Infectious Diseases
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My Locations
Closed:
Opening tomorrow at 8:00 am
40 Duke Medicine Cir
Durham,
NC
27710-4000
About Me
Current Appointments and Affiliations
- Florence McAlister Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases 2019
- Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases 2012
- Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology 2012
Languages I Speak
English
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Ratings and Reviews
The ratings and reviews are based on patient responses to the overall provider rating question from the survey. The question reads: “Using any number from 0 to 10, where 0 is the worst provider possible and 10 is the best provider possible, what number would you use to rate this provider?” Responses are converted to a 5-point rating system and applied consistently to all providers. Learn more about our survey process. Patients who see some types of providers receive a different version of the patient satisfaction survey. Those results are not available on DukeHealth.org.
Training and Education
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Med, Infectious Diseases
Residency
Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1993-1996
Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, 1996-1999
Education
MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 1993
In the News
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Clinical Focus and Research
Publications and Grants
Grants58
Academic Articles548
Book Sections5
Conference Papers35
- Tong, Steven Y. C., Vance G. Fowler, Lesley Skalla, and Thomas L. Holland. “Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Review.” JAMA 334, no. 9 (September 2, 2025): 798–808. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.4288.
- Parsons, Joshua B., Ahmad Mourad, Brian P. Conlon, Tammy Kielian, and Vance G. Fowler. “Methicillin-resistant and susceptible Staphylococcus aureus: tolerance, immune evasion and treatment.” Nat Rev Microbiol, August 20, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-025-01226-2.
- Ruffin, Felicia, Katherine N. Sutton, Julie Miller, Hannah Lane, Julie Schexnayder, Megan Oakes, Abigail Rader, et al. “A Qualitative Secondary Analysis of Patient Health-Related Quality of Life in Bloodstream Infections by Source: Intra-abdominal, Urinary Tract, and Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infection.” Clin Infect Dis 81, no. Supplement_1 (August 6, 2025): S48–54. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf295.
- Holland, T. L., A. S. Bayer, V. G. Fowler, H. Redel, and M. Blaser. “Endocarditis and Intravascular Infections.” In Mandell Douglas and Bennett S Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases 9th Edition Volume 1 2, 1:1068-1108.e12, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-48255-4.00080-1.
- Fowler, V. G., W. M. Scheld, and A. S. Bayer. “Endocarditis and Intravascular Infections.” In Mandell Douglas and Bennett S Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 1:990–1028, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-4557-4801-3.00082-5.
- Rasmussen, R. V., A. W. Karchmer, N. E. Bruun, and V. G. Fowler. “Intravascular infection.” In Schaechter S Mechanisms of Microbial Disease Fifth Edition, 679–88, 2013.
- Sinclair, M., M. Souli, F. Ruffin, C. Wyatt, L. Park, M. Dagher, and V. Fowler. “DIFFERENCES IN CLINICAL PHENOTYPE AND OUTCOMES IN HEMODIALYSIS-DEPENDENT PATIENTS IN THE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS BACTEREMIA GROUP PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY (SABG-PCS).” In JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE, 68:709–709. BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1136/jim-2020-SRM.672.
- Parmar, Rajesh, Harry Pickering, Richard Ahn, Maura Rossetti, David W. Gjertson, Felicia Ruffin, Vance G. Fowler, Michael R. Yeaman, and Elaine F. Reed. “TRANSCRIPTOMIC IMMUNE SIGNATURES CORRELATE WITH PERSISTENT VS. RESOLVING OUTCOMES IN MRSA BACTEREMIA.” In HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY, 81:23–23, 2020.
- Fosbøl, Emil L., Lawrence P. Park, Vivian H. Chu, Eugene Athan, Francois Delahaye, Tomas Freiberger, Cristiane Lamas, et al. “The association between vegetation size and surgical treatment on 6-month mortality in left-sided infective endocarditis.” In Eur Heart J, 40:2243–51, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehz204.
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
- UHC Community Plan
- 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.
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**Duke Health does not participate in UHC plans on the Health Insurance Marketplace.
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
This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has reported outside activities with the companies or institutions listed below. This information has been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts of interest.
- Akagera
- Armata
- AstraZeneca
- Basilea
- Contrafect
- DebioPharma
- GSK
- Indiana University
- MicuRx
- Northwestern University
- Remington Winter Course in Infectious Diseases
- Valanbio Therapeutics
- Wolters Kluwer Health (publishing)
Dr. Fowler is simply amazing. He is not only polite, pleasant and treats everyone with respect. He explained the research behind the kind of staf infection that I have and the possible different treatments. He has an unassuming manner that belies his prestige in this field. He is just simply the kind of dream come true for who could be your doctor, and the staff in his clinic clearly know it. Everyone else was f... Show More
I highly recommend Vance Fowler. He is an exceptional physician.
I trust Dr Fowler & his staff
Dr. Fowler is a very caring doctor.
As always received exemplary care!!
Dr Fowler is always personable and professional.
Dr Fowler has always been supported by a phenomenal team of folks over many years of care!
Dr. Fowler is a great doctor. Jasmin is his nurse whom I also love.