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ACS Fellow Since 2006

Scott Gallagher, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Soc for Surg Alim Tract
  • Assn for Acad Surg
  • Soc of Am Gast End Surgs
  • Am Soc for Metabolic & Bariatric Surg
  • Am Assoc of Endo Surg
  • Soc of Univ Surg

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

40 Duke Medicine Cir

Durham, NC 27710

United States

Contact Information

Phone:919-576-8155
Administrative Assistant
Name:Sharena Sutton
Email assistant

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Bariatric (Severe Obesity) Procedures

  • abdominoplasty
  • gastric banding
  • laparoscopic gastric banding
  • laparoscopic gastric bypass
  • roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Endocrine (Gland)

  • adrenal cancers/tumors
  • adrenal surgery
  • hyperparathyroidism
  • parathyroid cancer
  • parathyroid surgery
  • pheochromocytoma
  • thyroid nodules/cancer
  • thyroid surgery

Head and Neck

  • parathyroid surgery
  • thyroid surgery

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • cholecystectomy
  • gallbladder cancer
  • gallstone disease
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • liver biopsy
  • pancreatic cancer
  • pancreatic cysts
  • pancreatitis

Hernia Procedures

  • abdominal hernia
  • component separation
  • epigastric hernia
  • femoral hernia
  • inguinal hernia
  • laparoscopic hernia repair
  • paraesophageal hernia
  • umbilical hernia
  • ventral hernia

Minimal Access Surgery

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • component separation

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • laparoscopic surgery

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • adrenal tumors
  • basal cell cancer
  • endocrine cancer
  • esophagus cancer/tumors
  • melanoma
  • pancreatic cancer/tumors
  • skin cancer
  • stomach cancer/tumors
  • thyroid cancer/nodules

Hospital Appointments

Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center

Winston-Salem, NC

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

03/2012—08/2018

Duke-Raleigh Hospital

Raleigh, NC

Provisional

08/2018—Present

Duke University Hospital

Durham, NC

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

08/2018—Present

Academic Appointments

USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

Tampa, FL

Assistant Professor

08/2004—07/2010

USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

Tampa, FL

Associate Professor

08/2010—12/2010

Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace College of Osteopathic Medicine

Buies Creek, NC

Associate Professor

07/2016—Present

Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

Instructor

08/2018—05/2019

Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

Associate Professor

06/2019—Present