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General Surgery/Trauma

WakeMed Faculty Physicians General Surgery/Trauma provides a comprehensive range of surgical services, including simple procedures such as hernia and gallbladder surgery, complex reoperative surgery, genreal surgery for cancers of the breast, esophagus, colon and pancreas.  We also provide a full range of minimally invasive procedures, including laparoscopy, stereotactic breast biopsy (mammotome), ultrasound-guided core breast biopsies and more.

Office hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm and Tuesday, 1 to 4:30 pm.  To make an appointment, please call 919-350-2800. 

We have two office locations:

WakeMed Raleigh Campus
Andrews Center, First Floor
3024 New Bern Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27610

WakeMed North Healthplex (Click here for directions)
10000 Falls of Neuse Road
Raleigh, NC 27614

Physicians:

Pascal Udekwu, MD, FACS (Director)
BS, University Ibadan
MD, University Ibadan
Residency, University of Chicago
Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
Board Certifications: American Board of Pediatrics; American Board of Surgery; Sub-board Surgical Critical Care, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Clinical interests: Complex general surgery, including pancreas, esophagus and reoperative surgery and critical care
 

Jeff Abrams, MD
BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Residency: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Fellowship: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Ndidi Azikiwe, MD
BA, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania
MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania Hahnemann, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Residency: Carilion Health Systems, Roanoke Virginia
Fellowship: Pacific Laparoscopy San Francisco, CA -   Laparoscopic/minimally invasive & bariatric surgery
Board Certification: Board Eligible
Clinical interests: Endocrine, minimally invasive surgery

Sukanto Biswas, MD
MBBS, Maulana Azad Medical College
MS,  Maulana Azad Medical College
Residency: Saint Vincents Medical Center, New York, NY
Fellowship: Lincoln Medical Center, New York, NY
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery; Sub-board Surgical Critical Care, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Clinical Interests: Pancreato-biliary surgery; trauma/critical care

Shaikh Hai, MD
Advanced Level, Karachi Grammar School, Pakistan
MD, AGA Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Surgery Training: Medical College of Virgina, Richmond, VS
Residency: Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY
Fellowship: Trauma Critical Care-University of Connecticut-Framington, CT
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery; CAQ in Critical Care
Clinical interests: Trauma Critical Care, GI Surgery

Lori Lilley, MD
BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Residency: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Board Certification: Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Dale Oller, MD, FACS
AB, Franklin-Marshall College, Pennsylvania
MD, George Washington University
Residency: National Naval Medical Hospital
Board Certifications: American Board of Surgery, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Brandon Roy, MD
BS, University of Minnesota
MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
Fellowship: University of Alabama, Birmingham
Board Certification: General Surgery
Clinical interests: Advanced Laparoscopy

Edmund Rutherford, MD
BS, John Carroll University - Cleveland, Ohio
MD, University of Pittsburgh
Residency: General Surgery - New Hanover Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, NC
Fellowship: Critical Care and Trauma, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Board Certifications: General Surgery; Critical Care 
Clinical interests: Surgical Critical Care

William Sullivan, MD
MD, Loyola University, Chicago
Internship: Cook County Hospital
Residencies: Detroit Receiving Hospital; US Army Fitzsimons Hospital
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons


 


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