General Surgery/Trauma

Office Locations: Physicians Office Pavilion at WakeMed North Healthplex 10010 Falls of Neuse Road Suite 302 Appointments: 919-350-1604 WakeMed Raleigh Campus Andrews Center, First Floor 3024 New Bern Avenue Raleigh, NC 27610 Appointments: 919-350-7331

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, general 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 Wednesday 8 am to 5 pm; Thursday 8 am to Noon; and Friday 8 am to Noon.    Patient Forms   New patients, please print out the new patient form and fill it in before your first appointment.  Thank you.

	Joel S. Goodwin II, MD (Director) BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Residency: Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA Fellowship: East Carolina University Department of Surgery, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC Board Certification: General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Clinical interests: Emergency surgery, intensive care of surgical patients, complex hernia repairs, advanced laproscopic surgery, benign and malignant diseases of the colon, and thyroid surgery
	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 Board Certification: Amercian Board of Surgery; Sub-board Surgical Critical Care Clinical interests: re-operative, breast, laparoscopic and hernia surgery
	Matthew C. Alleman, MD BS, Utah State University MD, Tulane University School of Medicine General Surgery Residency, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Administrative Chief Resident, June 2011 to June 2012 Clinical Interests: General surgery, laparoscopic surgery, endoscopy, trauma, vascular access, moderate oncology, and community education/outreach
	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: Amercian Board of Surgery Clinical interests: Endocrine, minimally invasive surgery
	Stacy Bennett, MD BA, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine Residency: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Board Certification: American Board of Surgery Clinical interests: breast surgery, colon surgery and colon diseases, and melanoma with sentinel lymph node biopsies
	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
	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: Advanced Trauma Life Support; Fellow of the American College of Surgeons Clinical interests: breast surgery and geriatrics
	Brandon Roy, MD, FACS BS, University of Minnesota MD, Medical College of Wisconsin Fellowship: University of Alabama, Birmingham Board Certification: General Surgery Clinical interests: Advanced Laparoscopic treatment of reflux, colon disease and hernias
	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
	Pascal Udekwu, MD, FACS 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
	Frank Y. Yang, MD, FACS BA, University of Chicago MS, University of Chicago MD, University of Chicago Residency, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board Certifications: General Surgery Clinical interests: General Surgery, including Trauma, Critical Care, Surgical Oncology, Endocrine Surgery, and Laparoscopy