
Overview
Duke is where I learned surgery, was taught how to interact with patients, and began my professional training. I am returning to Duke after working at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and later Emory (Atlanta) as a transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon. I enjoy working with adults and children who need surgery of the liver and biliary tract, liver vascular surgery, or kidney transplantation. I am actively engaged in research to reduce the risk of rejection of organ transplants. My wife and I have three sons, and we enjoy sports and being outdoors.
Dr. Knechtle is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Stricture. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Cholangitis, Liver Failure, Kidney Transplant, and Liver Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 156 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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Locations
20 Duke Medicine Cir, Durham, NC 27710
2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Knechtle has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Chirag Desai is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Desai is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bile Duct Stricture. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pancreatitis, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Liver Failure, Islet Cell Transplantation, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Desai is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Kidney TransplantDr. Knechtle isDistinguished. Learn about Kidney Transplant.
- Liver TransplantDr. Knechtle isDistinguished. Learn about Liver Transplant.
- Advanced
- HepatectomyDr. Knechtle isAdvanced. Learn about Hepatectomy.
- Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant
- Experienced
- Alcoholic CirrhosisDr. Knechtle isExperienced. Learn about Alcoholic Cirrhosis.
- Biliary DyskinesiaDr. Knechtle isExperienced. Learn about Biliary Dyskinesia.
- Cerebral HypoxiaDr. Knechtle isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Hypoxia.
- CholangitisDr. Knechtle isExperienced. Learn about Cholangitis.
- Chronic Antibody-Mediated RejectionDr. Knechtle isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection.
- CirrhosisDr. Knechtle isExperienced. Learn about Cirrhosis.
