Dr. Allan D. Kirk
Overview
I am a transplant surgeon specializing in kidney transplants. Kidney transplantation is unique in surgery because you’re providing a cure for a disease. It’s very rewarding to see the patients succeed after surgery; the donors also make my practice very special. We can’t do a transplant without them providing this wonderful gift. Duke has been performing kidney transplants for 50+ years – since the very beginnings of the field. In fact, the process of how we match tissues for transplants was started at Duke. We’ve done thousands of kidney transplants here, so it’s great to be a part of a program with such a rich history. I’m also the chairman of the Department of Surgery and the surgeon-in-chief for the Duke University Health System, where we perform all types of transplants.
Dr. Kirk is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Malnutrition. His top areas of expertise are Malnutrition, Hepatic Ischemia, Infantile Neutropenia, Kidney Transplant, and Islet Cell Transplantation.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 208 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Malnutrition.
Insurance
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- INDEMNITY
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- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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Locations
40 Duke Medicine Cir, Durham, NC 27710
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Kirk 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.
3 Clinical Trials
Steven Zeisel is a Pediatrics provider in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Zeisel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Malnutrition. His top areas of expertise are Malnutrition, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Trimethylaminuria, and Menopause.
Duke Children's Health Center Liver Transplant Clinic
I chose medicine as my career because it was the perfect way to combine my love of learning and being challenged with my desire to make a positive difference in people's lives. During my general surgery residence in medical school, I gravitated toward transplantation precisely because of the immediate and profound impact it can have on someone’s health and quality of life. After completing a transplant fellowship at the University of Nebraska, I practiced surgery in Omaha, Nebraska for 14 years before coming to Duke to be a leader in its nationally renowned transplant program. As an abdominal transplant surgeon, I perform surgery on people needing organ transplantation in the abdominal region of the body, with a particular expertise in the areas of liver and small bowel transplants. I see transplant patients of all ages, but I find it especially rewarding to take care of pediatric patients. Transplant patients, in general, tend to be very sick, have a poor quality of life and, without transplant, have little hope of getting better. Having the opportunity to use my skill and expertise to help these children and their families is incredibly gratifying. Dr. Sudan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Malnutrition. Her top areas of expertise are Liver Cancer, Malabsorption, Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
Duke Children's Gastroenterology Creekstone
I chose medicine because of my desire to help people live their healthiest lives. I chose pediatric gastroenterology because children and adolescents deserve the opportunity to grow and develop to their full potential. I especially love that this pediatric gastroenterology allows me to work with my hands through endoscopy and colonoscopy to diagnose and treat the conditions that we treat. Within my field, I am specifically interested in eosinophilic esophagitis and inflammatory bowel disease but enjoy seeing and treating everything from mouth to bottom. Dr. Lyles is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Malnutrition. His top areas of expertise are Esophagitis, Malnutrition, Viral Gastroenteritis, and Delayed Growth.
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
- Elite
- Kidney TransplantDr. Kirk isElite. Learn about Kidney Transplant.
- Distinguished
- Islet Cell TransplantationDr. Kirk isDistinguished. Learn about Islet Cell Transplantation.
- Advanced
- Heart TransplantDr. Kirk isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Transplant.
- MalnutritionDr. Kirk isAdvanced. Learn about Malnutrition.
- Experienced
- Congenital AthymiaDr. Kirk isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Athymia.
- DiGeorge SyndromeDr. Kirk isExperienced. Learn about DiGeorge Syndrome.
- Hepatic IschemiaDr. Kirk isExperienced. Learn about Hepatic Ischemia.
- Immune Defect due to Absence of Thymus
- Infantile NeutropeniaDr. Kirk isExperienced. Learn about Infantile Neutropenia.
- Liver TransplantDr. Kirk isExperienced. Learn about Liver Transplant.