Overview
Nkeiruka Duze MD FACP is a board-certified internal medicine physician who provides primary care to adults of all ages with a broad range of acute and chronic medical conditions. Her areas of expertise include general internal medicine preventive medicine geriatrics women's health high blood pressure diabetes obesity and treatment of anxiety and depression. She also provides care to medically complex patients.A concierge medicine physician Dr. Duze enjoys developing long-term relationships with her patients and their families. She strives to ensure they feel heard and understood and takes an individualized and empathetic approach to their care.Dr. Duze is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and member of the American Medical Association American College of Physician Advisors and Washington State Medical Association. She serves as a Physician Champion with the Care for the Colleague Program and served as the Inaugural Chair of the Underrepresented Voices in Health Care Belonging Group at Virginia Mason.When not busy practicing medicine Dr. Duze enjoys spending time with her husband and three children. She enjoys walking reading listening to music dancing and connecting with friends and family.
Dr. Duze is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Osteopenia. Her top areas of expertise are Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Chronic Cough, and Headache.
Insurance
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Locations
11695 NE 4th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004
Virginia Mason Medical Center
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Franciscan Medical Clinic - Poulsbo
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Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Experienced
- Alopecia AreataDr. Duze isExperienced. Learn about Alopecia Areata.
- ApoplexyDr. Duze isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Aseptic and Alopecic Nodules of Scalp (AANS)
- Atypical PneumoniaDr. Duze isExperienced. Learn about Atypical Pneumonia.
- Autosomal Recessive HypotrichosisDr. Duze isExperienced. Learn about Autosomal Recessive Hypotrichosis.
- Chronic CoughDr. Duze isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Cough.