
Overview
I study disorders of the bone marrow and bone marrow failure syndromes. I also see some leukemias and lymphomas and other blood malignancies. Duke offers a very personalized, individualized level of care to each patient. Nobody is the same, so we take the whole patient, we listen to them, and we offer our best recommendations for treatment options. We offer some of the latest treatment options that are available, usually in the setting of a clinical trial. If not, we offer the latest advancement in the field. When I was going through medical school, molecular biology was the new field. Everything was being described as a new cancer-causing gene. And to me that was so appealing – we’re going to figure out what causes cancer and new ways to treat it. That’s what really brought me into the hematology oncology world – things were being discovered that were new and exciting and hopefully would lead to new treatment options. Duke offers an extremely high standard of care. Though we’re not always successful and the disease sometimes wins, our goal is to give the patients the best possible care.
Dr. De Castro Iii is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH), Aplastic Anemia, Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation, Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), and Bone Marrow Aspiration.
Insurance
Accepted insurance can change. Please verify directly with the provider.
Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- HMO
- POS
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
2400 Pratt St, Durham, NC 27705
20 Duke Medicine Cir, Durham, NC 27710
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. De Castro Iii 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.
Duke Cancer Center Genitourinary (GU) Clinic
I specialize in the care of patients with urologic cancers – mainly prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer and testicular cancer. A cancer diagnosis is one of the scariest things that can happen to someone. For many of our patients, they don’t necessarily feel different or look different, but they are scared to death. The most important thing you can get from Duke is real understanding of your particular case and what your options are. Knowledge is so reassuring and empowering for patients, especially those recently diagnosed with cancer. When you’re first diagnosed, you have to put your trust in a care team, and that’s hard to do if you don’t already know them. As the largest cancer center in North Carolina, Duke has great reputation and experience, which helps many patients chose Duke for their care. But we grow and develop our trust with patients because of who we are as people and how much expertise and care we bring to each case. Dr. George is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Familial Prostate Cancer, Nephrectomy, and Orchiectomy.
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Young Whang is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and an Oncologist in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Whang is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, and Orchiectomy. Dr. Whang is currently accepting new patients.
Duke Cancer Center
I specialize in treating people with genitourinary (GU) cancers, such as bladder, prostate, testicular and kidney cancer. I don’t treat other types of cancer across the breadth of tumors like some oncologists in the community may, such as blood cancer, breast cancer or lung cancer. My focus has allowed me to gain deep expertise in GU cancers and to stay abreast of the newest treatment advances, clinical research and so on for those specific GU cancers. As a medical oncologist, I meet patients at one of the scariest moments of their lives. I try to help educate them to make a decision about their disease and its process, and what their treatment options may be, so we can come to a shared decision about what might be the best option. The teaching aspect really strikes home for me. Both of my parents are teachers. The root word for “doctor” in Latin means “to teach.” So that is something I’m both naturally called to do and enjoy doing. Dr. Harrison is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Clear Cell Sarcoma, and Prostatectomy.
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
- Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia with MaturationDr. De Castro Iii isDistinguished. Learn about Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia with Maturation.
- Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without MaturationDr. De Castro Iii isDistinguished. Learn about Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation.
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)Dr. De Castro Iii isDistinguished. Learn about Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).
- Aplastic AnemiaDr. De Castro Iii isDistinguished. Learn about Aplastic Anemia.
- Childhood Acute Myeloid LeukemiaDr. De Castro Iii isDistinguished. Learn about Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
- Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)Dr. De Castro Iii isDistinguished. Learn about Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS).
- Advanced
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)Dr. De Castro Iii isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
- Acute Promyelocytic LeukemiaDr. De Castro Iii isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia.
- Angioimmunoblastic T-cell LymphomaDr. De Castro Iii isAdvanced. Learn about Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma.
- Ataxia-Pancytopenia SyndromeDr. De Castro Iii isAdvanced. Learn about Ataxia-Pancytopenia Syndrome.
- B-Cell LymphomaDr. De Castro Iii isAdvanced. Learn about B-Cell Lymphoma.
- Bone Marrow AspirationDr. De Castro Iii isAdvanced. Learn about Bone Marrow Aspiration.
- Experienced
- Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (AmoL)Dr. De Castro Iii isExperienced. Learn about Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (AmoL).
- Acute Mountain SicknessDr. De Castro Iii isExperienced. Learn about Acute Mountain Sickness.
- Acute Myelomonocytic LeukemiaDr. De Castro Iii isExperienced. Learn about Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia.
- Adult Immune ThrombocytopeniaDr. De Castro Iii isExperienced. Learn about Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia.
- AgranulocytosisDr. De Castro Iii isExperienced. Learn about Agranulocytosis.
- Anaplastic Large Cell LymphomaDr. De Castro Iii isExperienced. Learn about Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma.


