
Overview
I am the medical director of the kidney and pancreas transplant programs at Duke Health, and I take care of patients undergoing kidney transplants. What led me into medicine was a passion for taking care of patients. Kidney transplant requires a very complex team, and I enjoy the collaboration among providers and the challenge of helping the team operate more efficiently. I love seeing patients and developing relationships with them. I always try to be very open and candid about the process and plan for care. When I evaluate patients, I always try to view them as a whole person to make sure that transplant is the right choice for them. I grew up in New Mexico but have lived in North Carolina for over two decades. I now consider myself a native North Carolinian and a die-hard Duke fan. In my free time, I am very active with my family and coach soccer and basketball.
Dr. Ellis is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), and Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome.
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Locations
40 Duke Medicine Cir, Durham, NC 27710
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Ellis 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 Pulmonary Clinic - Clinic 2F/2G
It has been my privilege to care for lung transplant patients for over 20 years. I have found that helping patients and their loved ones along their transplant journey to be very rewarding. My job as the Medical Director of the Duke Lung Transplant Program is to help equip our team to work collectively to achieve the best outcome for our patients. Our mission is to serve patients and the transplant community with a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary team approach to create a pathway to transplant, particularly for those facing barriers from medical co-morbidities. This requires a commitment to communicate and collaborate across all disciplines in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. We want to make the patient experience the best it can possibly be. We also recognize that in order to improve outcomes in lung transplants, there must be significant advances in the prevention and treatment of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). Therefore, we support clinical research efforts to this end, participate in the most promising trials, and provide our patients the opportunity to enroll in them. Dr. Reynolds is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Pneumonia, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, and Lung Transplant.
Duke Gastroenterology Clinic - Clinic 2J
I am proud to serve as the Chief of the Duke Division of Gastroenterology. In addition to my administrative duties, I enjoy my clinical practice focused on the care of patients with liver diseases. I also continue to participate in clinical research and hope that these studies offer our patients the latest advances and treatment options. Dr. Muir is highly rated in 23 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis C, Hepatitis, Sclerosing Cholangitis, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Neil Shah is a Transplant Surgeon and a Gastroenterologist in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Shah is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Ileostomy, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Shah is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Cytomegalic Inclusion DiseaseDr. Ellis isDistinguished. Learn about Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease.
- Cytomegalovirus InfectionDr. Ellis isDistinguished. Learn about Cytomegalovirus Infection.
- Advanced
- Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS)
- Chronic Kidney DiseaseDr. Ellis isAdvanced. Learn about Chronic Kidney Disease.
- D-Plus Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)Dr. Ellis isAdvanced. Learn about End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
- Hemolytic-Uremic SyndromeDr. Ellis isAdvanced. Learn about Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome.
- NephrosclerosisDr. Ellis isAdvanced. Learn about Nephrosclerosis.
- Experienced
- Acute Kidney FailureDr. Ellis isExperienced. Learn about Acute Kidney Failure.
- Acute Tubular NecrosisDr. Ellis isExperienced. Learn about Acute Tubular Necrosis.
- Diabetic NephropathyDr. Ellis isExperienced. Learn about Diabetic Nephropathy.
- Gitelman SyndromeDr. Ellis isExperienced. Learn about Gitelman Syndrome.
- GlomerulonephritisDr. Ellis isExperienced. Learn about Glomerulonephritis.
- IgA NephropathyDr. Ellis isExperienced. Learn about IgA Nephropathy.


