WakeMed Faculty Physicians Introduces New GI Practice
Posted: 12-09-2008 : RALEIGH, N.C.

RALEIGH, N.C. – WakeMed Faculty Physicians, WakeMed Health & Hospitals’ 100 + physician practice, announces the addition of three gastroenterologists and the establishment of a new Gastroenterology practice.

Physicians joining the group include:

Adeyemi Lawal, MD is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. His clinical interests include gastrointestinal motility disorders, GERD, endoscopy, colonoscopy and capsule endoscopy.

Gourisankar Degala, MD is board certified in internal medicine and board eligible in gastroenterology. His clinical interests include therapeutic endoscopy and inflammatory bowel diseases.

Kerry Whitt, MD is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. His clinical interests include ERCP, general hepatology and biliary tract disease.

This new practice is focused on serving Raleigh Campus patients who need an emergent or routine inpatient gastrointestinal consultation, diagnostic and/or interventional procedures and ongoing outpatient management. The practice’s three gastroenterologists can provide a broad range of services in both inpatient and outpatient areas. They have training and expertise in esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), colonoscopy, luminal stenting, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), and capsule endoscopy.

WakeMed Faculty Physicians, a business unit of WakeMed Health & Hospitals is a multi-specialty practice that encompasses numerous specialty areas and offers patient care and caregiver education. WakeMed Faculty Physicians specialties include general medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, ear, nose and throat, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, general surgery, trauma, orthopaedics, urology, inpatient psychiatry, dentistry, neonatology, vascular surgery, pediatric diabetes, pediatric endocrinology, maternal fetal medicine and gastroenterology.

About WakeMed Health & Hospitals
WakeMed Health & Hospitals, one of the first hospital systems in the country, is a private, not-for-profit health care organization based in Raleigh, N.C. The 870-bed system comprises a network of health care facilities throughout Wake and Johnston Counties, including: a Level I Trauma Center and tertiary referral hospital and rehabilitation hospital in Raleigh, a community hospital in Cary, two comprehensive outpatient centers and freestanding emergency departments in North Raleigh and Apex, seven outpatient rehabilitation sites, two skilled-nursing and outpatient facilities, a 100+-physician multispecialty practice, and home health services. The system includes two accredited Chest Pain Centers and four Joint Commission-certified Stroke Centers. WakeMed also provides management services for Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital in Dunn, NC. Centers of excellence include cardiac and vascular care, women’s and children’s services, physical rehab, emergency and trauma, orthopaedics, neurosciences, home care and numerous wellness and community outreach programs. WakeMed’s team of 7,000 nurses, technologists and medical support staff and more than 1,000 affiliated physicians serve the residents of North Carolina using the most advanced technologies and facilities to ensure the finest in health care. For more information, visit www.wakemed.org.