Accepting New Patients
Duke Health Provider
Lisa McElroy, MD, MS
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Surgeon, Liver Transplant Surgeon, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Surgeon
Duke Health Provider
Accepting New Patients
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Areas of Expertise
Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Kidney Transplant
Liver Transplant Surgery
Where I See Patients
Duke Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Clinic - Clinic 2B/2C - Durham, NC
Duke Liver/Intestine Transplant Clinic - Clinic 2B/2C - Durham, NC
Board Certified
American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
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My Locations
Open
40 Duke Medicine Cir
Durham,
NC
27710-4000
Open
40 Duke Medicine Cir
Durham,
NC
27710-4000
About Me
School of Medicine Departments and Divisions
Current Appointments and Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Abdominal Transplant Surgery 2021
- Onyekwere E. Akwari Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Abdominal Transplant Surgery 2022
- Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences 2020
Languages I Speak
English
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Areas of Expertise
- Abdominal Transplant Surgery
- Kidney Transplant
- Liver Transplant Surgery
Ratings and Reviews
The ratings and reviews are based on patient responses to the overall provider rating question from the survey. The question reads: “Using any number from 0 to 10, where 0 is the worst provider possible and 10 is the best provider possible, what number would you use to rate this provider?” Responses are converted to a 5-point rating system and applied consistently to all providers. Learn more about our survey process. Patients who see some types of providers receive a different version of the patient satisfaction survey. Those results are not available on DukeHealth.org.
Training and Education
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
Fellowship
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University of Michigan, 2019
Residency
General Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2017
Education
MD, Michigan State University, 2009
MS, Health Services and Outcomes Research, Northwestern University (Illinois), 2014
In the News
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Duke Health Blog
Clinical Focus and Research
Publications and Grants
Grants6
Academic Articles96
Book Sections1
Conference Papers70
- Endocrinology and Metabolism Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2024 - 2029
- Living donor liver transplant in minority populations awarded by Vanderbilt University Medical Center 2023 - 2025
- Gagnon, Jennifer, and Lisa M. McElroy. “Finding actionable information in the universe of data.” Am J Transplant 25, no. 4 (April 2025): 648–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2025.01.004.
- Zaribafzadeh, Hamed, Jacqueline B. Henson, Norine W. Chan, Ursula Rogers, Wendy Webster, Tyler Schappe, Fan Li, et al. “Development of a natural language processing algorithm to extract social determinants of health from clinician notes.” Am J Transplant, March 6, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2025.02.019.
- Bhavsar, Nrupen A., Kay Jowers, Lexie Z. Yang, Sharmistha Guha, Xuan Lin, Sarah Peskoe, Hannah McManus, et al. “The association between long-term PM2.5 exposure and risk for pancreatic cancer: an application of social informatics.” Am J Epidemiol 194, no. 3 (March 4, 2025): 730–37. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwae271.
- Woods, D. M., and L. M. McElroy. “Patient transitions and handovers across the continuum of surgical care.” In Surgical Patient Care: Improving Safety, Quality and Value, 623–34, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44010-1_36.
- Parsons, Ronald F., Krista L. Lentine, Mona Doshi, Ty B. Dunn, Rachel Forbes, Jonathan A. Fridell, Michelle T. Jesse, et al. “Generating strategies for a national comeback in pancreas transplantation: A Delphi survey and US conference report.” In Am J Transplant, 24:1473–85, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2024.03.010.
- Nauser, Christopher, Isaac Alderete, Nihal Aykun, Qimeng Gao, Kannan Samy, Deepak Vikraman, Aparna Rege, et al. “Clinical Outcomes Following Normothermic Machine Perfusion in Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation: A Comparative Study between Donation after Brain Death (DBD) and Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD).” In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 24:S94–95, 2024.
- Guidot, D. M., M. Wood, E. Poehlein, L. McElroy, and S. M. Palmer. “Racial Disparities in Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD): How Race-specific Reference Equations Classify Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) Along the Care Continuum.” In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, Vol. 209, 2024.
Insurance Accepted
Duke Health contracts with most major health insurance carriers and transplant networks, including the ones listed below.
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Aetna
- Aetna Choice POS, Aetna Choice POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice HMO, Aetna Open Access Elect Choice
- Aetna Health Network Only, Aetna Health Network Option
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Limited Benefit Insurance PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Assure Plan (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Medicare Eagle Plan (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Essential Plan (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Value Plan (HMO)
- Aetna Open Access HMO, Open Access Aetna Select, Aetna Open Access Managed Choice
- Aetna Open Choice PPO
- Aetna PCP Coordinated POS Plan
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (QPOS)
- Aetna Select HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice
- Aetna Voluntary Indemnity Group Plan
- Aetna Whole Health – Duke WakeMed WKCC
- Aetna/CVS Health
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Ambetter
- Ambetter of North Carolina
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
- Blue Advantage
- Blue Medicare (HMO, PPO)*
- Blue Options (123, PPO, HSA)
- Blue Select
- NC State Employees Health Plan
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice does not participate in the plan.
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Cigna
- Cigna Behavioral Health (*Limited eligibility)
- Cigna Choice Plus
- Cigna Connect Individual Family Plan
- Cigna Open Access
- Cigna Open Access Plus
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*Please call Cigna Behavioral Heath to see if the provider is participating in your plan.
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Duke Group Plans
- Duke Basic
- Duke Select
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Experience Health
- Experience Health Medicare Advantage (HMO) Plan
- Gateway Health Alliance
- Healthgram
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Humana
- Humana Choice (PPO)
- Humana Choice - Medicare Advantage (PPO)
- Humana ChoiceCare - Medicare Advantage (PPO)
- Humana Gold Choice - Medicare Advantage (PFFS)
- Humana Gold Plus - Medicare Advantage (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage Group Plan - NC State Retirees
- MedCost
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Medicare
- First Medicare Direct
- Medicare Part A
- Medicare Part B
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NC Medicaid
- AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina
- Carolina Complete Health
- Healthy Blue
- NC Medicaid Direct
- WellCare of North Carolina
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TRICARE
- TRICARE Prime
- TRICARE Prime Remote
- TRICARE Select
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Advantage Plan 2 (HMO-POS)
- AARP Medicare Complete (HMO, PPO)*
- AARP Medicare Complete Essential (HMO)*
- All Savers Alternate Funding
- All Savers Fully Insured
- United Healthcare (HMO, PPO, POS)**
- United Healthcare Charter/Charter Balance/Charter Plus
- United Healthcare Choice/Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Core/Core Essential
- United Healthcare Navigate/Navigate Plus/Navigate Balanced
- United Healthcare Option PPO
- United Healthcare Passport Connect Choice/Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Passport Connect Options PPO
- United Healthcare Select/Select Plus
- United Healthcare Shared Services - Harvard Pilgrim/UHC Options PPO Network
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice and mental health providers do not participate with the plan.
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**Duke Health does not participate in UHC plans on the Health Insurance Marketplace.
Before scheduling your appointment, we strongly recommend you contact your insurance company to verify that the Duke Health location or provider you plan to visit is included in your network. Your insurance company will also be able to inform you of any co-payments, co–insurances, or deductibles that will be your responsibility. If you proceed in scheduling an appointment and your health insurance benefits do not participate with Duke, your out of pocket liability may be higher. We will contact you regarding your coverage and patient liability. If you are uninsured, learn more about our financial assistance policy.
External Relationships
This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has reported outside activities with the companies or institutions listed below. This information has been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts of interest.
- the organ procurement and transplantation network (OPTN)