Accepting New Patients
Duke Health Provider
Scott M. Palmer, MD, MHS
Pulmonologist, Transplant Pulmonologist
Duke Health Provider
Accepting New Patients
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Areas of Expertise
Lung Transplant Evaluation
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Multi-Organ Transplant
Where I See Patients
Duke Pulmonary Clinic - Clinic 2F/2G - Durham, NC
Board Certified
American Board of Internal Med, Pulmonary Disease
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My Locations
Closed:
Opening tomorrow at 8:00 am
40 Duke Medicine Cir
Durham,
NC
27710-4000
About Me
Current Appointments and Affiliations
- Donald F. Fortin, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine 2022
- Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine 2015
- Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine 2013
Languages I Speak
English
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Areas of Expertise
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 Internal Med, Pulmonary Disease
Residency
Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1993-1996
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1996-1999
Education
MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 1993
Clinical Focus and Research
Publications and Grants
Grants63
Academic Articles371
Book Sections6
Conference Papers150
- Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAID awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2029
- Jiang, Dianhua, Jiurong Liang, Rishu Guo, Ting Xie, Francine L. Kelly, Tereza Martinu, Ting Yang, et al. “Long-term exposure of chemokine CXCL10 causes bronchiolitis-like inflammation.” Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 46, no. 5 (May 2012): 592–98. https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2011-0116OC.
- Morgan, Daniel L., Micheal P. Jokinen, Herman C. Price, William M. Gwinn, Scott M. Palmer, and Gordon P. Flake. “Bronchial and bronchiolar fibrosis in rats exposed to 2,3-pentanedione vapors: implications for bronchiolitis obliterans in humans.” Toxicol Pathol 40, no. 3 (April 2012): 448–65. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192623311431946.
- Patel, N., L. D. Snyder, A. Finlen-Copeland, and S. M. Palmer. “Is prevention the best treatment? CMV after lung transplantation.” Am J Transplant 12, no. 3 (March 2012): 539–44. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03837.x.
- Ali, H. A., S. Palmer, and O. Manuel. “Special considerations for long term survivors after solid organ transplantation.” In Transplant Infections Fourth Edition. Springer, 2016.
- Kinnier, C. V., T. Martinu, and S. M. Palmer. “Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome: Clinical Risk Factors and Pathophysiology.” In Lung Transplantation, 328–35, 2016. https://doi.org/10.3109/9781439802571-36.
- Todd, J. L., and S. M. Palmer. “Innate immune responses and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.” In Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Lung Transplantation, 147–67, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7636-8_8.
- LOBO, L. E. O. N. A. R. D., Y. I. LIU, P. E. I. D. E. LI, M. U. R. A. L. I. RAMASWAMY, A. P. A. R. N. A. SWAMINATHAN, S. R. I. H. A. R. I. VEERARAGHAVAN, Y. A. N. N. I. FAN, MEGAN L. NEELY, SCOTT M. PALMER, and AMY L. OLSON. “CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH PROGRESSIVE FIBROSING INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES IN THE ILD-PRO REGISTRY BY TIME BETWEEN DIAGNOSIS AND ENROLLMENT.” In CHEST, 164:A3058–59. Elsevier BV, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2023.07.2005.
- LOBO, L. E. O. N. A. R. D., Y. I. LIU, P. E. I. D. E. LI, M. U. R. A. L. I. RAMASWAMY, A. P. A. R. N. A. SWAMINATHAN, S. R. I. H. A. R. I. VEERARAGHAVAN, Y. A. N. N. I. FAN, MEGAN L. NEELY, SCOTT M. PALMER, and AMY L. OLSON. “CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH PROGRESSIVE FIBROSING INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES (ILDS) IN THE ILD-PRO REGISTRY.” In CHEST, 164:A3056–57. Elsevier BV, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2023.07.2004.
- Lobo, Leonard, Yi Liu, Peide Li, Murali Ramaswamy, Aparna C. Swaminathan, Srihari Veeraraghavan, Yanni Fan, Megan L. Neely, Scott M. Palmer, and Amy L. Olson. “Characteristics of patients with progressive fibrosing ILDs in the ILD-PRO Registry.” In Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias, PA2882–PA2882. European Respiratory Society, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2023.pa2882.
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.
- AbbVie, Inc.
- Boehringer Ingleheim
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
- Sanofi
- Up To Date Inc/Wolters Kluwer Health