Accepting New Patients
Duke Health Provider
It's really great to see someone who you met on death's door and then see them walk in with their kids or their families and they're all kinda regular people again!
Sean Montgomery, MD
General Surgeon
Duke Health Provider
Accepting New Patients
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Where I See Patients
Duke Raleigh Surgical Specialties Clinic - Raleigh, NC
Board Certified
American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
It's really great to see someone who you met on death's door and then see them walk in with their kids or their families and they're all kinda regular people again!
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My Locations
About Me
The majority of patients that I see have abdominal emergencies, from either trauma or some type of infectious problem. I take care of a lot of patients with bowel obstructions, hernias, diverticulitis, cholecystitis (gallbladder trouble), and appendicitis. I also enjoy seeing patients in the office that need planned surgeries for their hernias, gallbladders, and intestinal problems.
School of Medicine Departments and Divisions
Current Appointments and Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Surgery, Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery 2022
Languages I Speak
English
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Training and Education
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Fellowship
Surgical Critical Care, Emory University Hospital (Georgia), 2006-2008
Residency
Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Washington, D.C.), 1997-2003
Education
MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 1997
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Clinical Focus and Research
Publications and Grants
Grants5
Academic Articles24
Conference Papers3
- Artificial Intelligence for point of care ultrasound awarded by Kitware Inc. 2021 - 2023
- Antonescu, Ioana, Brad Moore, Erica Peethumnongsin, and Sean P. Montgomery. “Velocity changes in femoral vessel ultrasound with Doppler in Porcine hemorrhagic shock.” Heliyon 10, no. 1 (January 15, 2024): e23269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23269.
- Montgomery, Sean P., Brad Moore, Spencer M. Hampton, Gary Macy, Weizhe Li, and Yuriy S. Bronshteyn. “Optic Nerve Sheath Point of Care Ultrasound: Image Acquisition.” J Vis Exp, no. 198 (August 18, 2023). https://doi.org/10.3791/64929.
- Montgomery, Sean, Forrest Li, Christopher Funk, Erica Peethumangsin, Michael Morris, Jess T. Anderson, Andrew M. Hersh, and Stephen Aylward. “Detection of pneumothorax on ultrasound using artificial intelligence.” The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 94, no. 3 (March 2023): 379–84. https://doi.org/10.1097/ta.0000000000003845.
- Moore, B. T., S. P. Montgomery, M. Niethammer, H. Greer, and S. R. Aylward. “Automatic Optic Nerve Sheath Measurement in Point-of-Care Ultrasound.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 12437 LNCS:23–32, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60334-2_3.
- Gerber, Samuel, Maeliss Jallais, Hastings Greer, Matt McCormick, Sean Montgomery, Bradley Freeman, Deborah Kane, Deepak Chittajallu, Neal Siekierski, and Stephen Aylward. “Automatic Estimation of the Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter from Ultrasound Images.” In Imaging for Patient-Customized Simulations and Systems for Point-of-Care Ultrasound : International Workshops, BIVPCS 2017 and POCUS 2017, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2017, Quebec City, QC, Canada, September 14, 2017, Proceedings. B..., 10549:113–20, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67552-7_14.
- Grudziak, Joanna, Blair Herndon, Ria D. Dancel, Harendra Arora, Christopher J. Tignanelli, Michael R. Phillips, Jason R. Crowner, et al. “Standardized, Interdepartmental, Simulation-Based Central Line Insertion Course Closes an Educational Gap and Improves Intern Comfort with the Procedure.” In Am Surg, 83:536–40, 2017.
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
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