Richard Kevin Wood Jr. | Scholars@Duke

Richard Kevin Wood Jr.
Assistant Professor of Medicine

I am an academic esophagologist and medical educator.

I am the program director for the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Training Program at Duke.

My clinical area of specialty is in esophageal disorders. I see patients with a wide range of esophageal problems including: gastroesophageal reflux diseaase (GERD); swallowing disorders; primary esophageal motility disorders including achalasia, esophageal spasm, and jackhammer esophagus; Barrett's esophagus; and Esophageal cancer.

I also practice as a general gastroenterologist and see patients for routine screening colonoscopies.

Office Hours

Office Visits at Duke South Clinic 2J: Thursday 8 am to 12 pm
Endoscopy at Duke South Clinic 2H: Wednesday 9 am to 5 pm
Endoscopy at Brier Creek: Friday 8 am to 5 pm

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology, Medicine 2021

Contact Information

03115 Hospital South, Box 3913, Durham, NC 27710
Duke Box 3662, Durham, NC 27710
(919) 613-4713
Richard Wood, MD at Duke Health

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellow in Gastroenterology, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 2006 - 2009
- Chief Resident, Medicine, Boston University 2005 - 2006
- Resident, Medicine, Boston University 2002 - 2005
- M.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2002
Medical Licensure
- 2009-01066. North Carolina. 2009
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology, Medicine 2009 - 2020
Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- I am the Program Director of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Training Program at Duke.
  
  I am the director of the esophageal motility labs in the Duke Hospital Gastroenterology Clinic and the Duke GI of Raleigh Outpatient clinic.
  
  I am the director of information technology within the division of Gastroenterology at Duke.
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Jawitz, Nicole G., Ziad F. Gellad, Li Lin, Richard K. Wood, and David A. Leiman. “Patient, Physician, and Procedure Characteristics Are Independently Predictive of Polyp Detection Rates in Clinical Practice.” Dig Dis Sci 66, no. 8 (August 2021): 2570–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-020-06592-w.
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  - Lee, Tzu-Hao, Cecelia Zhang, Richard Wood, and Darshan Kothari. “C.O.V.I.D.: A Survival Guide for GI Fellowship Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 19, no. 1 (January 2021): 6–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2020.10.001.
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  - Leiman, David A., Nicole G. Jawitz, Li Lin, Richard K. Wood, and Ziad F. Gellad. “Terminal ileum intubation is not associated with colonoscopy quality measures.” J Gastroenterol Hepatol 35, no. 9 (September 2020): 1503–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgh.14997.
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  - Sullivan, Brian, Jonathan Glaab, Rajan T. Gupta, Richard Wood, and David A. Leiman. “Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) proctocolitis mimicking rectal lymphoma.” Radiol Case Rep 13, no. 6 (December 2018): 1119–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.08.015.
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  - Posner, S., J. Zheng, R. K. Wood, R. A. Shimpi, M. G. Hartwig, S. -. C. Chow, and D. A. Leiman. “Gastroesophageal reflux symptoms are not sufficient to guide esophageal function testing in lung transplant candidates.” Dis Esophagus 31, no. 5 (May 1, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1093/dote/dox157.
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  - Wood, Richard K. “Esophageal Dysmotility, Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease, and Lung Transplantation: What Is the Evidence?” Curr Gastroenterol Rep 17, no. 12 (December 2015): 48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11894-015-0474-9.
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  - Wood, R. K. “Endoscopic aspects in diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease and motility disorders: Bravo, capsule, and functional lumen imaging probe.” Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 16, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 2–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tgie.2013.11.001.
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  - Castor, J. M., R. K. Wood, A. J. Muir, S. M. Palmer, and R. A. Shimpi. “Gastroesophageal reflux and altered motility in lung transplant rejection.” Neurogastroenterol Motil 22, no. 8 (August 2010): 841–50. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01522.x.
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  - Sarkar, Monika, Richard Wood, Young Oh, Todd E. H. Hecht, Larry Kaiser, Alan Wasserstein, and Michael L. Kochman. “Presentation and management of acute fistulization of a foregut duplication cyst.” Gastrointest Endosc 68, no. 4 (October 2008): 804–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2007.12.054.
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  - Wood, Richard K., and Yu-Xiao Yang. “Barrett's esophagus in 2008: an update.” Keio J Med 57, no. 3 (September 2008): 132–38. https://doi.org/10.2302/kjm.57.132.
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  - Reich, David L., Richard K. Wood, Sukru Emre, Carol A. Bodian, Sabera Hossain, Marina Krol, and Dennis Feierman. “Association of intraoperative hypotension and pulmonary hypertension with adverse outcomes after orthotopic liver transplantation.” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 17, no. 6 (December 2003): 699–702. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2003.09.010.
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  - Reich, D. L., R. K. Wood, R. Mattar, M. Krol, D. C. Adams, S. Hossain, and C. A. Bodian. “Arterial blood pressure and heart rate discrepancies between handwritten and computerized anesthesia records.” Anesth Analg 91, no. 3 (September 2000): 612–16. https://doi.org/10.1097/00000539-200009000-00022.
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- Conference Papers
  - Jawitz, Nicole G., Vignesh Raman, Oliver K. Jawitz, Rahul A. Shimpi, Richard K. Wood, Matthew G. Hartwig, and Thomas A. D’Amico. “Utilization Trends and Volume-Outcomes Relationship of Endoscopic Resection for Early Stage Esophageal Cancer.” In Ann Surg, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000004834.
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  - Posner, Shai, Raymond T. Finn, Rahul A. Shimpi, Richard K. Wood, Deborah Fisher, Matthew G. Hartwig, Jacob Klapper, et al. “Esophageal contractility increases and gastroesophageal reflux does not worsen after lung transplantation.” In Dis Esophagus, 32:1–8, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/dote/doz039.
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  - Leiman, David A., Richard K. Wood, Kimberley J. Evans, Rahul A. Shimpi, and Ziad F. Gellad. “A NOVEL ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD-BASED WORKFLOW FOR DOCUMENTING AND REPORTING QUALITY OF CARE DELIVERY IN BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS AND UPPER ENDOSCOPY CARE UTILIZATION.” In Gastroenterology, 156:S265–66. W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, 2019.
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  - Yang, Nancy, Shai Posner, Raymond T. Finn, Alice Parish, Rahul A. Shimpi, Richard K. Wood, Deborah A. Fisher, et al. “IDENTIFYING GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE POST-LUNG TRANSPLANT IS NOT IMPROVED WITH INTRALUMINAL IMPEDANCE VERSUS PH-METRY.” In Gastroenterology, 156:S297–98. W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, 2019.
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  - Leiman, David A., Nicole G. Jawitz, Li Lin, Richard K. Wood, and Ziad F. Gellad. “TERMINAL ILEUM INTUBATION DOES NOT IMPROVE ADENOMA DETECTION RATE.” In Gastroenterology, 154:S341–S341. W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, 2018.
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  - St Romain, Paul, Richard K. Wood, Rebecca A. Burbridge, Amit Patel, David A. Leiman, and Rahul A. Shimpi. “ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND DOES NOT PROVIDE ADDED YIELD IN THE EVALUATION OF ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION (EGJOO).” In Gastroenterology, 154:S745–S745. W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, 2018.
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  - Posner, Shai, Richard K. Wood, Rahul A. Shimpi, Matthew G. Hartwig, and David A. Leiman. “Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Symptom Correlation with Ambulatory PH-Metry and Esophageal High Resolution Manometry in Lung Transplant Candidates.” In Gastroenterology, 152:S698–S698. Elsevier BV, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5085(17)32442-3.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Medical Licensure

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers