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Dana Dale Portenier, MD

Chief, Division of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division: 
Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery
Program: 
General Surgery Residency Program
Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
Office: 407 Crutchfield St, Durham, NC 27704
Campus Mail: DUMC Box 3351 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710

Education and Training

  • M.D., Medical University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, 1999

Selected Grants

Publications

Shantavasinkul, Prapimporn Chattranukulchai, Phillip Omotosho, Michael J. Muehlbauer, Michael Natoli, Leonor Corsino, Jenny Tong, Dana Portenier, and Alfonso Torquati. “Metabolic profiles, energy expenditures, and body compositions of the weight regain versus sustained weight loss patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.” Surg Obes Relat Dis 17, no. 12 (December 2021): 2015–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2021.09.007.

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Juo, Yen-Yi, Chan Park, Jin Yoo, Daniel Guerron, Ranjan Sudan, Kelli Friedman, Dana Portenier, and Keri A. Seymour. “Technical Feasibility, Outcomes, and Patient Satisfaction After Needlescopic and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: a Randomized Study.” Obes Surg 31, no. 11 (November 2021): 5085–91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05675-5.

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Alexopoulos, Anastasia-Stefania, Matthew J. Crowley, Ying Wang, Cynthia A. Moylan, Cynthia D. Guy, Ricardo Henao, Dawn L. Piercy, et al. “Glycemic Control Predicts Severity of Hepatocyte Ballooning and Hepatic Fibrosis in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.” Hepatology 74, no. 3 (September 2021): 1220–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.31806.

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Szoka, N., S. Szoka, K. Friedman, and D. Portenier. “Sexual and Gender Minority Bariatric Patients: An Unseen Population.” Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care 16, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 30–35. https://doi.org/10.1089/bari.2020.0049.

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Welsh, Leonard K., Gerardo Davalos, Ramon Diaz, Andres Narvaez, Juan Esteban Perez, Melissa Castro, Maragatha Kuchibhatla, Thomas Risoli, Dana Portenier, and Alfredo D. Guerron. “Magnetic Liver Retraction Decreases Postoperative Pain and Length of Stay in Bariatric Surgery Compared to Nathanson Device.” J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 31, no. 2 (February 2021): 194–202. https://doi.org/10.1089/lap.2020.0388.

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Luengas, Rafael, Jose Galindo, Melissa Castro, Andres Marambio, Guillermo Watkins, Mario Rodriguez Del Rey, Cristobal Davanzo, Dana Portenier, and Alfredo D. Guerron. “First prospective clinical trial of reduced incision bariatric procedures using magnetic liver retraction.” Surg Obes Relat Dis 17, no. 1 (January 2021): 147–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2020.08.017.

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Suzuki, Ayako, Ying Wang, Andrea D. Coviello, Data D. Portenier, Cynthia A. Moylan, Dawn L. Piercy, Cynthia D. Guy, Anna Mae Diehl, and Manal F. Abdelmalek. “HISTORY OF BREASTFEEDING IS ASSOCIATED WITH A DECREASED RISK OF HEPATIC FIBROSIS AMONG YOUNG WOMEN WITH NAFLD.” In Hepatology, 72:65A-65A, 2020.

Scholars@Duke

Rawlings, Arthur, Lelan Sillin, Phillip Shadduck, Marian McDonald, Peter Crookes, Bruce MacFadyen, John Mellinger, and John the SAGES Ethics Committee. “Informed consent: a shared decision-making process that creates a new professional obligation for care.” Surg Endosc 34, no. 11 (November 2020): 4713–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-020-07970-1.

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Guerron, Alfredo D., Juan Esteban Perez, Thomas Risoli, Hui-Jie Lee, Dana Portenier, and Leonor Corsino. “Performance and improvement of the DiaRem score in diabetes remission prediction: a study with diverse procedure types.” Surg Obes Relat Dis 16, no. 10 (October 2020): 1531–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2020.05.010.

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Welsh, Leonard K., Andrew R. Luhrs, Gerardo Davalos, Ramon Diaz, Andres Narvaez, Juan Esteban Perez, Reginald Lerebours, Maragatha Kuchibhatla, Dana D. Portenier, and Alfredo D. Guerron. “Racial Disparities in Bariatric Surgery Complications and Mortality Using the MBSAQIP Data Registry.” Obes Surg 30, no. 8 (August 2020): 3099–3110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04657-3.

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