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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

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, May 9, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04657-3.

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Luhrs, Andrew R., Gerardo Davalos, Reginald Lerebours, Jin Yoo, Chan Park, Lawrence Tabone, Philip Omotosho, Alfonso Torquati, Dana Portenier, and Alfredo D. Guerron. “Determining changes in bone metabolism after bariatric surgery in postmenopausal women.” Surg Endosc 34, no. 4 (April 2020): 1754–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-019-06922-8.

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Narvaez C, Andres, Camila Ortega, Gerardo Davalos, L Kasey Welsh, Ramon Diaz Jara, Juan Esteban Perez, Jana Chtchetinin, et al. “Scars Matter: The Importance of Incision Decisions in Bariatric Patients.” Obes Surg 30, no. 4 (April 2020): 1611–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-019-04251-2.

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Díaz, R., A. Narvaez, L. Welsh, J. E. Pérez, G. Dávalos, D. Portenier, and A. Daniel Guerron. “Endoscopy after bariatric surgery: What the endoscopist must know.” Revista Medica De Chile 148, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 83–92. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0034-98872020000100083.

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Davalos, Gerardo, Billy Y. Lan, Ramon Diaz, Leonard K. Welsh, Estefania Roldan, Dana Portenier, and Alfredo D. Guerron. “Single-Center Experience with Magnetic Retraction in Colorectal Surgery.” J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 29, no. 8 (August 2019): 1033–37. https://doi.org/10.1089/lap.2018.0744.

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Loomba, Rohit, Anjali Jain, Anna Mae Diehl, Cynthia D. Guy, Dana Portenier, Ranjan Sudan, Seema Singh, et al. “Validation of Serum Test for Advanced Liver Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.” Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 17, no. 9 (August 2019): 1867-1876.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2018.11.004.

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Guerron, Alfredo D., Camila B. Ortega, Hui-Jie Lee, Gerardo Davalos, Jennifer Ingram, and Dana Portenier. “Asthma medication usage is significantly reduced following bariatric surgery.” Surg Endosc 33, no. 6 (June 2019): 1967–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-018-6500-x.

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Davis, Matthew, Gerardo Davalos, Camila Ortega, Sugong Chen, Scott Schimpke, Kunoor Jain-Spangler, Jin Yoo, et al. “Magnetic Liver Retraction: an Incision-Less Approach for Less Invasive Bariatric Surgery.” Obes Surg 29, no. 3 (March 2019): 1068–73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-03655-w.

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Ortega, Camila B., Alfredo D. Guerron, and Dana Portenier. “Endoscopic Abscess Septotomy: A Less Invasive Approach for the Treatment of Sleeve Gastrectomy Leaks.” J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 28, no. 7 (July 2018): 859–63. https://doi.org/10.1089/lap.2017.0429.

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