Sara Duffus, MD

Assistant Professor

UNC Health Provider

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Specialties

Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM 7:30 AM - 5:30 PMClosed Today Closed Today
Accepting New Patients

Location Information

UNC Hospitals Children's Specialty Clinic
101 Manning Drive
Ground Floor
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
US
On Public Transportation, Handicap Accessible
Phone:

Hours

Day of the WeekHours
Monday7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Thursday7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Friday7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed

About the Provider

Specialties

  • Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Provider Details

Type: Clinician
Gender: Female

About Sara Duffus, MD

I am passionate about providing comprehensive clinical care for patients with endocrine needs, in particular those with thyroid pathology including thyroid cancer. I enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary team to offer a wholistic and multifaceted perspective on care for patients and families. I have also pursued research focused on methods to decrease the burden of care for adolescents with type 1 diabetes with a particular focus on hyb...
I am passionate about providing comprehensive clinical care for patients with endocrine needs, in particular those with thyroid pathology including thyroid cancer. I enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary team to offer a wholistic and multifaceted perspective on care for patients and families. I have also pursued research focused on methods to decrease the burden of care for adolescents with type 1 diabetes with a particular focus on hybrid closed loop insulin pump systems and low carbohydrate diets.

UNC Health Affiliations

  • UNC Health Children's
  • UNC Health Rex
  • UNC Hospitals
  • UNC Physicians Network

Languages

  • English

Medical School

  • Wake Forest University, 2011 - 2015

Residency

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015 - 2018

Fellowship

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2018 - 2021

Certifications

  • Pediatrics, Board Certified, 2018
  • Pediatrics-Pediatric Endocrinology, Board Certified, 2021
Pediatric thyroid cancer

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Commercial Plans (Other than Aetna Whole Health)
  • Aetna Whole Health (Tier 2)
  • Aetna Medicare Advantage Plans (Other than Aetna Prime HMO)
  • AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina Medicaid
  • BCBSNC Commercial Plans
  • North Carolina State Employees Health Benefit Plan (Active employees)
  • BCBSNC Blue Home with UNC Health Alliance
  • BCBSNC Medicare Advantage (Other than Experience Health)
  • Healthy Blue Medicaid
  • Carolina Complete Health Medicaid (Centene)
  • Cigna Commercial Plans (Other than Cigna Connect)
  • Cigna Secure Medicare Advantage
  • Contigo Health Plan (WakeMed employees only)
  • Humana Medicare Advantage PPO
  • Humana Medicare Private Fee-for-Service
  • North Carolina State Employee Health Benefit Plan (Medicare Advantage for retirees)
  • Liberty Advantage Medicare Advantage
  • MedCost PPO
  • UnitedHealthcare Commercial Plans
  • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage
  • UnitedHealthcare Exchange (ACA) Plans
  • UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Medicaid
  • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
  • WellCare of North Carolina Medicaid
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