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Experienced Colorectal Surgeon | Duke Health Lake Norman | Charlotte Region

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Job Description

Join Duke Lake Norman!

Duke Health Lake Norman is seeking an experienced, fellowship-trained Colorectal Surgeon to join a growing multidisciplinary surgical team in the greater Charlotte region. This newly created position offers the rare opportunity to help build and shape a premier community-based colorectal surgery practice while maintaining close collaboration with the nationally recognized Duke Cancer Institute and a rapidly expanding Gastroenterology program.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a surgeon who is passionate about delivering high-quality colorectal care in a patient-centered community setting while benefiting from the resources, reputation, and clinical integration of one of the nation's leading academic health systems.

  • Opportunity Highlights
  • New colorectal surgery position with significant practice growth potential
  • Integrated partnership with Duke Cancer Institute for multidisciplinary cancer care
  • Collaboration with a growing and highly engaged Gastroenterology program

Broad Spectrum Colorectal Surgery Practice Including

  • Benign colorectal disease
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Diverticular disease
  • Pelvic floor disorders
  • Minimally invasive and robotic surgery
  • Colon and rectal cancer
  • Opportunity to help shape program development, clinical pathways, and regional growth strategies
  • Access to system-wide specialty expertise through Duke University Health System
  • Shared general surgery call anticipated at approximately 1:6
  • Strong referral network supported by one of the region's fastest-growing healthcare systems

About Duke Health Lake Norman

Duke Health Lake Norman is a new state-of-the-art community hospital and ambulatory network serving one of the fastest-growing areas in the Southeast. The organization is committed to expanding access to specialized surgical and cancer services while providing patients with the convenience of receiving exceptional care close to home.

Physicians enjoy the autonomy and relationships typically associated with community practice combined with the clinical resources, collaborative environment, and brand strength of Duke Health.

  • Candidate Qualifications
  • MD, DO, or equivalent
  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Surgery
  • Fellowship training in Colon and Rectal Surgery
  • Eligible for medical licensure in North Carolina
  • Commitment to multidisciplinary care, quality improvement, and patient-centered outcomes

Why Duke Health Lake Norman?

This opportunity offers the best of both worlds: the ability to build a high-impact colorectal surgery practice within a thriving community while partnering with nationally recognized specialists across Duke Health and Duke Cancer Institute. Surgeons will play a foundational role in establishing the future of colorectal and oncologic surgery services for a rapidly growing region.

Join Duke Health Lake Norman and help define the next generation of colorectal cancer and digestive disease care in the Charlotte region.

Academic Excellence. Community Impact. Colorectal Surgery at Duke Health Lake Norman.

  • Build a Premier Colorectal Surgery Program with Duke Health Lake Norman.
  • Advance Multidisciplinary Colorectal Cancer Care with Duke Cancer Institute and Duke Health Lake Norman.
  • Shape the Future of Colorectal Surgery in One of America's Fastest-Growing Communities.
  • Experienced Colorectal Surgeon | Duke Health Lake Norman | Charlotte Region

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation, or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes.

To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Please Note

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Key Responsibilities

The surgeon will build and shape a premier community-based colorectal surgery practice while collaborating with the Duke Cancer Institute and Gastroenterology programs. Responsibilities include performing a broad spectrum of colorectal surgeries and participating in a shared general surgery call rotation.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD, DO, or equivalent degree and be Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Surgery. Fellowship training in Colon and Rectal Surgery and eligibility for North Carolina medical licensure are required.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Minimally invasive surgeryClinical pathway developmentPatient-centered careInflammatory bowel disease managementDiverticular disease treatmentPelvic floor disorder treatment

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 90% have no call, 75% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 11.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution34 jobs · 10 employers

18
$300k
10
$350k-540k
6
$540k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks30 jobs · 10 employers

401k / retirement match
77%
Sign-on bonus
23%
Relocation assistance
17%
CME allowance
7%
Loan repayment
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.5this job 1.5
Below most Surgery listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,103 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Mooresville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$394k
Typical market rent
$1,655/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.3
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.