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Office
101 Manning Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27514Phone+1 919-966-8596Fax+1 919-843-5515
Summary
- Dr. Timothy Farrell is a general surgeon in Chapel Hill, NC and is affiliated with University of North Carolina Hospitals. He received his medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and has been in practice since 1999. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery for gastroesophageal reflux, hiatal hernias, achalasia and morbid obesity.
Education & Training
- Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 1997 - 1999
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1990 - 1997
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
- NC State Medical License 1999 - 2025
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Outstanding Resident Teaching Award UNC Department of Surgery, 2018, 2021
- Recognition Best Doctors, 2013-2021
- Award for Carolina Care Excellence UNC Health Care and Faculty Physicians, 2019-2020
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 107 citationsSurgical revision of loop (“mini”) gastric bypass procedure: multicenter review of complications and conversions to Roux-en-Y gastric bypassWilliam H. Johnson, Adolfo Z. Fernanadez, Timothy M. Farrell, Kenneth G. MacDonald, John Grant
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2007-01-01 - 122 citationsSAGES guidelines for the surgical treatment of esophageal achalasia.Dimitrios Stefanidis, William S. Richardson, Timothy M. Farrell, Geoffrey P. Kohn, Vedra Augenstein
Surgical Endoscopy. 2012-02-01 - 10 citationsQuantitative and qualitative analysis of performance during advanced laparoscopic fellowship: a curriculum based on structured assessment and feedback.Iman Ghaderi, Lauriane Auvergne, Yoon Soo Park, Timothy M. Farrell
American Journal of Surgery. 2015-01-01
Committees
- NC ACS Representative, American College of Surgeons Board of Governors 2017 - Present
- Bylaws Committee Chair, Fellowship Council Board of Directors 2017 - Present
- Executive Director, Southeastern Surgical Congress Executive Committee 2015 - Present
- Member, SAGES Continuing Education Committee 2014 - Present
- Past President, NC Chapter, American College of Surgeons, Board of Directors 2014 - Present
- Chair, SAGES Continuing Education Committee 2014 - 2016
- Member, SAGES, Board of Governors 2013 - 2019
- President, NC Chapter, American College of Surgeons, Board of Directors 2013 - 2014
- President-Elect, NC Chapter, American College of Surgeons, Board of Directors 2012 - 2013
- Member, SSAT, Communications Committee 2011 - 2013
- Member-at-Large, Fellowship Council, Board of Directors 2011 - 2012
- Member, Southeastern Surgical Congress, CME Committee 2010 - 2016
- Secretary/Treasurer, NC Chapter, American College of Surgeons, Board of Directors 2010 - 2012
- Co-Chair, SAGES, Continuing Education Committee 2009 - 2014
- Member, Fellowship Council, Membership Committee 2009 - 2010
- Member, SAGES, Resident Education Committee 2007 - 2013
- Member-at-Large, Fellowship Council, Executive Committee 2007 - 2011
- Member-at-Large, NC Chapter, American College of Surgeons, Board of Directors 2007 - 2010
- Member, ASE, Clerkship Directors Committee 2006 - 2012
- Member, SAGES, Guidelines Committee 2002 - 2011
- Member, SAGES, Membership Committee 2002 - 2010
- Member, Fellowship Council, Communications Committee 2001 - 2008
- Member, SAGES, Standards of Practice Committee 1999 - 2002
Professional Memberships
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- Member
- Southern Surgical Association - SSAMember
- Society of University Surgeons - SUSMember
- Member
- Association for Surgical Education - ASEMember
- Southeastern Surgical Congress - SESCMember
- NC Chapter, American College of Surgeons - NCACSMember
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- American Surgical Association - ASAMember
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