ECAA Welcomes New Billing Partner, Zotec, Starting July 1, 2025

ECAA Welcomes New Billing Partner, Zotec, Starting July 1, 2025

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G. Jordan Knox, MD

RALEIGH/CARY

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
Delegate of the American Board of Anesthesiology

EDUCATION
Wake Forest University, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship, 2020 – 2021

University of Chicago, Residency in Anesthesiology, Chicago, IL, 2017 – 2020

Vidant Medical Center, Internship, Internal Medicine, Greenville, NC, 2016 – 2017

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Doctor of Medicine, 2012 – 2016

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Biological concentration, Biology Minor, graduated with distinction, 2008 – 2012

Marley B. Lawrence, MD

RALEIGH/CARY

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Anesthesiology

Pediatric Anesthesiology Subspecialty Certification

American Board of Pediatrics

EDUCATION
Fellowship, Pediatric Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, 2020 – 2021

Residency, Combined Pediatrics/Anesthesiology, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, 2015 – 2020

Medical School, MD, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 2011 – 2015

B.S. with Honors in Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, Chemistry and Psychology Minors, 2007 – 2011

J. Douglas Jaffe, DO, FASA

RALEIGH/CARY

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology

EDUCATION
Research Mentor Academy, Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science Institute, 2022

Educator Certificate Program, Faculty Development Program, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 2021 – 2022

Kanof Institute for Physician Leadership, Health Care Leadership and Management Course, North Carolina Medical Society, 2017 – 2018

Fellowship, Regional Anesthesia, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 2011 – 2012

Anesthesiology Residency, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, 2008 – 2011

Medical Internship, Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Drexel Hill, PA, 2007 – 2008

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, D.O., 2003 – 2007

Thomas Jefferson University, College of Health Professions, Philadelphia, PA, B.S., Nursing, 1999 – 2001

Camden County Community College, Blackwood, NJ, Nursing Prerequisites, 1998 – 1999

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, BSN degree track, 1997 – 1998

Michael J. Plakke, MD

RALEIGH/CARY

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
National Board of Echocardiographers Advanced Transesophageal Echocardiography

American Board of Anesthesiologists

EDUCATION
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, Fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, 2016 – 2017

Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, Residency in Anesthesiology, 2013 – 2016

Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, Transitional Year Internship, 2012 – 2013

Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, Doctor of Medicine, MD, 2008 – 2012

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Bachelor of Science in Anthropology-Zoology, 2004 – 2007

Jason A. McGavin, MD

RALEIGH/CARY

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

General Anesthesiology

ABA Adult Cardiothoracic Certification

ASE Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Certification

EDUCATION
Duke University Hospital, Durham NC, Adult Cardiothoracic Fellowship, 2022 – 2023

Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, Anesthesiology Residency, 2018 – 2022

Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, MD, 2018

Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, BA Chemistry, Philosophy Minor, 2012

John B. Winchester, MD

RALEIGH/CARY

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Anesthesiology

EDUCATION
Duke University Medical Center, Residency, Anesthesiology, Durham, NC, 2005 – 2007

Massachusetts General Hospital, Residency, Anesthesiology, Boston MA, 2004 – 2005

Boston University Medical Center, Transitional Internship, Boston MA, 2003 – 2004

University of Virginia School of Medicine, MD, Charlottesville, VA, 1999 – 2003

University of California at Los Angeles, BS in Biology, Westwood, CA, 1994 – 1999

Sammy Z. Elsarrag, MD

RALEIGH/CARY

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Anesthesiology, Diplomate

EDUCATION
Fellowship, Allegheny General Hospital, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, 2022

Residency, Tulane University School of Medicine, Anesthesiology, 2021

MD, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, 2017

BS, Longwood University, Biology, Magna Cum Laude, Minored in Chemistry, 2012

Trey B. Creech, MD

RALEIGH/CARY

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
ABA Board Certified

EDUCATION
University of Florida, Department of Anesthesiology, Gainesville, FL, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship, 2019 – 2020

Geisinger Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Danville, PA, Anesthesiology Residency, 2016 – 2019

Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Winston-Salem, NC, Surgery – Preliminary, 2015 – 2016

Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, Doctor of Medicine, 2011 – 2015

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, Bachelor of Science with Distinction, Biology, Chemistry Minor, 2007 – 2011

Nikhil Kumar, MD

RALEIGH/CARY

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Anesthesiology

Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

EDUCATION
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 2015 – 2016

Anesthesiology Residency (Chief Resident), Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012 – 2015

Preliminary Medicine Internship, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH, 2011 – 2012

Doctor of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, 2007 – 2011

BS/MD, Natural Sciences, Minor Chemistry, University of Akron, Akron, OH, 2004 – 2007

Russell P.A. Ford, MD

RALEIGH/CARY

EDUCATION
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, Anesthesiology Resident, 1999 – 2002

Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News, VA, Transitional Internship, 1998 – 1999

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, M.D., 1998

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, B.A., Biology, 1994

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