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Would you like one doctor for your whole family? Our Adult and Pediatric Health Care has the doctor for you. We care for all members of your family and can often see you during the same appointment. Our doctors are dual board certified in pediatrics and internal medicine, so we can see children, teenagers and adults whatever your health care needs.

You can find Adult and Pediatric Care at 517 Moye Boulevard. We also provide health care for adolescents that focuses on the needs of patients between 11 and 25.

You can also find excellent care for the whole family at our new Family Medicine Center and Monk Geriatric Center. These offices offer a bright setting with friendly check-in, a spacious lobby and comfortable exam areas. You'll find a separate entrance for the Geriatric Center. We have plenty of parking in front.

At ECU Physicians, we treat the problems of our region with the newest technology. We are faculty of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and we teach tomorrow's doctors the practice of medicine. We provide superior care to patients of all ages at the medical center, in Greenville and throughout the region. We are the largest medical practice in eastern North Carolina.

You can count on ECU Physicians for all your health care needs. That's smart medicine.

Pories recognized for contributions to medicine

Pories awarded

GREENVILLE, N.C. (1/28/13) — Dr. Walter Pories, a pioneering surgeon and researcher at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, is the recipient of the 2013 John P. McGovern Compleat Physician Award.

Pories is a pioneer in bariatric, or weight-loss, surgery, and his team at ECU discovered patients who had diabetes before the surgery showed no signs of it afterward. The surgical procedure Pories developed, called the Greenville gastric-bypass, excludes part of the large intestine from the digestive process. Researchers worldwide are now working to discover how the intestine causes the disease and how to stop the responsible molecules.

Pories came to ECU in 1977 to start the surgery department at the new medical school. He is also a military veteran, having served in the Air Force and Army.

Among other accomplishments, the award recognized Pories for his work in pediatric, thoracic and oncologic surgery, his research into zinc an essential nutrient for life in animals and humans, and conclusive results that the Greenville Gastric Bypass results in durable weight loss and causes a long-term remission of type 2 diabetes.