Mrs. Raetta B Fountain MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
2465 Emerald Place Greenville NC, 27834About
Dr. Raetta Fountain is a gastroenterologist practicing in Greenville, NC. Dr. Fountain specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Fountain performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
University of Alabama School of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology- 1997
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2005
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Occupational melanoderma.
- Fibrosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue following megavoltage radiotherapy.
- Familial bone abnormalities, deaf mutism, mental retardation and skin granuloma.
- George Stubbs (1724-1806) as an anatomist.
- Lupus erythematosus profundus.
- The chromomycoses in England.
- A comparison of some physical properties of four vehicles used in dermatological preparations.
- The rate of absorption and duration of action of four different solutions of methyl nicotinate.
- Pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
- Pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
- Scleroderma treated with low molecular weight dextran.
- Changes induced by phytohaemagglutinin in guinea-pig skin in vivo.
- Oesophageal motility in connective tissue disease.
- Systemic mastocytosis.
- Systemic sclerosis of the small intestine.
Treatments
- Crohn's Disease
- Acid Reflux
- Diarrhea
- Gastritis
- Pain
Fellowships
- Pitt County Memorial Hospital 1997
- East Carolina University, Gastroenterology, NC, USA 1997
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