Michael Bates, MD, Medical Director

• medical school: Duke University School of Medicine
• residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• board certification: Diplomate, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, American Board of Pediatrics, 1997-present

• Bates, Michael D.; Bove, Kevin E.; and Cohen, Mitchell B. (1997).  Pseudomembranous Colitis Caused by Clostridium difficile.  Journal of Pediatrics 130:146.
• Bates, Michael D. (2002).  Development of the Enteric Nervous System.  Clinics in Perinatology 29:97-114.
• Bates, Michael D.; Erwin, Christopher R.; Sanford, L. Philip; Wiginton, Dan; Bezerra, Jorge A.; Schatzman, Lynn C.; Jegga, Anil G.; Ley-Ebert, Cathy; Williams, Sarah S.; Steinbrecher, Kris A.; Warner, Brad W.; Cohen, Mitchell B.; and Aronow, Bruce J. (2002).  Novel Genes and Functional Relationships in the Adult Mouse Gastrointestinal Tract Identified by Microarray Analysis.  Gastroenterology122:1467-1482.
• Bates, Michael D. (2003).  The Potential of DNA Microarrays for the Care of Children.  Journal of Pediatrics 142:235-239.
• Bates, Michael D.; Wells, James M.; and Venkatesh, Byrappa (2005).  Comparative Genomics of the Hlx Homeobox Gene and Protein:  Conservation of Structure and Expression from Fish to Mammals.  Gene 352:45-56.
• Mikhalkevich, Natallia; Becknell, Brian; Caligiuri, Michael A.; Bates, Michael D.; Harvey, Richard; and Zheng, Wei-ping (2006).  Responsiveness of Naïve CD4 T Cells to Polarizing Cytokine Determines the Ratio of Th1 and Th2 Cell Differentiation.  Journal of Immunology 176:1553-1560.
• Erwin, Christopher R.; Jarboe, Marcus D.; Sartor, Maureen A.; Medvedovic, Mario; Warner, Brad W.; and Bates, Michael D. (2006).  Developmental Characteristics of Adapting Small Intestine Crypt Cells.  Gastroenterology 130:1324-1332.
• Bates, Michael D.; Dunagan, Dana T.; Welch, Lynn C.; Kaul, Ajay; and Harvey, Richard P.  (2006).  The Hlx Homeobox Transcription Factor Is Required Early in Enteric Nervous System Development.  BMC Developmental Biology 6:33.
• Falcone, Richard A.; Levitt, Marc A.; Peña, Alberto; and Bates, Michael (2007).  Increased Heritability of Certain Types of Anorectal Malformations.  Journal of Pediatric Surgery 42:124-128.
• Becknell, Brian; Hughes, Tiffany L.; Freud, Aharon G.; Blaser, Bradley W.; Yu, Jianhua; Trotta, Rossana; Mao, Hsiaoyin C.; Caligiuri de Jesús, Marie L.; Alghothani, Mohamad; Benson, Don M., Jr.; Lehman, Amy; Jarjoura, David; Perrotti, Danilo; Bates, Michael D.; and Caligiuri, Michael A. (2007).  Hlx Homeobox Transcription Factor Negatively Regulates Interferon-g Production in Monokine-Activated Natural Killer Cells.  Blood 109:2481-2487.
• Konikoff, Michael R. and Bates, Michael D. (2008).  Applications in clinical pediatrics.  In:  Genomics and Clinical Medicine (Ed. by D. Kumar).  Oxford:  Oxford University Press, pp. 425-435.
• Slavotinek, A.M.; Moshrefi, A.; Lopez Jiminez, N.; Chao, R.; Mendell, A.; Shaw, G.M.; Pennacchio, L.A.; and Bates, M.D.  (2009).  Sequence Variants in the HLX Gene at Chromosome 1q41-1q42 in Patients with Diaphragmatic Hernia.  Clinical Genetics 75:429-439.
• Mundt, Erin and Bates, Michael D. (2010). Genetics of Hirschsprung Disease and Anorectal Malformations.  Seminars in Pediatric Surgery 19:107-117.

Best Doctors in America, 2012-2014

• Mission Health PRC 5-Star Individual Provider Award, 2014
• North Carolina’s Best Doctors, 2014 (Business North Carolina magazine)
• North Carolina’s Best Doctors, 2013 (Business North Carolina magazine)
• Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 2006-2007, 2009-2010
• Best Doctors in North Carolina 2008-2009 (Business North Carolina magazine)
• Best Doctors in America, 2007-2008
• American Digestive Health Foundation Industry Research Scholar Award, 1998-2001
• North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Young Faculty Investigator Award, 1999