Dr. Andrew Berchuck, MD

Its been 6 months since my wife passed away from stage 4 OC. She was DX as most PT are with late disease. We decided that she should fight cause she was healthy. We look at all treatment options and decided to use Duke Cancer Treatment Center and Dr Berchuck. 36 years experience = about 72000 hrs of experience. I admit he is not as personal as you would like but are any of us. But what does he bring to the table> Expert Experience > Thats what you need. Not someone who is going to cherry coat the problem you are facing. Depending on you stage and physical and emotional situation I feel he will come up with a treatment plan that will give you quality of life and maximized you time left here on earth. Ovarian cancer is a deadly disease and long term survival is nil. For my wife she choose the aggressive treatment option with surgery (debulking) chemo and IP Chemo. As time went along with treatment we had to modify treatment options because the cancer will breakthrough. All that being… said Dr Berchuck extened my wifes life by 4 1/2 years. She had quality of life. She came out of retirement and went back to teaching at a Christian school. She made peace with the world. She showed how a Christian should die. She let Dr. Berchuck lead her treatment plan. She choose a teaching hospital so others can learn and gain experience so one day this disease may find a cure and /or better treatment options. So if you are going to whine and cry about its not fair or want someone to tell you everything is OK don't goto Duke. But if you want a fighting chance to be here as long as possible to settle things and have time to do some things for others than I will highly recommend Duke. Its going to be tuff. It wont be easy. They bring the A game to the treatment options you select. Its your best chance for a longer remission free life> IMHO

He was my surgeon when I had uterine cancer in 2012 and had to have a hysterectomy. Excellent care and very knowledgeable. I was very pleased to have him as my doctor.

Excellent, compassionate physician

Any doctor other then Dr. Berchuck would be a better choice. He has no manners at all. I am so mad at myself for letting him do my surgery. Just ran away from him.

Terrible experience. You would think the man was mute and burned out taking care of patients. missing the biggest element of care-human contact. Does not communicate as cancer phases progress. Limited support for progressive cancer. Does not believe in ct scans. Just another cancer number to get thru his day

He may have a high up position in Duke, but I would never recommend him to anybody close. His diagnosis was okay and his patient care was terrible. Treated me like just a number. Never going to him again. I cannot understand how Duke put a man like him as Director of Oncology.

Dr, Berchuck is an excellent gyn oncologist. His skills in handling complex cases are exceptional.

He has no bedside manner, has a God like attitude . Does not elaborate on things. But I do trust his medical judgement, knowledge and surgical skills. His staff makes up for his short comings .

I love Dr. Berchuck. He is the BEST!! He is the reason I am alive today. I am a 3 1/2 year, stage IIIC Ovarian Cancer survivor. After having tests in my local town that indicated Ovarian Cancer, I was told it would be several weeks before I could see the local GYN Oncologist. Not satisfied with that, I called Dr. Berchuck's office at Duke on Wednesday. By that Friday I had an appt. with him and after looking at my test results, he already had me scheduled for surgery on Tuesday. I then went through chemo and continue to have 3 month checkups. I feel Dr. Berchuck is VERY competent and has been very honest and forthright in our many discussions we have had. I couldn't be happier with the treatment and care I have received from Dr. Berchuck, Kim, Charlotte and the rest of his staff.

Highest ranked program in NC for GYN cancers in my research. I do not think he is at all arrogant, I do think he is a little shy and very busy. He does tend to give yes and no answers. In my visits (now going on two years), I have rarely, if ever, had to wait more than 30 minutes before seeing him. He is very timely. At times the wait for treatment in the infusion center can be really long. This is a top notch doctor and quality care.