A native of Four Oaks, North Carolina, Dr Surles earned his undergraduate, master’s in public health and medical degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Following medical school, he fulfilled an Internal Medicine residency at The Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia, where he also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Surles then returned to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to complete a fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

After training, Dr. Surles moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he served that community for more than 20 years before returning home to North Carolina in 2024 to join Gastroenterology Associates of the Piedmont. With a passion for the breadth and complexity of his general gastroenterology and hepatology practice, Dr. Surles is elated to continue his medical ministry in Winston-Salem.

Aside from medicine, Dr. Surles enjoys spending time with loved ones, traveling, GOLFING, and working out. A lifelong Tarheel, he bleeds Carolina blue. Go Heels!