Clay Merritt D.O., a Colorectal Surgeon with Fort Belvoir Community Hospital

Get to know Colorectal Surgeon Dr. Clay Merritt, who serves patients in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Dr. Merritt is an American Board of Surgery certified, fellowship trained, colorectal surgeon at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital.

Fort Belvoir Community Hospital is a Defense Health Agency medical facility located in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, outside of Washington D.C. It is committed to exceptional patient experience through safe, high-quality, and compassionate care to our Nation’s greatest assets.

Dr. Merritt completed his undergraduate training at Oklahoma State University in 2010. He then obtained his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences in 2014 and went on to a six year general surgery residency at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center, graduating in 2020. Fellowship training in colon and rectal surgery was completed through the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas in 2021. 

Colorectal surgery is a field in medicine dealing with disorders of the colon, rectum and anus. Dr. Merritt offers a wide practice base dealing with ailments such as colon, rectal and anal cancer. He also offers surgical treatment options for disease processes such as diverticulitis, anal fistula, hemorrhoids, fecal incontinence, rectal prolapse, inflammatory bowel disease, pilonidal disease and many more.

Learn More about Dr. Clay Michael Merritt:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/85017897-Clay-Merritt-Colon-and-Rectal-Surgeon

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