 In The News
April 2007
The faculty and staff of the UC PDC would like to extend its thanks to Phil Toskes, MD, for speaking at this year's symposium. It was out honor to host him and we appreciate his time and the information presented.
December 2006
The UC PDC announces its 6th annual Symposium on Pancreatic Disease on February 10, 2007. The symposium will focus on chronic pancreatitis diagnosis and treatment. We welcome the expertise of our guest speaker, Philip Toskes, MD, from the University of Florida Shands Medical Center.
The aim of this symposium is to provide practicing gastroenterologists, surgeons, and primary care physicians with a problem-based state-of-the-art overview of current diagnostic and treatment options.
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October 2006
The faculty and staff of the UC PDC are sad to announce the departure of Jeffery Matthews, MD. Dr. Matthews has taken the Department of Surgery Chair position at the University of Chicago Medical Center. We wish him all the best in this new endeavor and we thank Dr. Matthews for his service and expertise during his tenure at UC. He will be missed.
July 2006
The surgeons of the UC Pancreas Center performed their 75th Total Pancreatectomy with Auto Islet Cell Transplantation this month. We are currently the most active program in the nation. Click on the links to read about the UC experience treating severe chronic pancreatitis.
‘Factors Associated with Insulin and Narcotic Independence after Islet Autotransplantation in Patients with Severe Chronic Pancreatitis’
‘Total Pancreatectomy and Autologous Islet Cell Transplantation as a Means of Treat Severe Chronic Pancreatitis’
April 2006
Factors Associated with
Insulin and Narcotic Independence after Islet Autotransplantation
in Patients with Severe Chronic Pancreatitis.
Syed A Ahmad, MD, Andrew M Lowy, MD, FACS, Curtis JWray, MD, David D’Alessio, MD, Kywran A Choe, MD, Laura E James, MS, Andreas Gelrud, MD, Jeffrey B Matthews, MD, FACS, Horacio LR Rilo, MD
 American Medical Review
Video:
Featuring the UC Pancreatic Disease Center
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to start the video.
The video clip is 4
minutes in length (40 MB).
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