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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.
Read more...
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
Click on the image below
to start the video.
The video clip is 4
minutes in length (40 MB).
December 2005
Awareness Raises Pancreatic Cancer Hopes
By: Dr. Syed Ahmad
Guest columnist
If someone asked you which cancer affects the most people - leukemia or pancreatic cancer - how would you answer?
Thanks to nationwide awareness campaigns, most would say leukemia. But in reality, the number of people affected by each disease is about the same. But not only does it come as a surprise to most people that the less-publicized pancreatic cancer is as common as leukemia….
Read more >>
Dr. Syed Ahmad is a University of Cincinnati surgeon who specializes in treating pancreatic cancer.
August 2005
Welcome to Drs. Shailendra Chauhan and Nathan Schmulewitz
The Staff and Physicians of the UC PDC would like to welcome Shailendra Chauhan, MD and Nathan Schmulewitz, MD to the practice. Dr. Chauhan joins us after completing his endoscopy training at the St. Luke Pancreatic and Biliary Center in Milwaukee, WI. Dr. Schmulewitz will be joining us from Crozier Medical Center in Philadelphia. Dr chauhan is scheduling new patients now and Dr. Schmulewitz will begin in September.
May 2005
Farewell to Dr. Lehel Somogyi
The UC Pancreatic Disease Center is sad to announce the departure of Lehel Somogyi, MD. Dr. Somogyi has taken a position with a GI group in Portland, OR. We wish him all the best in his new endeavor and thank him for his service and expertise while he was with us here at UC. He will be missed.
May 2005
Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer: Recent Controversies and Current Practice
Pancreatic cancer remains a common disease with a poor prognosis. In 2005, the American Cancer Society estimates that there will be approximately 32,180 new cases of pancreatic cancer in the United States, with 31,800 deaths, making it the fourth most common cause of cancer death. Read more of this PDF article...
Annual Report 2004
Pancreatic Disease Center
Co-directed by Dr. Andrew Lowy of the Division of Surgical Oncology and Dr. Lehel Somogyi of the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases. Read more...
November-December 2004
Surgical Oncology Programs Expand
Unique Perfusion Techniques Offer Hope
Patients are offered state-of-the-art treatment protocols and access to innovative clinical trials, including pancreatic cancer and colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver, using molecularly targeted therapies not offered anywhere else in the nation.
Read more...
November 2004
Medical Breakthrough Offers Cancer Patients New Hope
"The surgery is called cyto-reductive, intra-peritoneal hyperthermic profusion and University Hospital is one of only seven sites in the country currently performing this type of treatment."
July 7, 2004
The surgeons of the UC PDC have performed the 42nd successful Total Pancreatectomy with Auto Islet Cell Transplantation for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis. View our PDF publication on our first 22 cases for more information on Total Pancreatectomy with Auto Islet Cell Transplantation , as well as the stories of two patients who had this life changing procedure in our Survivor Stories.
May 7, 2004
Angel of Mercy
 Debbie Zepf, RN Clinical Nurse for Jeff Matthews, MD, received flowers last week from the grateful daughter of a patient in Connecticut. The patient, a 65-year-old man, was at the Yale-New Haven Hospital and was told that he was dying of pancreatitis and liver disease. The man's daughter was very distressed and having no luck in getting a second opinion from and expert. She found the UC Surgeons website on the internet and was put in touch with Debbie because Dr. Matthews is a nationally known expert in pancreatic disease. Debbie had long conversations with the daughter and suggested that she send her father's medical records. After reviewing the records, Dr. Matthews called the patient's surgeon to discuss the prognosis. Dr. Matthews agreed that no further intervention would be helpful. The daughter and her father found peace in the fact that they had explored every possibility. The daughter was extremely grateful and said that Debbie "was sent from God" to give her peace and strength.
April 26, 2004
The Pancreatic Disease Center is pleased to announce the addition of Andres Gelrud, MD to the team. Dr. Gelrud comes to UC from Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston, MA. He has trained at the Harvard/MIT Health Science and Technology Institute, as well as Tufts Medical School in Boston, MA. He completed a fellowship in Pancreatology under the direction of Steven Freedman, MD at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. He will work closely with the entire team, bringing extensive pancreatic research experience from his time in Boston. His interests include diagnostic and therapeutic ERCP, as well as various pancreatic disease research projects. We welcome his expertise to our group.
April 5, 2004
Register Today!
"University of Cincinnati Medical Center GI Update — Where Do We Go From Here?" Lehel Somogyi, MD and Syed Ahmad, MD will be presenting at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center GI Update Symposium.
Date: Saturday April 17, 2004, 8am-1:30pm
Location: Marriott Kingsgate Conference Center
Registration: Call 513-558-3525. $25, CME credit available. Continental breakfast and lunch provided.
Topics: "EUS and ERCP in Pancreatic Diseases: Shifting Indications" and "New Developments in the Etiology and Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis", as well as discussions on Liver Diseases, Bowels Diseases and Virtual Colonoscopy.
March 24, 2004
Join Dr. Rilo, Friday, March 26, 2004. He will be speaking at the Medical Grand Rounds at John Hopkins University. The topic will be: "Clinical Autologous Islet Cell Transplantation: When is the best time?"
March 8, 2004
The UC Pancreatic Disease Center launches their new PANCREATITIS / PANCREATIC CANCER SUPPORT FORUM for patients, families, and friends. Log on today. It's FREE. Go to the Support Forum now
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