Does anyone know a hospital in New York City that specializes in treating pancreatitis?

Answer 1

To get a few facts straight, pancreatitis is not an infection (short of rare cases of coxsackie virus, mumps, etc. ADDENDUM looks like at least one of the earlier erroneous posts was retracted) and only infrequently an indication for surgery (e.g. selected cases of chronic pancreatitis with complications and cases of necrotizing acute pancreatitis, or cases complicated by (infected) peri-pancreatic fluid collections and abscesses. The most common cases of acute pancreatitis in the US are gallstones, followed closely by alcohol. There are indeed specialists who care for patients with pancreatitis, and these include gastroenterologists and pancreaticobiliary endoscopists (and even those who call themselves pancreatologists), general and pancreaticobiliary and hepatobiliary surgeons, interventional radiologists and intensivists (usually pulmonologists) when patients are acutely ill and in the ICU.

There are indeed centers that specialize in management of pancreatic conditions including pancreatitis (both acute, chronic, autoimmune, ...).

Good addresses in NY include NYU, Cornell, Mount Sinai, ... to name a few, and I have also seen a number of publications in the surgical literature by Dr. Wayne from Cabrini Medical Center.

I hope this can be helpful. Depending on the type of pancreatic problem you are interested in, there are subtle differences between these institutions and you should do some research about the specialists at each institution.

I hope this can help you make a better choice. All the best.

Answer 2

I have read the other responses and they have no idea what they are talking about. The issue with pancreatitis is what is causing it. Although sometimes even this won't help once the pain has started. Most hospitals make the person not eat anything for a few days ( assuming the person has an IV) and then they slowly advance the diet, starting with clear liquids, advancing to a low fat diet ( this is suppose to help?) The response about alcohol can be true, but the majority of people that I have met in 10 years have not been alcoholics. Most would prefer that their life return to normal.You didn't mention acute or chronic.. The are endoscopic procedures that can be done to assist those with chronic pancreatitis. There is no basic surgical procedure for any pancreatitis... I know I had chronic pancreatitis for 10 years and last year had my pancreas removed. Yes, I said removed... my life has been much better without my pancreas than it ever was with it. Here are some yahoo groups for those with pancreatitis and info about the surgery I had.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/PancreatectomySurvivors/?yguid=224755783
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ThePancreatitisPlace/?yguid=224755783
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/TotalPancreatectomy/?yguid=224755783
http://www.diabetesinstitute.org/diabinst/treatmentspancreatitis/pancreatectomy.html
Pancreatitis is so misunderstood. I hope you find a skilled physician to help who ever is ill

Answer 3

The 2 most common causes of pancreatitis are alcoholism and elevated triglycerides. Acute pancreatitis is caused by gall stones or a bad gall bladder. There is no real specialty in treating it. All hospitals treat pancreatitis.

Answer 4

Pancreatitis is a very common disease and every hospital should be able to treat it.

Answer 5

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