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First Appointment
A Guide to Your First Appointment
We'll Help You Understand Every Step.
At our Pancreatic Disease Center, we deliver leading-edge care, which includes making sure you are prepared before your first appointment with our team. Begin your journey by learning how we will educate and prepare you for these next steps.
Research
ACTIVE AND VIBRANT RESEARCH
We Are Committed To Advancing Medical Options.
The best medical programs in the world are part of leading-edge research aimed at improving public health and developing new medical treatments. As the Region’s only adult academic medical center, we house vibrant research programs that include ongoing clinical trials, actively initiating studies to bring new therapies and diagnostic tests to patients in Greater Cincinnati and around the world.
We Actively Seek Medical Discoveries.
Nationally and internationally recognized for its research efforts, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and UC Health has a long and distinguished history of medical discoveries. Our premier surgeon-scientists and postdoctoral researchers pursue innovative and exciting research, focused on applying their discoveries directly to the bedside to advance patient care.
Referrals
REFERRING A PATIENT
Our Teams Build Strong Collaborative Partnerships With Referring Providers.
We are committed to providing optimal care to your patient and open communication with you. As a referring physician, we understand that you need to be kept informed on your patient’s progress. That’s why we set up a toolbox to share detailed information about your patient’s health with you.
Events
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
An Event for Patients, Family, and Friends - An Evening With Experts
On Thursday, November 21, 2019, the UC Health Pancreatic Disease Center is hosting a free educational event for pancreatic cancer patients, friends and family. Come join us for the opportunity to interact with experts in nutrition, integrative medicine, physical therapy, survivorship and genetic counseling.
Pancreatic Conditions We Treat
We collaborate with experts to help patients like you overcome complex pancreatic conditions every day.
- Acinar Cell Carcinoma
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
- Adenosquamous Carcinoma
- Ampullary Tumors
- Chronic Pancreatitis
- Gastrinoma
- Glucagonoma
- Insulinoma
- Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm
- Metastatic Lesions to the Pancreas
- Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm
- Organized Pancreas Necrosis
- Pancreas Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatic Cysts
- Pancreatitis
- Periampullary Cancers
- Pseudocyst
- Serous Cystic Neoplasm
- Solid Pseudopapillary Tumors
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Leading-Edge Pancreatic Treatments and Care
As a leader in the treatment of pancreatic conditions and diseases, we provide individualized, superior care to every single patient we treat. Our patients come from across the U.S. for treatment, and our team has received awards for outstanding care, year after year.
Our Treatments
Beger Procedure
Bern Procedure
Chemotherapy
Distal Pancreatectomy
Duodenum-Preserving Pancreatic Head Resection
Endoscopic Drainage of a Cyst
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
External Beam Radiotherapy
Frey Procedure
Irreversible Electroporation (IRE)
Laparoscopic Pancreatectomy
Minimally Invasive Pancreatectomy
Palliative Surgery
Percutaneous Drainage of a Cyst
Puestow Procedure
Robotic Pancreatectomy
Surgical Drainage of a Cyst
Total Pancreatectomy
Delivering Superior Care
Expert Collaboration for Pancreatic Disease
Our team includes award-winning subspecialists from gastroenterology, hematology-oncology, surgical oncology, radiology and radiation oncology, as well as a full support staff of nurses and ancillary professionals.
UC Health has more than 25 years of experience in advanced endoscopy.
Less than 1% mortality rate among our patients.
As the only high-volume center in the area, we perform 150+ pancreas procedures each year.
We are a world leader in TPIAT to treat severe chronic pancreatitis.
AUTHORING BREAKTHROUGHS
Offering Comprehensive Clinical Services to Improve Your Quality of Life
Endoscopic Ultrasound with Biopsy
We're committed to helping you end uncertainty. An endoscopic ultrasound with biopsy means a more accurate diagnosis with less discomfort.
Modern and Advanced Endoscopy Suite
Our endoscopy suite features the latest equipment, ensuring that you are receiving the highest-level care possible.
Nationally Recognized as a Center of Excellence
We are recognized as a center of excellence for pancreatic cancer treatment, islet cell transplantation, clinical research and basic science research.
PATIENT CONNECTION
Geri’s Story
A routine follow-up scan for a previous cancer diagnosis led to the discovery of Geri’s dilated biliary ducts and her pancreatic cancer. A Whipple procedure was performed to remove the cancer at the head of her pancreas, and following chemotherapy and radiation, Geri is now on the road to recovery.
Our Providers
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HOW YOU CAN HELP
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By authoring medical breakthroughs, our life-changing research and treatments help countless patients here and around the world. Please donate today.
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