Dr. Kelly Mathis is my surgeon at the Rochester, MN Mayo Clinic and my GI is Dr. Edward Loftus, Jr. My j-pouch surgeries were performed by a local surgeon and I was referred to Mayo by my local GI who said I needed IBD and j-pouch specialists. I went there for 3 or 4 years before I needed the surgery to quit using my j-pouch and eventually it's removal. These doctors are wonderful and always take the time I need to understand what was going on.