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Blueflame posted:

I had my pouch surgery at Mt. Sinai about 30 years ago....Drs. Greenberg and Hyman. Are you familiar with them?”

I had my surgery done in 1992 by a different group of surgeons- Dr Irwin Gelernt (died in 1996) and Dr. Steven Gorfine, who at this point might be semi retired. That group is now known as Manhattan Surgical Associates and was known under another name in 1992.

Mount Sinai in NYC probably did more J pouches in the 5 years from 1987-1992 than any hospital in the world. They were the only place any GI doc in the northeastern USA would send you at that time. Things have changed and now for example, Yale is very good and they have an excellent colorectal surgeon on staff who I would even trust, by the name of Dr. Reddy. But back in 1992, if you lived in the northeast USA, you took your life into your hands if you didn’t go to Mount Sinai in the minds of many doctors.

MY GI was recommended by the hospital based on his expertise with J Pouches and he ended up being my J Pouch specialist for 17 years after my surgery, until 2009.

You are right that there are few answers to the good questions. 

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