Any NYC Pouchers on here?

Dr. Joel J. Bauer is located in mid-town and works out of Mt. Sinai Hospital. He has been doing Kock pouches for years. And too, he has a couple of associates who perform the surgery as well.

It is nice to see a few options. I have one surgeon here that does the Kpouch and CIRs that scopes me but it gives me a more piece of mind that there are more up there.

I just have to make sure someone takes my insurance. NYC and Tricare are weird. Last time I lived up there it was a pain to find doctors that took it.

Thanks

I am not a k poucher but my son is. Dr Gorfine was his surgeon. Dr Gorfine is an excellent physician and I highly recommend him. He an Dr Bauer are associates.
My son now lives in FL and I don't know if he keeps up with this web site.

I am/was a patient of Dr. Bauer and Dr. Gorfine's group and I would second the opinion on them. Dr. Gorfine assisted on my two original surgeries in 1992 and also did J Pouch revisions on me in 1998 and 2000. He is a skilled surgeon and also has an interesting sense of humor, once comparing the J Pouch to the British car Jaguar, saying it is like a "really nice car but sometimes needs to spend some time in the shop for maintainence and repair."

Their website:

http://www.manhattansurgicalassociates.com/

By the ways, Vanessavy, the very first K pouch done in the USA was done by none other than Dr. Irwin Gelernt, mentor to both Dr. Gorfine and Bauer in the 1980s and 1990s. Dr. Gelernt studied under the famed Dr. Nils Koch in Sweden (inventor of K Pouch) and then did the very 1st K Pouch surgery in the USA at Mount Sinai in 1970.

Dr. Gelernt, assisted by Dr. Gorfine, did my colectomy in 1992 and my takedown. Unfortunately, Dr. Gelernt passed away in 1996 at age 64. The group later became known as Manhattan Surgical Associates, its current name, but they are still in the same office they were in 20 years ago.

I love a good sense of humor because mine is pretty dark and sarcastic