Academic Pancreas Centers of Excellence: Guidance from a multidisciplinary chronic pancreatitis working group at PancreasFest

Sunil G Sheth; Darwin L Conwell; David C Whitcomb; Matthew Alsante; Michelle A Anderson; Jamie Barkin; Randall Brand; Gregory A Cote; Steven D Freedman; Andres Gelrud; Fred Gorelick; Linda S Lee; Katherine Morgan; Stephen Pandol; Vikesh K Singh; Dhiraj Yadav; C Mel Wilcox; Phil A Hart

doi:10.1016/j.pan.2017.02.015

Academic Pancreas Centers of Excellence: Guidance from a multidisciplinary chronic pancreatitis working group at PancreasFest

Pancreatology. 2017 May-Jun;17(3):419-430. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2017.02.015. Epub 2017 Feb 28.

Authors

Sunil G Sheth¹, Darwin L Conwell², David C Whitcomb³, Matthew Alsante⁴, Michelle A Anderson⁵, Jamie Barkin⁶, Randall Brand³, Gregory A Cote⁷, Steven D Freedman¹, Andres Gelrud⁸, Fred Gorelick⁹, Linda S Lee¹⁰, Katherine Morgan¹¹, Stephen Pandol¹², Vikesh K Singh¹³, Dhiraj Yadav³, C Mel Wilcox¹⁴, Phil A Hart¹⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States.
³ Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
⁴ National Pancreas Foundation, Bethesda, MD, United States.
⁵ Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
⁶ University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States.
⁷ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States.
⁸ Center for Endoscopic Research and Therapeutics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
⁹ Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University and VA Healthcare, West Haven, CT, United States.
¹⁰ Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
¹¹ Division of Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States.
¹² Division of Gastroenterology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
¹³ Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States.
¹⁴ Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, United States.
¹⁵ Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States. Electronic address: philip.hart@osumc.edu.

Abstract

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a progressive inflammatory disease, which leads to loss of pancreatic function and other disease-related morbidities. A group of academic physicians and scientists developed comprehensive guidance statements regarding the management of CP that include its epidemiology, diagnosis, medical treatment, surgical treatment, and screening. The statements were developed through literature review, deliberation, and consensus opinion. These statements were ultimately used to develop a conceptual framework for the multidisciplinary management of chronic pancreatitis referred to as an academic pancreas center of excellence (APCOE).

Keywords: Chronic pancreatitis; Diagnosis; Treatment.

Publication types

Guideline

MeSH terms

Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Pancreas*
Pancreatic Function Tests
Pancreatitis, Chronic / diagnosis
Pancreatitis, Chronic / therapy*
Patient Care Team

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