Re: Please Help !!! to

[Guest guest]

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I can understand how frustrated and scared you must be right

now, not having the diagnosis you need and losing pay every

moment that you're sitting home waiting for help. It's a horrible

place to be, and one that many of us have had to visit at some

point.

Do you know yet who the doctor is in Boston that they are going

to refer you to? I know there are several specialists there who've

treated other members of the group. I just wish one of those

people would come forward now with some advice for you.

There's one named Banks, I'm not sure which hospital he

is affiliated with. There may also be some other Boston doctors

listed in our database file, did you check there?

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and

should not be substituted for professional medical consultation.

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> Heidi: THe only one listed in Boston is for a EUS Nerve Block.

I'll try and find this Banks, is he a GI doc?

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Here's something about him that I found. This was posted

under the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospital website:

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A. Banks, M.D.

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Director, Center for Pancreatic Diseases 

Director Clinical Research Track

Dr. Banks joined the Division in May 1992, after 19 years as

Chief of Gastroenterology at St. 's Hospital.  Dr. Banks

is Past President of the American Pancreatic Association,

President-elect of the International Association of Pancreatology,

Past Chair of the Pancreatic Disorders Section of the American

Gastroenterological Association, and Vice Chairman of the

Executive Committee of the Digestive Disease National

Coalition.  Dr. Banks has taught regularly in the post-graduate

courses of the American Gastroenterological Association and

the American College of Gastroenterology.  He was awarded the

Distinguished Educator Award of the AGA at its annual meeting

in 2000.  Dr. Banks is an international authority in the field of

pancreatitis.  His main research interests include the

identification of risk factors and new markers of severity in acute

pancreatitis, newer treatment for fulminant pancreatitis and

newer modalities to treat pain in chronic pancreatitis.  He is the

author or co-author of numerous publications, including

chapters in major medical texts.  He has authored one book on

pancreatitis and co-authored with a colleague from Germany a

second book on pancreatitis.  He is an Associate Editor of the

journal, Pancreatology.  In collaboration with Dr. Carr-Locke and

other members of the Center for Pancreatic Disease, Dr. Banks

has initiated several randomized prospective trials on the

treatment of acute and chronic pancreatitis.  In addition, in

collaboration with members of the Center for Inflammatory

Bowel Disease, Dr. Banks is conducting randomized

prospective trials on newer treatments in inflammatory bowel

disease. 

This page was last modified on 7/31/2003

  Send Feedback to: A. Banks at pabanks@...

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Hope this helps. You should be able to find him under the

Boston yellow pages, or at the hospital website.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI

Note: All information or advice is personal opinion only, and

should not be substituted for professional medical consultation.