Divisional Programs
Pancreaticobiliary Center
The Pancreaticobiliary Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital has been designed to offer patients and referring physicians a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to disorders of the pancreas and bile ducts. A team of gastroenterologists, interventional endoscopists, radiologists, surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and pathologists will work together to design a personalized diagnostic and therapeutic plan for each patient. Our nurse coordinator will organize and expedite patient evaluations, minimizing multiple visits for testing and physician consultation.
Our program offers:
- Diagnosis and treatment of malignancies of the pancreas and bile ducts
- Evaluation of cystic lesions of the pancreas
- Treatment of acute and chronic pancreatitis
- Non-surgical management of pancreatic pseudocysts
- Medical and Surgical Treatment for Gallstones
- Evaluation and Treatment of Post-cholecystectomy Syndrome
- Treatment of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Treatment of benign bile duct strictures
State of the art technology is available including:
- Diagnostic and Therapeutic pancreaticobiliary endoscopy
- Manometry
- Multiple stent placements
- Lithotripsy
- Cholangioscopy
- Therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound
- Tissue procurement
- Pseudocyst drainage
- Helical CT Scanning, Magnetic resonance imaging including
- Laparoscopic surgical techniques
- Multiple chemotherapy and radiation treatment options for cancer therapy
Our staff:
- Thomas Kowalski, MD, Director
- Mitchell Conn, MD
- Robert Coben, MD
- Anthony Infantiolino, MD
- David Loren, MD
- Ali Siddiqui, MD
