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Brian
Dear Jessica:
My wife has just had her second liver surgery. The surgeon we used was one of the top men in the USA in this field. His name is Dr. David Geller and he works a UPMC in the liver transplant unit in Pittsburgh, Pa. He studied under Dr. John Fung, the former director of the liver transplant unit. This is the place where Dr. Starzl first did liver transplants in the US.
We are personal friends of Dr. Fung and almost three years ago my wife, Lisa, had RFA on several tumors in her liver that were responding nicely to herceptin. The RFA could not be done percutaneously because one of my wife's tumors was located very close to a major artery in her liver. During this process one of her tumors was excised while two others were RFA'd.
Lisa's liver was clean until a tumor was spoted in early October, 2005 in a spot that had been previously RFA'd. Upon further investigation the surgeon discovered that two other spots had a suspicious look to them and he re-ablated them. She has recovered from the surgery nicely and is doing well. She is now NED (the hard way) and her Onc has her on Xeloda and Herceptin to hopefully prevent recurrance.
If I was looking for a liver surgeon, I would go nowhere else that UPMC and Dr. Geller. Or Cleveland Clinic and Dr. Fung.
Good Lucka and God Bless.
Lisa and Brian
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