Re: any good doctor in New England?

[Guest guest]

Hi aries...

Dr. s Rochester, NY. He is one of the

foremost Esophageal surgeons around. You should be

able to google his stats. He's at Univ of Rochester

Med Center in upstate NY.

D Mac

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> Hello,

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> Can anyone recommend a doctor who has a lot of experience and good results

with dilatation and/or myotomy in New England? I've been managing my case with

acupuncture but because I still have trouble eating at restaurants or traveling,

I want to consider other options.

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> thanks!

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[Guest guest]

I had a very successful myotomy in 2005 with Dr. Hutter at MA General in

Boston:

http://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/doctor.aspx?id=17062

I've also heard great things about Dr. Rattner:

http://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/doctor.aspx?id=16613

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> Hello,

>

> Can anyone recommend a doctor who has a lot of experience and good results

with dilatation and/or myotomy in New England? I've been managing my case with

acupuncture but because I still have trouble eating at restaurants or traveling,

I want to consider other options.

>

> thanks!

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[Guest guest]

I had my surgery done by Dr Kent at Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston in

November 2008. you can access him by looking him up under cardio-thoracic

surgeons on their webpage. I'm not 100% but are any of us after surgery? much

better than I was! Good Luck!

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> > Hello,

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> > Can anyone recommend a doctor who has a lot of experience and good results

with dilatation and/or myotomy in New England? I've been managing my case with

acupuncture but because I still have trouble eating at restaurants or traveling,

I want to consider other options.

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> > thanks!

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[Guest guest]

I had a heller myotomy in Jun '09 performed by Dr. Rattner at Mass

General. He's very experienced with the procedure. Highly recommended.

Best,

Gene

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> Hello,

>

> Can anyone recommend a doctor who has a lot of experience and good results

with dilatation and/or myotomy in New England? I've been managing my case with

acupuncture but because I still have trouble eating at restaurants or traveling,

I want to consider other options.

>

> thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

thank you all for the doctors' names! Mass General sounds good, as I had my

initial consultation there several years ago before my condition fully

developed, although with a non-surgeon, so they may give me a choice of

surgeons.

I have been managing it quite successfully for the last three years with

acupuncture and blender (after total blockage for several days with emergency

room due to dehydration and near zero ability to swallow for several months).

The main reason I am now considering invasive procedures is difficulty to travel

and eat socially, and the need to mix supplements (which I am taking for another

serious condition) with food/drink. However, only consider dilatation at this

time -- hope that acupuncture will help to maintain the results longer. But want

to have it done by an expert in Heller myotomy in case it goes wrong and they

have to do an emergency surgery

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> > Hello,

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> > Can anyone recommend a doctor who has a lot of experience and good results

with dilatation and/or myotomy in New England? I've been managing my case with

acupuncture but because I still have trouble eating at restaurants or traveling,

I want to consider other options.

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> > thanks!

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