Note: Formally known as the Rex Shunt Specialist list, I have changed the name to reflect a wider array of surgeons and the various surgical methods currently available to correct or lessen the severity of portal hypertension. It is my hope that others will find a specialist to help them no matter where they live, and share those victories with others. On that note if you have a story to share regarding a surgery you have had, please consider posting this for the benefit of others. Please also note that if you know of another surgeon or specialist that has helped you, please post their contact information below stating the doctors name, contact information including phone number or email address or let me know personally. I endeavour to keep your personal information private, and at the very least use your first name only. Thank you so much!
Pleased to announce an updated list (November 2018) of gastroenterologists specializing and not restricted to performing the Rex Shunt Procedure for portal hypertension. (This most recent addition includes the country of Chile, which is the first for South America). Since starting this blog in 2009 I have collected these names from subscribers to this blog and other various sources.
Due to high interest in the Rex Shunt Procedure I have updated this list from a regular post to a “page” with a tab at the top of my homepage for easy access. If there are any specialists I have missed, or you know of any changes to the contact information, please let me know and I can easily revise the file.
Click specialist’s name for a direct link to website (where applicable).
Australia
Professor Jon Fawcett
Brisbane Liver & Gallbladder Surgery
Suite 207 Ramsay Specialist Centre
Newdegate Street
Greenslopes QLD 4120
Ph: (07) 3847 5000
Dr. Peter Hodgkinson
Brisbane Liver & Gallbladder Surgery
Suite 207 Ramsay Specialist Centre
Newdegate Street
Greenslopes QLD 4120
Ph: (07) 3847 8000
Canada
Dr. Peter Kim
Division of General Surgery
The Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
Toronto, ON M5G 1X8
Phone 416.813.6357
Dr. Simon Ling
Staff Gastroenterologist, Asst. Professor Pediatrics
The Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
Toronto, ON M5G 1X8
simon.ling@sickkids.ca
Phone: 416.813.8757
Dr.Annie Fecteau
Staff Surgeon General and Thoracic Surgery
The Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
Toronto, ON M5G 1X8
Phone: 416-813-6402
Fax: 416-813-7477
e-mail: annie.fecteau@sickkids.ca
Chile
Dr. Jorge Godoy Lenz
Head of the department of pediatric surgery.
Meso Rex surgery.
Clinica las Condes
Santiago, Chile
http://www.clc.cl
jgodoy@clc.cl
email: jorge_godoy@yahoo.com
: Cell phone+56992261193
France
Hôpital Bicêtre
78 rue du Général Leclerc
94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
01 45 21 21 21
Italy
Dr. Jean de Ville de Goyet
ISMETT
Via Ernesto Tricomi, 5
90127 Palermo, Italy
Email: jdeville@ismett.edu
Publication list: http://publicationslist.org/data/jean.de_ville_de_goyet/
Dr. Chiara Grimaldi
Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital
Rome, Italy
email: chiara.grimaldi@opbg.net
+39668592863
+3968593798
Website: http://www.ospedalebambinogesu.it/home
Dr. Marco Spada
Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital
Rome, Italy
email: marco.spada@opbg.net
+39668592863
+3968593798
Website: http://www.ospedalebambinogesu.it/home
Mexico
Dr. Ricardo Chavez-Vargas
Chief of Pediatric Transplants
IMSS Hospital CMN La Raza
Mexico City, Mexico
chavarg@hotmail.com
*(Dr. Chavez-Vargas has consulted with Dr. Superina at Childrens Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL).
United Kingdom
Dr. Alazai
Liver Specialist – Rex Shunt Procedure
Department of Paediatric Surgery Level F, Martin Wing Leeds General Infirmary Great George Street LEEDS LS1 3EX
Phone 0113 392 6227 Fax 0113 392 5658
Naved.Alizai@nhs.net
Dr. Nigel Heaton
(Paediatric Liver Specialist with expertise in Rex Shunt Procedure)
King’s College Hospital (http://www.kch.nhs.uk/) or London Bridge Liver Centre (http://www.londonlivercentre.co.uk/about-us/the-team/)
Assistant to Dr. Heaton: Andrew (Telephone number: +0044 (0) 2032993762)
Dr. Mark Davenport (Paediatric surgeon) Telephone: +44 (0) 2032993350
Kings College Hospital London (http://www.kch.nhs.uk/)
Mr Khalid Sharif, Hepatobiliary/Transplant Surgeon
Telephone: 0121 333 8264
email: khalid.sharif@bch.nhs.uk
St Chad’s Queensway
Birmingham, West Midlands B4 6NH, United Kingdom
Phone 0121 333 9999
United States
Dr. Riad Salem
Chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (PVR-TIPS)
Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) and Surgery
676 N St Clair St, Chicago, IL 60611
Call: 312-926-2000
Email: rsalem1@nm.org
Dr. James Pomposelli
Professor, Surgery-Transplant (Distal Spleno Renal Shunt)
Transplant Services – Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct.
7th Floor
Aurora, CO 80005
Phone (720)848-0005
Clinic (720)848-0833
Dr. Jaimie Nathan
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3026
Phone: 513-636-4200 / 1-800-344-2462
Email: jaimie.nathan@cchmc.org
Dr.Riccardo Superina
Lurie Children’s Hospital
225 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(800)543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)
Phone 312.227.4000
Dr. Graeme John Pitcher
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Iowa (Iowa Health Center)
graeme-pitcher@uiowa.edu
Phone 319.356.1884
Dr. Gregory Tiao
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Phone (513) 636-4371
Kyle A. Soltys, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
4401 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
412-692-6110
412-692-6116 Fax
George V. Mazariegos, MD, FACS
Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation
4401 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
412-692-6110
412-692-6116 Fax
george.mazariegos@chp.edu
Dr. Jean Emond
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia
PH Room 14C
622 West 168th St
New York, NY 10032
Phone 212.305.9691
Dr. Adam Griesemer
Surgical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Presbyterian Hospital Bldg.
622 West 168th Street
Suite: 14-105
New York, NY 10032
Phone: (212) 305-5101
Dr. Tomoaki Kato
Chief, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Surgical Director, Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplantation
Presbyterian Hospital Bldg.
622 West 168th Street
Suite: 14-105
New York, NY 10032
Phone: (212) 305-5101
Dr. Robert Acton
University of MN Amplatz Children’s Hospital
3rd Floor, 2512 S. 7th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55454
acton002@umn.edu
Phone 612-365-6777
Dr. Stephen Dunn
Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19803-3607
Phone: (302) 651-5888
Benjamin L. Shneider
Director, Pediatric Hepatology
Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Pittsburgh
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Phone 412.692.5180
Dr Ravi Radhakrishnan
UTMB Pediatric Surgery
301 University Boulevard
Route 0353
Galveston, Texas 77555-0353
Phone: (409) 772-5666
FAX: (409) 772-4253
Dr. Dev Desai
Transplant Surgeon/Specialist (Liver, Pancreas, Kidney, Intestinal)
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75390-8567
Phone 214-645-8300
Dr. Susan Orloff
Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239
Phone: 503-494-7810
Dr. Sukru Emre
Yale New Haven Transplantation Center Yale Physicians Building
800 Howard Avenue, Ste 4th Floor
New Haven, CT 06519
Phone: 203.785.4134
email: sukru.emre@yale.edu
Dr. Rene Romero
Pediatric Liver Specialist
Children’s Physician Group-GI, Hepatology and Nutrition
2015 Uppergate Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: 404-785-1832
Dr. Kishore Iyer
Mount Sinai Hospital
Manhattan NYC NY
RMTI – Intestinal Transplantation & Rehabilitation (212)-659-9300
RMTI – Pediatric Liver Transplantation (212)-659-8060
Vietnam
Doctor Dao Trung Hieu
Doctor Ngô Kim Thơi, Chief of Surgery
NHI DONG 1 HOSPITAL
Address: 341 Su Van Hanh, Ward 10, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City
Phone: (028) 39271119
bvnhidong@nhidong.org.vn
Website: http: //nhidong.org.vn
There is a doctor at OHSU in Portland who I believe can do this procedure.
Thanks Kristi. You don’t happen to know this doctor’s name do you? Thanks, Clint
Her name is Dr. Orloff. She does PV procedures….not 100% sure she’s done Rex Shunt, but I wouldn’t be surprised. My daughter was diagnosed with PVT when she was six years old and she gets all her care and follow up at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital at OHSU. Currently she is being monitored for PVH and receives excellent care from her GI doctor who is a liver/thrombosis specialist. It’s quite a story I want to share with your community someday.
Hi Kristi,
Thanks for this information. I will add Dr. Orloff’s name to that list. It would be great to hear your daughter’s story when you share it.
Take care,
Clint
Thank you Clint!
Chris and Maddi 🙂
You’re welcome … trust your summer is good so far and Maddi is staying healthy!
Dr. Sukru Emre at Yale, new haven CT. He has done them and would have done my daughters but clots inside the liver meant she cannot get Rex. So she will be having distal mesorenal shunt this month.
Hi Patty, Thanks for the this valuable information! I am about to update that post, as I have a few more specialists to add to that list. That list is growing as the expertise gets passed on to others. If you haven’t already discovered this, here is another Facebook page that may be helpful to you if you would like to look it up: Portal Vein Thrombosis & Portal Hypertension in Children and Adults I am a member of this blog and there is wonderful support and information on it for folks with children diagnosed with PH. I hope and pray all the best for your daughter. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask me. Best, Clint
Hi Clint
we emailed before. Now my daughter has had complications and I’m looking for a hepatologist for a second opinion. She currently sees Dr. Emre (surg), Dr. Emerick (GI). Any word on hepatologists in Boston area?
thanks
Hi Patty,
You may have found someone by now and it may be too late, but I am sincerely sorry I missed seeing your post until today! Unfortunately I didn’t receive notification via email that you had even asked a question. In answer to your question regarding hepatologists in the Boston area I have no information. The only thing I can suggest is you contact either one of the following specialists outside of your area to see if maybe they could advise you or refer you to someone in the Boston area.
Dr. Jean Emond
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia
PH Room 14C
622 West 168th St
New York, NY 10032
Phone 212.305.9691
Dr. Rene Romero
Pediatric Liver Specialist
Children’s Physician Group-GI, Hepatology and Nutrition
2015 Uppergate Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: 404-785-1832
Dr.Riccardo Superina
Lurie Children’s Hospital
225 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(800)543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)
Phone 312.227.4000
In the narrow specifics of portal hypertension, these doctors come highly recommended and may be able to find you the help you require?
Clint
Needing a surgeon to correct shunt which is no longer anchored or in abdominal cavity. Much discomfort. Neurosurgeon “doesn’t do anything from the neck down. “. OKC area preferably.
Dr. Eduardo Rodríguez- Cervantes
Pediatríc Surgeon
Hospital,San Javier .
Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
eduardoroce@hotmail.com
Thank you for sharing your name! I will add this to the list of specialists. You are welcome to post information to this blog anytime.
Jorge Godoy Lenz
Head of the department of pediatric surgery.
Meso Rex surgery.
Clinica las Condes.
Santiago.
Chile
http://www.clc.cl
jgodoy@clc.cl
jorge_godoy@yahoo.com
: Cell phone+56992261193
Hello, Thank you for your submission. Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to you. I will update my page with your information. Any further comments from your professional perspective is most welcome. I would be interested to know how many surgeries you have performed to date, and whether or not you have treated patients outside of Chile? I don’t have much information from readers or the medical profession of the commonality of portal hypertension in South America so it would be very appreciated. Best regards, Clint