Louisville Lifestyle Medicine

Dr. Michael Hughes is an expert surgeon specializing in cutting edge care for patients with gastroparesis and chronic pancreatitis. With 15 years of experience as a transplant surgeon and as co-founder of a biotech company that has since gone public, he is a true surgical innovator. He understands the suffering of patients with these disabling diseases and wants to help. Gastroparesis is characterized by some combination of nausea, vomiting, bloating, early satiety and upper abdominal pain. When diet and medication fail to control symptoms, surgery can very effective. Chronic pancreatitis causes abdominal pain and leads to pancreatic failure. Total pancreatectomy with islet auto transplant (TP-IAT) can eliminate pain and prevent diabetes.