Pancreas Spotlight Stories

Rare procedure offers relief to patient dealing with endless stomach pain
VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center completes 100th rare procedure to treat chronic pancreatitis
VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center is one of few national transplant centers performing total pancreatectomy with islet cell autotransplantation, in coordination with a lab that is gaining support from national and international researchers.

Convenient care for the common and complex at VCU Health in Williamsburg

Halting chronic pancreatitis with TP-IAT
New Mexico nurse travels 1,800 miles to Hume-Lee, a national leader in the complex surgery.
Pain free and singing again
After years of pain and hospitalization, opera singer travels to Richmond for groundbreaking procedure.

Driving 900 miles during a pandemic for rare, life-changing surgery
She'd never been to Virginia, but was on a mission to get the care her daughter needed.

