The November 29 Department of Internal Medicine’s inaugural Henry J. Binder Lectureship in Gastroenterology, “Can We Improve the Natural History of Acute Pancreatitis” was presented by Fred Gorelick, MD, the Henry J. and Joan W. Binder Professor of Medicine (digestive diseases) and of cell biology.
Acute pancreatitis is one the most common reasons for hospitalization for patients with gastrointestinal disease. Major risk factors for acute pancreatitis are cigarette smoking, alcohol use, obesity, diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia, acidosis, kidney failure, select genetic changes and sex.
Gorelick shared a story about a premenopausal female patient, her symptoms and post-treatment outcomes. He highlighted differences in risk and recovery amongst male and female pancreatitis patients including that the risk of the disease in young females is three to four-fold greater in similarly aged males.
Along with the patient story, he outlined degrees of severity, probable complications and possible management of acute pancreatitis.
The Henry J. Binder Lectureship in Gastroenterology was established by Binder and his wife Joan. Binder came to Yale in 1969 as an assistant professor and currently serves as professor emeritus of and senior research scientist in medicine (digestive diseases).
To learn more about digestive disease research at Yale, visit Digestive Diseases.
Yale faculty can review a video of yesterday’s Grand Rounds.