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Posted 4/10/2010 6:26 PM (GMT -5)
A colleague and friend has decided to have his prostate removed and is considering surgery with Dr. Alan Partin or Balentine Carter at Johns Hopkins, or Peter Scardino at MSK.   Does anyone have personal experience they can share about surgery with any of these docs?  I know they all have terrific reputations, but I am wondering if anyone can share personal experiences.   Many thanks.

 

Posted 4/11/2010 12:14 PM (GMT -5)
Flip a coin, they are both excellent.
JT
Posted 4/12/2010 9:25 AM (GMT -5)

Not personal experience, but I read that when the president of Yale University decided to have PC surgery last year, he bypassed the Yale-New Haven Hospital and went to Peter Scardino.  He took a lot of flack politically for a perceived slap in the face of his own university's hospital and doctors, but he is no dummy.

Zen9

Posted 4/12/2010 9:38 AM (GMT -5)
I guess those who criticized him didn't focus on the fact that Scardino is a Yale graduate!

 

Posted 4/12/2010 11:48 AM (GMT -5)

Ballentine Carter runs the AS program for Hopkins and Scardino has recently come out against surgical treatment for early stage PCa.  So...I think you could get a balanced opinion from either of these great docs.

Tudpock

Posted 4/12/2010 1:07 PM (GMT -5)

medved,

Yeah, my alumni reference says Scardino was a religious studies major at Yale.  Probably aren't too many PC surgeons who majored in religious studies before going to med school ....

Zen9

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