Center for Diseases of the Liver and Pancreas

Liver and Pancreas

The Center for Diseases of the Liver & Pancreas at Denver's Swedish Medical Center offers a multidisciplinary approach to surgical and non-surgical treatment strategies for patients with complex liver, biliary and pancreatic disease.

 

Medical and surgical diseases of the liver, biliary system and pancreas represent some of the most complex and challenging problems faced by health care professionals today. Our team is here to help treat these diseases.

Conditions Treated
Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Liver DiagramAscites
Autoimmune Hepatitis
Bile Duct Disorders, including (benign and malignant) biliary duct cancer
Cancer of the Liver, primary and metastatic
Cirrhosis of the Liver
Drug-Induced Hepatitis
Encephalopathy
Gallstones
Inherited Metabolic Liver Disorders
Jaundice
Pancreatic Tumors
Pancreatitis (acute and chronic)
Portal Hypertension
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Viral Hepatitis (A, B, C, D and E)

Services
Gastroenterology Hepatology - board-certified gastroenterologists offer advanced endoscopic techniques.

Interventional Radiology - Interventional Radiologists use minimally invasive image guided techniques to treat tumors or obstructions.

Surgery - General surgeons are fellowship trained in advanced surgical techniques involving liver, biliary and pancreatic surgery. Surgeons specialize in the operative removal of tumors, of the liver, pancreas or other parts of the GI tract.

Medical Oncology and Radiation Oncology - Medical oncologists offer specialized chemo-therapeutic treatment plans. Radiation oncologists deliver external and internal beam radiation therapy to referred patients, both inpatient and outpatient

Contact the Center for Diseases of the Liver and Pancreas

501 E. Hampden Ave.
Englewood, Colorado 80113
Phone: 303-788-4668
Toll-Free: 866-7-SWEDISH
E-mail

Trust the Experts

Our team catches cancers* at earlier stages than the state average and has survival data that is better than than the state average.

*Liver, intra and extra hepatic bile duct, gallbladder, pancreas and other parts of the biliary tract.

Center for Diseases of the Liver and Pancreas Doctors

Thomas Heffron, M.D.
General Surgery
Transplantation Surgery
Liver Transplantation

Eric Kortz, M.D.
General Surgery
Transplantation Surgery
Liver Transplantation

Marcelo Kugelmas, M.D., FACP
Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology

Eric Malden, M.D.
Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Charles Nutting, D.O., FSIR
Interventional Radiology, Interventional Oncology

John Sabel, M.D., FACP, FACG
Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology