Gastro Health’s Andres Gelrud, MD, MMSc, was featured in the Emmy-winning show Medical Stories about Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, known as EPI. Medical Stories is a national television series, airing on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), designed to explore the latest in medicine today.
In this episode, Dr. Gelrud discusses EPI, a condition in which the pancreas doesn’t produce enough enzymes to help the body properly digest food. It can lead to symptoms like abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Dr. Gelrud is a world-renowned expert in pancreatitis and EPI. In addition to his private practice at Gastro Health, he’s the Director of the Pancreatic Disease Program at the Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of The National Pancreas Foundation. Dr. Gelrud is an active educator and author. He has written more than 75 articles and abstracts in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to numerous English and Spanish language textbooks on digestive diseases.
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