Dr. Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo is a gastrointestinal surgeon specialized in pancreatic and biliary diseases.
Dr. Fernandez-del Castillo is the director of the pancreas and biliary surgery program and clinical co-director of the GI cancer center at the MGH, as well as professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. He is a widely recognized expert in pancreatic and biliary surgery, and has authored over 350 publications on pancreatic cancer, cystic tumors of the pancreas, Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN), neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors, acute and chronic pancreatitis. For several years he has performed the largest number of pancreatic resections in New England. He serves in the editorial board many journals, including Annals of Surgery and Pancreatology, and is a past president of the American Pancreatic Association.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-5644
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Dr. Fernandez-del Castillo has laboratory and clinical research focused on pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis, models of pancreatic cancer, molecular genetics of pancreatic cancer and cystic neoplasms of the pancreas, and neuroendocrine tumors.
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I was very pleased with Dr. Fernandez-Del Castillo. He was very experienced and knowledgeable. He spent an inordinate amount of time with me. He answered all my questions. He was very courteous to myself and my husband. And his chief resident, Dr. [redacted] was wonderful too. It was a great experience. I very much appreciate that I was able to ... Read More
Dr. Fernandez is an outstanding care provider and I look forward to continuing our relationship as we consider My Health challenges.
Always so caring and thoughtful.
He was so caring and easy to talk to and I felt like he was really focused on what I was saying
I felt like when I went in, all of my records had been reviewed, all of my imaging had been reviewed, and when the doctor came in to me, he was able to make a decision on my care going forward based on careful scrutiny of my records, which I was very happy about, period. I can't comment on overall satisfaction at this point because I only had one ... Read More
Very kind and caring manner, extremely knowledgeable.
Dr. Carlos Fernandez-Del Castillo is one of the great surgeons. He's done a lot of surgery. I've had him many times and he's been there for me all the time. A great surgeon, very methodical, follows every rule he knows. He's been around doing surgery for a long time and he's just a great doctor, great personality with the patient and he's a ... Read More
Dr Fernandez was fantastic to deal with. He was the most professional Dr that I've dealt was in a long time. His diagnosis saved me from going though a massive operation that was not necessary.
He is very kind and tries to explain my results
He is excellent. A true professional.