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https://www.uclahealth.org/cancer/cancer-services/pancreatic-cancer
I came up with the same thing. Looking futher I see their endoscopic ultrasound on this link, but not a specific doctor
https://www.uclahealth.org/medical-services/pancreas-disease/pancreatic-disease-treatments/interventional-endoscopy#EUS
My doctor at MSKCC had very specific instructions about the specific doctors he wanted me to see and recommended Dr. Rolston for this type of procedure for screening of my brother for pancreatic disease because of our common BRCA gene and my pancreatic cancer. I am a retired physician so I did the research for him, he chose to use his local doctor. I also did research for my sister to come up with a doctor at University of Michigan. Wouldn't recommend that place to anyone. She did have a GI fellow (trainee)do the endocscopy. Her pancreas was fine, but a different cancer was detected. The fellow seemed to have missed the cancer in her esophagus with the initial ultrasound. When a possible cancer was detected in the esophagus, the attending physician (fully trained who was highly rated) did the endoscopy himself and found her esophageal cancer. The delays did not cause her demise, I don't know if a few weeks earlier might have made any difference. but if the correct diagnosis was made initially, it wouldn't have been as hard on her. The University of Michigan does have a recognition by the NPF, I am glad I never went near the place. Make sure you find out who will be doing your procedure in an academic medical center. All I can say is that the progress noted that the attending physician was present in the room. Doing more than looking at his cell phone I would home. Given what happened I wonder what he was doing during the procedure his trainee was doing.