@bevie24, I’m sorry to hear that you had difficulties receiving an appointment at Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic continues to accept new patients. Unfortunately Mayo Clinic has more requests for appointments than available openings in some departments including Gastroenterology. Over the last few years, we’ve experienced unusually high demand for appointments, which has exceeded our capacity. This unfortunately seems to be the situation across the nation and around the world.

@katreilly, while there are no wait lists, people who have a scheduled appointment may receive an earlier appointment if there is a cancellation.

@bevie24, I see you also started a useful discussion here to help people find specialists in Mesenteric Panniculitis. I update the title to get more responses:
- Anyone found a doctor knowledgeable about Mesenteric Panniculitis?https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/has-anyone-been-successful-finding-a-doctor-that-is-knowledgeable-abo/

You might also be interested in the long standing and active discussion:
- Mesenteric Panniculitis and Sclerosing Mesenteritis: Let's connect https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mesenteric-panniculitis-or-schlerosing-mesentertis-auto-immune-around-small-intestine/