Speaking of Whipple and age, a surgeon will tell you it is not age that is the deciding factor but the physical assessment of the patient. The oldest patient to have the Whipple done was 103 and it was done at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore by the noted Whipple surgeon John Cameron MD now retired. I know of another patient that was in their early 90’s operated on by surgeon Flavio Rocca in Portland, Oregon and again the decision was taken to perform the Whipple based on the physical condition of the patient-not the age. Both of these accounts were by personal communication with the surgeons mentioned.