I had stage 3 pancreatic cancer with a 4mm tumor originally wrapped around my portal vein. My oncologist, Dr. Margaret Tempero of UCSF started the pancreatic cancer treatment program at UCSF. She recommended my surgical oncologist to me. Four months ago, Dr. Carlos Corvera performed the Whipple on me. He usually does two Whipples a day, but mine required the entire day and he pulled in a transplant specialist to assist. Dr. Corvera imdoes surgery at UCSF Parnassus campus. The nurses who cared for me afterwards were phenomenal. I had a complicated recovery and was in hospital for 17 days. Not the typical recovery window I’m told.