Digestive Disease and What's the Right Treatment For You?
5.6 million Americans (or 1 in 25 people) suffer from gastroparesis and more than 80 thousand are diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis.
You are not alone and at Vanguard Surgical, we’ll be a champion for your digestive disease treatment and relief. Get back to your everyday activities and reclaim your life.
Learn more about these diseases and how we can help.
Why Trust Dr. Hughes
Dr. Michael Hughes is on a mission to give his patients a better life. He has decades of surgical experience treating both gastroparesis and chronic pancreatitis.
Working alongside Dr. Thomas Abell, the world’s preeminent medical expert in gastroparesis, Dr. Hughes has performed more surgeries for gastroparesis than any other surgeon in the world (according to Medtronic, the manufacturer of the Enterra II gastric stimulator). His streamlined approached to gastroparesis is both effective and efficient. He is the only surgeon in the United States performing these procedures at an Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC). ASCs have significantly reduced costs for both patients and insurance companies.
Dr. Hughes is a true surgical innovator when treating chronic pancreatitis. He established the total pancreatectomy - islet autotransplant program (TP-IAT) at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY to cure patients with chronic pancreatitis after securing a nearly $1 million grant from the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence. He then co-founded Koligo Therapeutics to expand TP-IAT to hospitals throughout the world. Dr. Hughes' TP-IAT program at Jewish Hospital was awarded the MediStar Healthcare Innovation Award. Koligo Therapeutics has since merged with Orgenesis, a world leader in personalized cell and gene therapies (CGTs).
As Chief Medical Officer of Koligo Therapeutics, Dr. Hughes continues to train surgeons throughout the United States on how to perform TP-IAT in addition to performing it himself in Louisville, KY at Vanguard Surgical.
Dr. Hughes is focused on "improving lives one patient at a time" by bringing them the surgical solutions that make a difference. He calls his patients "warriors" because they truly fight for a better life. There’s nothing more satisfying to Dr. Hughes than giving these warriors their lives back.
Why Vanguard Surgical?
We take the time to get to know you and understand your health concerns. We want to develop a lasting relationship built on trust with you and your provider. We know your condition is frustrating and that you are often looked down upon by those who do not understand your disease. Our number one goal is to get you back on your feet so you can truly enjoy life again.