Dear Mari,
So sorry to hear about your father. The surgeon at the Univ of Penn is Dr. Ernest Rosato. He is the Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery at the University. He is great! I live in Mays Landing New Jersey, and when my doctor discovered I had pancreatic cancer he immediately referred me to Dr. Rosato at the Univ of Penn. That is where I continue to go for my oncology chekups.
Is your father's cancer in the head, body or tail of the pancreas? How long ago was he diagnosed? What options are the doctors giving him? I have communicated with several people who have had pancreatic cancer and most of them have had the "Whipple Procedure". One woman had chemo and radiation first and then had surgey. But most of them, (as I did), had surgery first and then chemo and radiation afterwards.
Best Regards and I will pray for your father. What is his name?