03/03/2026
🎗️"I often get notes, letters, and emails from former patients who are doing well after having life-changing surgery with excision of their . I feel so blessed to be the doctor that these patients trusted, usually traveling from every state, all over the country, and from around the world. It’s extremely humbling to have such faith and belief placed in me. It starts with listening to patients, who have usually suffered for many, many years; often gaslit, dismissed, ignored, and marginalized. Believe in their pain and keep an open mind about the possible multi-organ involvement that can be manifested in these patients, from bowel disease, bladder symptoms, pelvic floor issues, and neuropelveology to diaphragmatic and thoracic endometriosis. The physician must listen so as not to miss something important, some little piece of information that’s necessary to fully recognize the need to more thoroughly evaluate the bladder, bowel, diaphragm, or sciatic nerve...then learn the approaches through excellent mentors and skilled teachers and pass the knowledge and passion on to others. I’ve had many Fellows who’ve gone on to dedicate their careers to endometriosis surgery and treatment as well, hopefully with a positive legacy of caring, compassion, and skill. I feel endometriosis patients need special doctors (specialists, but more than that!). They need doctors and caregivers who understand the difficulties that patients have faced, the walls they’ve run into, the mismanagement of a disease that was burned too often and unsuccessfully suppressed with side-effect-laden, costly medication. They need more compassion. Patients must be their best advocates and find doctors that care and understand patients. And patients must be their own truth and let the doctors know what that truth is. We can improve the lives of most patients with endometriosis - if we use our ears, hands...and hearts! I applaud all the endometriosis support groups and education sites that have empowered so many." - Dr. Ken Sinervo, CEC Medical Director
