Jude, Have you even talked to the pituitary neurosurgeons in Chicago yet? Dr. Ciric is one of the pioneers. Dr. Chandler and Dr. Ciric are well respected pituitary neurosurgeons. I got the feeling you weren't too impressed with Dr. Rosseau, but understand, she was trained by Dr. Laws and she does more than just pituitary neurosurgery, they all do. I remember Dr. Post telling a Cushings patient that a patient who has a hormone secreting tumor (GH, ACTH, PR) has a higher success of complete cure in the hands of an experienced pituitary neurosurgeon - i.e. one who does around 50 cases of pituitary neurosurgery a year. Practice makes perfect. You should go to pubmed and type in Ciric I ...here... You can do the same with the other doctors. What is important is that you see a pituitary neurosurgeon who specializes in Pituitary Neurosurgery. Dr. Blevins will be more than happy to see you at Vanderbilt, but you will need to be referred to Vandy by your local endo. I think you ought to at least do a dry run with the local docs first - face to face. It is good to practice before you spend the money and the time to see other surgeons. A friend of mine is having surgery here in Houston with Dr. McCutcheon next week. This is another way you know a doctor is right. "He is so nice and easy to talk to. I feel like I have been a patient of his for years." lol... yeah... I felt pretty good with Dr. Delashaw too. He had this innate way of knowing how to talk with me, how to tell me what I needed to know, how to encourage me. I liked that he was available to me if I had any of those midnight hour questions. It is easy to get confused too. You need to see your endo. Your endo will refer you to surgery. You can talk with your endo about who your endo would recommend you to see (and why), and you can discuss some of the doctors you have been thinking about with your endo and why. Minnie | 