Personalized, comprehensive hepatobiliary and pancreas care
The hepatobiliary and pancreas surgery team at Mayo Clinic in Florida offers state-of-the-art treatment for people with benign and cancerous conditions that affect the liver, pancreas, bile duct and gallbladder.
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, is ranked the #1 hospital in Florida and is ranked among the Best Hospitals for cancer care.
Our team performs more than 350 complex hepatobiliary and pancreatic operations each year, placing us among the highest-volume programs in the country.
We are recognized for our performance of complex procedures with excellent outcomes, including for cancer-related needs.
No other cancer program in Florida ranks higher than Mayo Clinic.
To help identify new solutions for patients with liver, pancreas or other complex abdominal diseases, our team participates in basic, translational and clinical research.
Integrated care
Our hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery team works hand in hand with highly skilled experts across many specialties — including transplant surgeons, hepatologists, gastroenterologists, medical and radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, anesthesiologists, pathologists, and more — to offer each patient personalized and complete care.
Having all this expertise in a single place, focused on you, means that you are not just getting one opinion. Specialists across multiple disciplines come together to discuss patient cases in meetings called tumor boards. Our multidisciplinary board consists of all the experts needed to accurately evaluate your condition and provide a comprehensive best recommendation of care. What might take weeks or even months to accomplish elsewhere can typically be done in a matter of days at Mayo Clinic.
If a pancreas, liver or kidney transplant is needed, our hepatobiliary and transplant surgeons will work together as a cohesive unit to make your experience as seamless as possible.
Our surgeons are always searching for new and innovative ways to treat cancer. We offer the latest treatments for advanced cancers, including intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) and irreversible electroporation (IRE) for locally advanced pancreas tumors, and hepatic artery infusion pump (HAIP) therapy for metastatic colorectal liver metastases and cholangiocarcinoma.
Teamwork: Crucial for effective care
While hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeons play a critical role in each person's care, their work is made stronger by their teams.
- In the clinic, our collaborative, integrated team manages preoperative assessment, consultation, imaging and biopsies as well as postoperative care and follow-up. That team includes doctors, advanced care providers, research coordinators and many highly trained support staff.
- Likewise, surgeons, surgical technicians, first assistants, operating room nurses and anesthetists work in the operating room as regular teams. This enhances efficiency and lets team members support one another to achieve excellent clinical outcomes.
- Once surgery is complete, each patient's care team includes a highly qualified nursing staff. Nursing units are specialized. This means that nurses know what to look for after complex operations to keep patients healthy and to achieve the best possible outcomes.
- The nursing team at Mayo Clinic in Florida has received Magnet designation for excellence in nursing services. The award recognizes excellence in delivering nursing services to patients.