Liver Institute Services

Choosing The Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas Medical Center

Comprehensive and multidisciplinary care available at The Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas includes:

• Liver transplantation with lifelong follow-up
• Management of cirrhosis and portal hypertension:
  • Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)
  • Endoscopic therapy
  • Surgical shunt
• Treatment of acute and chronic liver disease, including:
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Autoimmune hepatitis
  • Steatohepatitis
  • Esophageal varices
  • Abnormal liver enzymes/fatty liver
• Percutaneous, CT-guided, and transjugular liver biopsy
• Multidisciplinary evaluation and management of benign and malignant pancreatic and hepatobiliary tumors and disorders
• Management of complications related to cirrhosis and portal hypertension
• Treatment of acute and chronic liver disease
• FibroScan® device for the diagnosis and treatment of liver disease – the FibroScan® procedure offers patients a new scanning technology to measure the degree of fibrosis (scarring), or stiffness, in the liver without the need for a biopsy
• Chronic pancreatitis management
• Transarterial chemoembolization/percutaneous alcohol ablation
• Radioactivemicrosphere treatment of liver cancer
• Intra-arterial and systemic chemotherapy
• Clinical trials and research

A full range of abdominal surgical services, including the latest innovations in minimally invasive surgical techniques to reduce patient recovery time:

• Radiofrequency tumor ablation (open, laparoscopic, percutaneous)
• Open and laparoscopic liver resection
• Single-incision laparoscopic surgery
• Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy)
• Fully robotic Whipple procedure with the da Vinci® Surgical System
• Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy
• Complex biliary resection and reconstruction of bile duct injuries and malignancy
• Surgical shunts for portal hypertension
• Liver and pancreas transplantation with lifelong follow-up

Patient and family support

• Multilingual staff and physicians, speaking Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic, with in-hospital translation capabilities for over 150 languages
• Assistance with housing and transportation arrangements for out-of-town patients and families
• On-call service 24 hours/7 days a week

To request an appointment with the experts at The Liver Institute,
call (214) 947-4400.