Liver surgery in New Jersey was propelled to the modern era as a result of advances in liver transplant surgery. Liver transplant is still the tour de force of surgery. Over 1000 liver transplants have been performed at the New Jersey Medical School in Newark. Liver transplant surgeons are also responsible for thousands of donor recoveries for liver, pancreas and kidney transplant. This technical expertise is also applied to all forms surgery of the liver, bile duct, and pancreas; otherwise known as hepatobiliary, pancreaticobiiary or pancreaticohepatobiliary

Minimally invasive hepatobiliary surgery is the new age of liver, bile duct and pancreas surgery, where major procedures are performed using laparoscopic and/or robotic techniques. The Program to advance Minimally Invasive Liver, bile duct and Pancreas Surgery in New Jersey is headed by Dr. Andrew N de la Torre at the New Jersey Medical School in Newark, Saint Michael's Medical Center, Englewood Hospital, and Overlook Hospital.