Liver surgery in New Jersey was propelled to the modern era as a result of advances in liver transplant surgery. Liver transplant is the tour de force of surgery. Over 1000 liver transplants have been performed in New Jersey, as well as recovering the donor liver, pancreas, and kidney. This technical expertise is also applied to all forms of non-transplant surgery of the liver, bile ducts, and pancreas; or otherwise know as hepatobiliary surgery.

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