Hepatitis Care at Mayo Clinic
Your Mayo Clinic care team
Mayo Clinic's hepatitis care teams include doctors trained in liver disease (hepatologists), specialists in infectious disease, diagnostic radiologists and pathologists, and if necessary, liver transplant experts in medical and surgical subspecialties. Rounding out the team are advanced-practice nurses, physician assistants and other allied health professionals.
These experts communicate with one another to coordinate your appointments, streamline the diagnostic process and design a plan of care that meets your needs. Your care team also monitors your condition during treatment, adjusting as needed.
Advanced diagnosis and treatment
Mayo Clinic has taken part in many research trials of the newest hepatitis C treatments. At Mayo Clinic, you have access to the latest advances in hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment, including:
- Noninvasive testing. Imaging tests that measure liver stiffness, which shows that there is liver damage and how bad it is, have largely replaced liver biopsy in looking at hepatitis C-related liver damage and checking the effects of antiviral treatment. These two tests, magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) and transient elastography, cause no pain. They also are safer than a liver biopsy, which carries a small risk of bleeding or injury inside the body. Sometimes, either test also might give a more precise measure of liver damage than does a liver biopsy. The MRE technique was developed at Mayo Clinic.
- New medicines. Researchers at Mayo Clinic have made large contributions to clinical trials of direct-acting antiviral medicines in chronic hepatitis C. These trials involved patients with cirrhosis; patients with hepatitis B and HIV, which make hepatitis C worse; and patients who have less-common hepatitis C genotypes.
Experience you can trust
The liver transplant teams in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota are leaders and innovators in transplants for people with liver cancer and use of antirejection drugs that help ensure positive outcomes.
People with challenging health situations come to Mayo Clinic for help because our doctors and surgeons are experts in specialized liver transplant options.
The Mayo Clinic Transplant Center supports many studies for liver transplant research. For example, Mayo Clinic researchers are developing a bioartificial liver that could help patients cope as they await a donor liver.
Liver transplant outcomes at Mayo Clinic compare favorably with the national average.
Expertise and rankings
Mayo Clinic doctors are widely respected for their expertise and experience in diagnosing and treating hepatitis.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, ranks No. 1 for digestive disorders in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings. Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for digestive disorders by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic Children's in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2025–2026 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.