Susanne Warner, M.D., is an associate professor of surgery and specializes in liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile duct surgery. Her primary professional goal is to improve life for patients with cancer affecting the liver and pancreas. To this end, she is innovating on three fronts:
- Scientifically by investigating the potential of oncolytic (cancer-killing) viruses to treat aggressive malignancies.
- Operatively by expanding indications for minimally invasive and robotic surgery.
- Through humanities research studying surgeon-patient communication, along with the emotional and spiritual effects of major surgery.
Originally from Texas, Dr. Warner completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Texas and medical school at Texas A&M. She did her general surgery residency at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, a research fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering and a clinical fellowship at the University of Michigan. She was an assistant professor at City of Hope in the Los Angeles area prior to being recruited to Mayo Clinic in 2021.
Dr. Warner is the associate chair of Career Development and Recruitment in the Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, the program director for the Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery Fellowship Program, and the medical director for Digital Experience Platform and Experience Design within Mayo Clinic's Center for Digital Health.
