Harris Methodist Earns Pancreatic Cancer Excellence Designation
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth joins 204 National Pancreas Foundation centers nationwide in recognizing multidisciplinary pancreatic care.
Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Cancer
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The National Pancreas Foundation has designated Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth as an NPF Clinical Center of Excellence for pancreatic cancer, recognizing its multidisciplinary approach to care. The designation was announced Nov. 3, 2026.
Why it matters
The NPF review evaluates comprehensive, evidence-based, patient-centered care delivered by a coordinated team of specialists, giving Fort Worth-area patients a benchmark for pancreatic cancer treatment. It also signals that local residents can access care that meets national standards without leaving North Texas.
The designation is one of 204 NPF Centers of Excellence nationwide, awarded after a review of multidisciplinary pancreatic care. The announcement does not disclose the hospital's pancreatic cancer patient volumes or outcome statistics.
The players
National Pancreas Foundation
The National Pancreas Foundation is a nonprofit organization that works to advance research, awareness and care for patients with pancreatic disease, and it administers the Clinical Center of Excellence designation program.
Texas Health Resources
Texas Health Resources is a large nonprofit health system operating 29 hospital locations and more than 4,400 licensed hospital beds across North Texas.
The details
NPF Clinical Centers of Excellence must provide access to a multidisciplinary team of gastroenterologists, pancreatic surgeons, radiologists and oncologists, along with supportive services that address the whole patient. Physicians at Texas Health Fort Worth diagnose and treat acute and chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cysts, pancreatic necrosis and pancreatic cancer using advanced medical, endoscopic and surgical options.
Timeline
Nov. 3, 2026: Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth announced its NPF Clinical Center of Excellence designation.
Big Picture
The designation adds Fort Worth to the National Pancreas Foundation's network of 204 Centers of Excellence, which set a nationwide standard for multidisciplinary pancreatic care. Its placement in North Texas extends that standard to a major regional health system.
Patients in Fort Worth and surrounding North Texas communities may have access to a multidisciplinary pancreatic team at a nationally designated center. The designation does not change insurance coverage or treatment costs described in the source.
The takeaway
Patients facing pancreatic disease can ask whether their care team includes specialists in gastroenterology, surgery, radiology and oncology working together. Verifying a center's NPF designation is one way to check for coordinated, multidisciplinary care.
Further reading
Explore more cancer coverage from across the region.
More information
Learn more about pancreatic conditions and the designation program on the National Pancreas Foundation website.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Fort Worth Business Press.
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