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Pulse Digital Health is a specialist healthcare marketing agency. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery sits in one of the most clinically complex categories in healthcare. Patients arrive with concerns ranging from gallstones and incidentally found liver lesions through to suspected pancreatic cancer and complex liver surgery. Decision cycles are serious, surgeon authority outweighs almost everything else, and clinical credibility is paramount. We bring the same precision to HPB surgery that we apply to neighbouring specialties like colorectal surgery clinics, with extra emphasis on the surgeon authority and clinical credibility that drive HPB patient decisions. We work with newly launched HPB clinics establishing their first surgical pipeline, alongside established providers expanding self-pay revenue across hepatobiliary and pancreatic services.
Marin Bargan
FounderSelected Work
At Pulse Digital, we're proud to partner with clinics and healthcare brands that trust us with their digital journey. Every project we have worked on is a showcase of how smart, patient-focused strategies can drive growth and retention.
Our work speaks louder than words through real results, real patients, and real success.
How We Help Hepatobiliary Surgery Clinics Grow
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We map your procedures and patient mix
Before any campaign goes live, we audit your surgical scope across gallbladder surgery, liver disease management, pancreatic surgery, biliary tract conditions, hepatobiliary cancer surgery and any specialist services. We pull data on procedure-level search demand, surgeon-level competition and referrer relationships. The strategy starts with knowing where your clinic and your surgeons stand out in this serious clinical category.
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We build the digital infrastructure
Procedure pages with honest expected outcomes, recovery timelines and risk discussion appropriate to HPB surgery's clinical seriousness. Surgeon authority pages with credentials, society memberships and surgical volume where appropriate. Patient stories that respect the seriousness of these conditions while supporting hope. CRM integration so every patient enquiry is tracked through consultation, surgery and post-op follow-up. The same standards we apply across healthcare SEO, with extra rigour around the surgeon-led credibility that HPB patient decisions require.
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We turn deep research into booked consultations
We scale acquisition through Google Ads built around condition and procedure queries, with ad copy that respects the clinical seriousness of HPB conditions. We add Meta and YouTube for upstream patients still researching their diagnosis, retargeting for the typical decision cycle, and reputation work that surfaces surgeon credibility at decision time. Reporting closes the loop from ad spend through to booked patient consultation, surgical conversion and procedure value.
Make Healthcare Click for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Clinics
Hear the Pulse of Clinics And
Doctors We Work With
Dr Richard Shaffer
Owner at Dupuytren's UK
Working with Marin and his team has been a pleasure. Marin took the time to understand our brand, goals, and audience, to help deliver content to bring awareness to our clinic and strengthen trust in our services. Since working with them, we’ve seen a noticeable increase in overall online visibility. The team’s professionalism, creativity, and responsiveness set them apart.
Katie McMillan
Marketing Manager at UME Health
Julie Buesnel
Practice Manager at Spectrum Healthcare, Jersey
Dr Carla Perna
Clinical Oncologist at Genesis Healthcare
Geoff Scott
Reload Clinics
Dr Christos Mikropoulos
Clinical Oncologist at GenesisCare
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do you work with newly launched HPB surgery clinics?
Yes, and we support new clinics through brand identity, website build with comprehensive procedure and surgeon content, opening paid campaigns and referrer outreach. The first six to nine months are critical for establishing surgeon credibility in this serious clinical category, particularly given the complexity of HPB conditions.
How is HPB surgery marketing different from general surgical marketing?
HPB sits at the most clinically serious end of general surgery. Patients arrive with concerns that often have life-altering implications. Surgeon experience and clinical credibility outweigh almost everything else, more so than in many surgical sub-specialties. The marketing tone has to respect that seriousness while supporting clear patient decision-making.
Can you help us grow private gallbladder surgery volume?
Yes, private cholecystectomy is among the most commercially valuable HPB streams, particularly with NHS waiting time pressure on elective surgery. We build dedicated procedure landing pages, run condition-specific paid media addressing common patient concerns, and align reporting to procedural conversion.
How do you handle clinical compliance and advertising platform requirements?
We approach compliance with real rigour. Every claim, image and call-to-action is reviewed against GMC standards and broader healthcare advertising guidance before going live. We have particular expertise in working within advertising platform policies for the healthcare sector, which apply additional restrictions on health content.
Can you support pancreatic and liver cancer service marketing?
Yes, with extra clinical care. Cancer marketing carries specific compliance considerations around outcome claims and survival framing. We build dedicated content programmes that respect the seriousness while supporting patient decision-making, alongside referrer-facing infrastructure for the multidisciplinary referrals these conditions demand.
Do you market surgeons individually as well as the clinic?
Yes, HPB surgery is one of the categories where surgeon brand significantly outperforms clinic brand. Patients often choose by specific surgeon's experience volume in particular procedures. We run hybrid strategies with strong clinic brand for condition search, plus heavily invested surgeon authority pages.
Can you support referrer marketing alongside direct-to-patient?
Yes, HPB clinics depend heavily on referrals from gastroenterology, oncology and general surgery alongside direct patient enquiry. We design referrer programmes including dedicated landing pages, referrer packs, account-based outreach and LinkedIn presence, alongside consumer-facing programmes.
What does a typical engagement look like?
We start with a discovery audit covering procedure-level visibility, surgeon-level visibility, website conversion, paid media efficiency and referrer relationships. From there we agree priorities, usually starting with a website upgrade with comprehensive procedure and surgeon content, SEO foundations and a paid media programme. We work on rolling monthly retainers.
How long before we see results?
Paid media can produce qualified patient enquiries inside the first month, with booked consultations following within two to four weeks. Surgical conversion typically takes two to four months given the HPB decision cycle. SEO compounds over six to nine months. Paid carries the immediate load while organic and surgeon authority build underneath.
How do we get started?
Walk us through your clinic, your procedure mix, your surgeon team and your current marketing position. To book a free, no-obligation discovery call directly with a senior strategist, click here. If we are a fit, we follow up with a tailored audit and a phased growth plan. If we aren't the right partner, we will say so and recommend someone better suited.
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