Dr. Klavans has served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery and has been President of the Medical Staff at Morton Plant Hospital. He has served on multiple committees at the hospital throughout the years. He has been credited with numerous publications. Dr Klavans was instrumental in bringing Robotic Surgery to Pinellas County and performed the first robotic prostatectomy in the county. As of 2018, he has performed over 1100 robotic prostatectomies (daVinci Surgical System) and is the Co- Chairman of the Robotics Committee for the Morton Plant Health Care System. Dr. M. Scott Klavans is currently working at the Advanced Urology Institute Oxford Largo Office and Palm Harbor East Lake Office