@lanamarie: I’m glad you are being proactive in your cancer healthcare. I would first check with your medical insurance company for their 2nd opinion protocol. The reason a NET specialist is critical is because our NET cancers react differently than Pancreatic Cancer -your diagnosis is NET in Pancreas as I understand. You need the most NET experienced drs to carefully evaluate your situation to be able to offer best treatment for your NET tumors. Your prognosis is most important!
My experience is that Medical Oncologists with minimal exposure to how NET tumors are treated will not blink at your request when you ask for referral of 2nd Opinion for NET specific info from NET oncology specialist. You need doctors who can advise you how to best proceed with treatment. They have info on most effective drugs and procedures. This also applies to surgeons as well -need to be experts in NET surgery. You have identified Mayo Clinic in Rochester - there may be other Cancer Centers to choose from as well.
In my case I saw a NET specialist at City of Hope (2+ hr drive away from home); now that my treatment is finished he still follows my case, but I see my local oncologist monthly.
Let me know how it goes. You are doing great researching specialists!