Doctor Thyroid

H. Gilbert Welch, MD, MPH An internationally recognized expert on the effects of medical screening and over-diagnosis Dr. Gilbert Welch's work is leading many patients and physicians think carefully about what leads to good health. For Welch, the answer is often "less testing" and "less medicine" with more emphasis on non-medical factors, such as diet, exercise, and finding purpose in life. Welch'...

Dr. Leonard Wartofsky is Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center.  He trained in internal medicine at Barnes Hospital, Washington University and in endocrinology with Dr. Sidney Ingbar, Harvard University Service, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston.   Dr. Wartofsky is past President of both...

Dr. Allen Ho is a fellowship-trained head and neck surgeon who focuses on head and neck tumors, including HPV(+) throat cancers and thyroid malignancies. As director of the Head and Neck Cancer Program and co-director of the Thyroid Cancer Program, he leads the multidisciplinary Cedars-Sinai Head and Neck Tumor Board, which provides consensus management options for complex, advanced cases. Ho's re...

Bryan McIver, MD, PhD Dr. McIver contributes to Moffitt Cancer Center almost 20 years of clinical experience in the care of patients with endocrine diseases, specializing in the evaluation of patients with thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. He has a particular interest in the management of patients with advanced and aggressive forms of cancer and the role of genetic and molecular techniques to im...

The past year has been fascinating and highly fruitful year for Dartmouth Institute Associate Professor Louise Davies, MD, MS. A 2017-2018 Fulbright Global Scholar, Davis spent several months in Japan at the Kuma Hospital in Kobe, Japan, studying the hospital's pioneering surveillance program for thyroid cancer. Davies, the chief of otolaryngology-head & neck surgery-at the Veterans Affairs Medica...

El Dr. Duque es un Cirujano de Cabeza y Cuello, formado en la Universidad de Miami, actualmente  trabaja en el Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe de Medellin. Al años opera unos 220 pacientes con problemas  de tiroides, de estos la mayoría con  cancer de tiroides. El Dr. Duque ha escrito un libro titulado !Uuuyy. TENGO CANCER DE TIROIDES¡   (Antes de inciar esta entrevista , me gustaria  dejar claro que ...

Doctor Carlos Simón Duque Fisher Médico de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana y Otorrinolaringólogo de la Universidad de Antioquia en Medellín, Colombia. Residencia en Otorrinolaringología en la Universidad de Antioquia. Fellowship , Entrenamiento exclusivo en Cirugía de Cabeza y Cuello (1996 a 1998) y posteriormente un Fellowship en Rinología y Cirugía Endoscópica de Senos para nasales (2004 a...

18 years ago Lorrie was diagnosed with Graves' disease.   Then, in 2017 she received a diagnosis of thyroid cancer.  In this episode we hear Lorrie describe the following: Papillary thyroid cancer Long delayed pathology results Graves' disease Balancing Graves' disease and a thyroid cancer diagnosis Emotional roller coaster of feeling optimistic and other days of sadness. The feelings and emotions...

Dra. Gabriela Brenta, M.D., Ph. D. Docente de post grado de la Universidad Favaloro y de las carreras de Especialista en Endocrinología así como de Bioquímica Clínica dependientes de Universidad de Buenos Aires .  Médica adscripta en el Servicio de Endocrinología y Metabolismo de la Unidad Asistencial Dr. César Milstein de Buenos Aires, Sector Tiroides.  Presidente  del Comité Científico de la Soc...

In this episode we hear from Doug, and 37 year old, male patient of Hashimoto's.  Discussed, are the following topics: Panic attacks Nervous Sweating Can't get out of bed Putting on weight Feeling coldness NP Thyroid® L-Tyrosine Synthroid WP Thyroid WP Thyroid and L-Tyrosine combination therapy High heart rate on T3 ACTH stimulation test TSH as high as 60 T3 suppressing pituitary Experience as a m...

In this episode, we visit with Carla. She had thyroid cancer surgery.  During the interview, we discuss: 50 biopsies of the first nodule 5 cm nodule Biopsies RAI Weight gain Support from family NOTES American Thyroid Association 23: You Have a Thyroid Nodule, What Happens Next? with Dr. Regina Castro from The Mayo Clinic 64: Managing Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules, with Dr. Kimberly Vanderveen from...

Dr. Eduardo Faure Especialista en Endocrinología. UBA Médico egresado de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario.   Especialista en Endocrinología egresado de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Buenos Aires.   Especialista recertificado por AMA (Asociación Médica Argentina) / SAEM (Sociedad Argentina de Endocrinología y Metabolismo) años 2003 y 2009. Realizó su form...

Professor Akira Miyauchi (Figure 1) is President and COO of Kuma Hospital, Center of Excellence in Thyroid Care, Kobe, Japan. He is a Japanese endocrine surgeon, and a pioneer in active surveillance, and visionary in regard to treatment of thyroid cancer.   World renowned researcher, and lecturer. As the associate professor of the Department of Surgery, Kagawa Medical University, he proposed and i...

Ezra Cohen, MD, is a board-certified oncologist and cancer researcher. He cares for patients with all types of head and neck cancers, including esophageal, thyroid and salivary gland cancers. Dr. Cohen is also an internationally recognized expert on novel cancer therapies and heads the Solid Tumor Therapeutics program at Moores Cancer Center. Much of his work has focused on squamous cell carcinoma...

Kimberly Vanderveen, MD is a Colorado native and graduate of Bear Creek High School in Lakewood, CO. She received her bachelor's degree with honors from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. She then earned her medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago, IL in 2001. Dr. Vanderveen completed her surgical residency at UC-Davis in Sacramento, CA. During her residency, she also obtained a m...

A native of Saskatchewan, Canada, Dr. Kaptein began teaching at the Keck School of Medicine in the Endocrinology Division in 1977. She became a tenured Professor of Medicine in 1990, a position she currently holds. Dr. Kaptein is a distinguished member of the Western Society for Clinical Investigation, American Society of Nephrology, the Endocrine Society and the American Thyroid Association. An a...

Carmelo Nucera, M.D., Ph. D., is currently an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, in the Division of Cancer Biology and Angiogenesis (Department of Pathology), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Nucera received his M.D. and Ph. D. in Experimental Endocrinology and Metabolism from Italy. Dr. Nucera is highly driven by an intense desire to make important contributions that...

Dr. Paul Y. Casanova-Romero, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E, E.C.N.U, que se unió a Palm Beach Diabetes y Endocrine Specialists en 2012, recibió su grado médico con honores (Summa Cum Laude) y Doctor en Ciencias Médicas (DMSc), de la Universidad de Zulia, la Escuela de Medicina en Venezuela. Posteriormente se unió a la facultad de su Alma Mater y en 1998, el Grupo de Investigación del Programa de...

Dr. Lisa Sardinia is an associate professor in the Pacific University Biology Department. She received a B.S. in Biology from Whitworth College, a Ph. D. in Microbiology from Montana State University and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.   Following graduate school, she was awarded a National Cancer Institute research fellowship at the University of California,...

Dr. José A. Hakim realiza más de 400 cirugías al año. Es cirujano general. Especialista en cirugía de cabeza y cuello en relación con el cáncer. En este entrevista, hablamos sobre: No todos los cánceres de tiroides deben ser operados. No todos los nódulos tiroideos deben ser biopsiados. La mitad de la población tiene nódulos tiroideos. El 10% de esos nódulos tienen cáncer. En Colombia, 2,5 millone...

Dr. Hernán Tala es endocrinólogo de la Clinica Alemana en Santiago, Chile. Su area especialidad incluye cáncer de tiroides avanzado, endocrinologia general, y enfermedades tiroides. Los temas presentados incluyen: Una mejor comprensión de la biología del cáncer de tiroides, y que no todo el cáncer de tiroides es igual. La enfermedad es única en cada paciente. La importancia de entender el perfil d...

This episode is recorded from Boston and the World Congress on Thyroid Cancer, where leading doctors and researchers have gathered to share the latest medical research and trends related to thyroid disease.  At the Congress, Dr. Okamoto presented on Thyroid Cancer Guidelines Around the World He helped write the Japanese guidelines on thyroid cancer.   He is Professor & Chair of the Department of S...

This episode is recorded from Boston at the World Congress on Thyroid Cancer, where thyroid doctors and researchers gathered to share the latest medical research and medical improvements related to thyroid disease.  Dr. Özer Makay is an expert in nerve monitoring during thyroid surgery, and has been a guest faculty member in South Korea, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Bulgari...

La glándula tiroides es un órgano importante del sistema endocrino. Está ubicada en la parte anterior del cuello, justo por encima de donde se encuentran las clavículas. La tiroides produce hormonas que controlan la forma como cada célula en el cuerpo usa la energía. Este proceso se denomina metabolismo. Hipotiroidismo es una afección en la cual la glándula tiroides no produce suficiente hormona t...

Doctor Califano es Endocrinóloga del Instituto de Oncología AH Roffo, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Es miembro del Departamento de Tiroides de la Sociedad Argentina de Endocrinología y Metabolismo y de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Tiroides. Es coautora del Consenso Multisocietario Argenino para el Manejo del Cáncer de Tiroides Diferenciado. En esta entrevista, discutimos lo siguiente: ¿Qué es un...