NAME AND TITLE
Ralph P. Tufano, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Director of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

OFFICE PHONE
410-955-3628

EDUCATION - Medical School
State University of New York at Buffalo

EDUCATION - Residency
University of Pennsylvania

EDUCATION - Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University

BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Otolaryngology

CLINICAL INTERESTS
Thyroid cancer with additional interest in recurrent thyroid cancer, parathyroid disease, organ preservation laryngeal surgery, head and neck cancer, tumors of the larynx, oral cavity, salivary glands and skull base.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Determining optimal surgical treatment strategies for thyroid cancer.
• Developing novel treatments for thyroid and parathyroid disease.
• Functional outcomes in patients undergoing supracricoid laryngectomy.
• Assessing clinical utility of novel DNA mutations in thyroid cancer

ADMINISTRATIVE TITLE
Associate Professor

PRINCIPAL HOSPITAL
Johns Hopkins Hospital

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Farrag TY, Agrawal N, Sheth S, Bettegowda C, Ewertz M, Kim M, Tufano RP>Algorithm for safe and effective reoperative thyroid bed surgery for recurrent/persistent papillary thyroid cancer. Head Neck. 2007 Dec;29(12):1069-1074

Farrag TY, Koch WM, Cumming CW, Goldenberg D, Abou-Jaoude PM, Califano JA, Flint PW, Webster K, Tufano RP> Supracricoid Laryngectomy Outcomes-The Johns Hopkins Experience. Laryngoscope. 2007 Jan;117(1):129-132

Nahas ZS, Farrag TY, Lin FR, Belin RM, Tufano RP> A safe and cost effective short hospital stay protocol to identify patients at low risk for the development of significant hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy. laryngoscope. 2006 jun;116(6):906-910

Nayhas, Z., Cohade, C., Fakhry, C., ladenson, P., Zeiger, M., Wahl, R., Tufano, R.P. The Role of PET-CT in management of ZRecurrent Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Laryngoscope. 2005 Vol. 115(2); 51(1);35

Ha, P., Hdeib, A., Patel, P., Koch, W.M., Califano, J., Cummings, C.W.C., Flint, P., Wahl, R., Tufano, R.P.: The Role of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Fusion in the Management of Early and Advanced Stage Primary Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006 Jan;132(1):12-16

Farrag, T., Samlan, R.A., Lin, F.R., Tufano, R.P.: The Utility of Evaluating True Vocal fold motion Before thyroid Surgery. Laryngoscope 2006 Feb; 116(2):235-8