Endocrine and Thyroid Surgery at Johns Hopkins

Endocrine and Thyroid Surgery at Johns Hopkins

The Endocrine Surgery Division includes a team of endocrine surgeons, endocrine surgery fellows, nurse practitioners, and researchers who are dedicated to providing excellent care for patients with hyperparathyroidism, thyroid cancer and tumors, adrenal tumors, pancreatic islet cell tumors, and gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors. 

Along with providing patient care, we also perform clinical and molecular biology research.

Our missions are: 

1. To advance our understanding and treatment of endocrine surgical diseases;
2. To educate patients, endocrinologists, and endocrine surgeons;
3. To train endocrine surgery fellows in the field of endocrine surgery.

Clinical Practice:

• Thyroid surgery
• Cervical lymph node dissection
• Parathyroid surgery (including minimally invasive)
• Adrenal surgery (including laparoscopic)
• Pancreatic islet cell surgery (including laparoscopic

Research Program:

• Molecular markers of thyriod cancer
• Clinical studies of patients with hyperparathyroidism