Meet Our Specialists
Our specialists diagnose and treat thyroid and parathyroid conditions offering advanced scarless surgical options.
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Thyroid specialists in the head and neck endocrine surgery team diagnose and treat patients with a variety of thyroid and parathyroid conditions including tumors, nodules and hyperparathyroidism. If you have been diagnosed with a thyroid or parathyroid condition, you can count on our team to provide a personalized treatment plan, tailored to your unique condition and personal needs.
Our specialists diagnose and treat thyroid and parathyroid conditions offering advanced scarless surgical options.
Learn how you can make an appointment at one of our three convenient locations.
Watch patient education videos on thyroid and parathyroid conditions and different surgical options for it.
Our surgeons provide an individualized treatment plan based on your thyroid and/or parathyroid diagnosis.
Our center works with the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center in a multidisciplinary approach to ensure the highest quality of patient care.
We offer scarless and minimally invasive techniques such as transoral robotic surgery (TORS) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to treat your thyroid and parthyroid conditions.
We strive to improve patient care by advancing our research on thyroid and parathyroid cancers.
Telemedicine appointments are now available for Maryland and Florida patients.
Learn how Johns Hopkins specialists helped patients survive thyroid and parathyroid conditions.
Philadelphia native Roberta Perry recovered from papillary carcinoma, the most common type of thyroid cancer. Learn how her care team, including Ralph Tufano, M.B.A., M.D., performed a surgical approach to remove lymph nodes in her thyroid.
Hetty Devroom, a retired nurse researcher, had primary hyperparathyroidism. Head and neck surgeon Ralph Tufano, M.D., M.B.A., performed an operation that addressed the problem without leaving a scar on Hetty’s neck.