Background
Aarti Mathur, M.D., is an endocrine surgeon for the Johns Hopkins Division of Surgical Oncology and an assistant professor of surgery for Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Mathur sees patients at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. She is board certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
Dr. Mathur specializes in the surgical management of benign and malignant diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands and cervical lymph nodes. Her expertise includes thyroid surgery for nodules, goiters, Graves disease, thyroid cancer, minimally invasive parathyroidectomy, surgery for persistent or recurrent hyperparathyroidism, and laparoscopic adrenalectomy.
Dr. Mathur earned her medical degree at The University of Texas. She completed a general surgery residency at Georgetown University Hospital, followed by fellowships at the National Cancer Institute, where she spent several years studying immunotherapy and surgical oncology, performing endocrine surgery research, and caring for patients with advanced oncologic diseases. Dr. Mathur also completed a fellowship in endocrine surgery at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Mathur is a member of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons and the American Thyroid Association.
Dr. Mathur has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals, written numerous book chapters on the surgical management of endocrine disease, and presented at national meetings. She is an active clinician-scientist with research interests in endocrine surgical outcomes. She is the recipient of multiple research grants, including the Clinician Scientist Career Development Award from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the American Thyroid Association Training Grant, and the Marie J. Simonian Award for Excellence in Clinical Research and Charles A. Hufnagel Award for Excellence in Basic Science Research from Georgetown University Hospital.
Patient Ratings & Comments
The Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on the national CG-CAHPS Medical Practice patient experience survey through Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score. Comments are also gathered from our CG-CAHPS Medical Practice Survey through Press Ganey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
Comments