Web Resources

National Endocrine Organizations and Practice Guidelines

 

The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons

The patient education website from the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons provides accurate, unbiased information on diseases of the thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, adrenal glands, and neuroendocrine system. The information has been written and approved by national experts.

 

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists

Position statement regarding treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism (2005)

 

The American Thyroid Association

Guidelines for management of thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer (2009)

Guidelines for the management of medullary thyroid carcinoma (2009)

 

The Endocrine Society 

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of primary hyperaldosteronism (2008)

Guidelines for the diagnosis of Cushing's Syndrome (2008)

 

MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Pre-formulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

Information on Healthy Web Surfing

Evaluating Internet Health Information

Information on Thyroid Diseases

Information on Parathyroid Disorders

Information on Adrenal Disorders

Information on Head and Neck Cancer

 

The National Cancer Institute

Information on thyroid cancer

Information on parathyroid cancer

Information on adrenocortical cancer

 

The National Institutes of Health 

Hyperparathyroidism

2002 NIH-sponsored Consensus Panel Summary Statement on Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Adrenal Mass

Cushing's Syndrome

Pheochromocytoma

Von Hippel Lindau

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type I

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type II

 

The National Kidney Foundation

Guidelines for management of bone disease and hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease

 


 

NYU Medical Center Endocrine Resources

 

Affiliated National and International Endocrine Surgery Centers

University of California, Los Angeles

The Endocrine Surgery Team at UCLA in Los Angeles, California is a multidisciplinary sub-specialty service with a focus on diseases of the parathyroid, thyroid, and adrenal glands.

University of California, San Diego

The Section of Endocrine Tumor Surgery within the Department of Surgery treats endocrine tumors in children and adults, with the goal of improving patient care through emerging technologies and advances in clinical and basic research.

University of California, San Francisco

The Division of General Surgery provides comprehensive services for both inpatients and outpatients, including gastrointestinal, hepatopancreatobiliary, endocrine, breast, oncologic, and colorectal problems.

Yale University School of Medicine

Yale Endocrine Surgery represents selected surgeons with expertise in the surgical evaluation and management of thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreatic disease and cancer.

Division of Endocrine Surgery of the Department of Surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine

Our clinical services are recognized nationally and internationally as one of the top programs in endocrine surgery, the field of general surgery that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with surgical diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands, and hormone-producing tumors of the pancreas and gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

Massachusetts General Hospital

Endocrine Surgery Program - The Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery provides state-of-the-art treatment for the following:

University of Michigan Division of Endocrine Surgery

The University of Michigan Department of Surgery has a rich 150-year history, and endocrine surgery has played a major role in this history. One of the department's greatest chairmen (1930-1957) Frederick A. Coller, M.D., was a renowned thyroid surgeon.

Columbia University Medical Center

Our surgeons specialize in treating disorders of the adrenal, pancreas, parathyroid, and thyroid glands. Our goal is to provide our patients with early detection of these disorders, and the most advanced surgical techniques available to treat them.

New York Thyroid Center

The New York Thyroid Center is dedicated to providing superior medical care and education for patients with thyroid disease.

NYU Division of Endocrine Surgery

The Division of Endocrine Surgery in the Department of Surgery at NYU was established in 2007 to provide comprehensive care to patients requiring surgery for thyroid cancer, other thyroid conditions, hyperparathyroidism, and other endocrine tumors in cooperation with colleagues in Endocrinology, Pathology, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiology.

Weill Cornell Physicians

Endocrine surgery is a special field of surgery that focuses on the management of problems (principally benign and malignant tumors) of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands, as well as endocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and the pancreas. The goals of the Section of Endocrine Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are to provide excellent patient care and advance knowledge of diseases of these glands through research and education.

Northern Endocrine and Breast Surgery Centre, Sydney Australia

Northern Endocrine and Breast Surgery Centre is a purpose-built facility to provide comprehensive, multi disciplinary Endocrine and Breast Care Services. Our overall mission is to provide patients with endocrine and breast disorders the best possible care.

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

The Section of Endocrine Tumor Surgery within the Department of Surgical Oncology treats endocrine tumors in children and adults, with the goal of improving patient care through emerging technologies and advances in clinical and basic research.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

The section of endocrine surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center consists of three endocrine surgeons including Dr. William H. Snyder, Dr. Fiemu E. Nwariaku and Dr. Shelby Holt.

University of Wisconsin

The Endocrine Surgery Program at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics has been providing nationally recognized care and innovative services to its patients for over a decade.

 University of Iowa

The endocrine surgery program at the University of Iowa has a long history of excellence and innovation. We are dedicated to providing excellent and personalized care to patients with endocrine surgical diseases in a multidisciplinary setting.

 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.

 University of Chicago

The University of Chicago endocrine surgeons are internationally renowned for their expertise in the treatment of complicated endocrine disorders, including: diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid glands, adrenal glands as well as unusual islet cell tumors of the pancreas.