Our Technology and Expertise

UPMC endocrine surgeons are nationally recognized for their expertise in minimally invasive surgical approaches, and have extensive experience in a variety of advanced surgical techniques, including:

Thyroid

• State-of-the-art diagnostics, including ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules
• Minimally invasive thyroid surgery
• Cervical lymph node dissection for thyroid cancer
• Intra-operative ultrasound lymph node mapping for the treatment of recurrent thyroid cancer
• Postoperative radioactive iodine ablation for thyroid cancer to minimize recurrence

Parathyroid

• Ultrasound and nuclear medicine localization of parathyroid tumors to accurately locate abnormal parathyroid glands
• Video-assisted and minimally invasive parathyroid surgery
• Intra-operative parathyroid hormone testing to successfully remove all abnormal parathyroid glands

Adrenal

• Complete evaluation of adrenal tumors
• Adrenal venous sampling for evaluation of select tumors
• Minimally invasive or retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy

Other Services

• Individualized multidisciplinary treatment strategies for endocrine diseases
• Genetic counseling and testing for multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndromes, including educating MEN patients and families about these disorders, and providing management recommendations to their physicians
• Identification and treatment of pancreatic endocrine tumors
• Opportunities to participate in clinical trials