Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
The Vanderbilt surgeons and surgical teams involved in this center have extensive experience with thyroid and parathyroid surgery, including all forms of thyroid cancer. Our surgeons also have expertise in Minimally Invasive Parathyroid Surgery guided by intra-operative parathyroid hormone monitoring, which is offered to appropriate patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. The procedure allows patients to leave the hospital on the same day as their surgery. The Center performs about 500 neck operations a year.
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) and Other Inherited Syndromes
The Vanderbilt surgeons involved have extensive experience in the surgical management of patients with MEN, VHL, NF1 and other hereditary conditions that are associated with endocrine/neuroendocrine tumors.
Adrenal and Pancreatic Surgery
The Vanderbilt surgeons and surgical teams involved in this center have extensive experience in adrenal and endocrine pancreatic surgery. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is available and is the generally preferred operative approach for adrenal tumors. Our surgeons have also introduced to the Southeast a new operating technique for adrenal tumors: retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy, allowing the surgeon to avoid abdominal incisions altogether. Our surgeons also perform Robotic minimally invasive adrenal procedures.
Neuroendocrine Tumor Surgery
The Vanderbilt surgeons involved have extensive experience in the surgical management of neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas, small bowel, adrenal, parathyroid, thyroid, and other locations (not in lung or pituitary).
Other Conditions:
Thyroid Diseases
- Familial medullary thyroid cancer
- Goiter
- Graves’ disease
- Hyperthyroidism
- MEN2A syndrome
- MEN2B syndrome
- Molecular testing
- Neck dissections for Metastatic Thyroid Disease
- Substernal goiter
- Thyroid cancer, including papillary thyroid cancer, follicular thyroid cancer, medullary thyroid cancer, anaplastic thyroid cancer
- Thyroid nodules
Parathyroid Diseases
- Familial isolated hyperparathyroidism
- MEN1 syndrome
- MEN2A syndrome
- Parathyroid carcinoma
- Parathyroid localization
- Primary hyperparathyroidism
- Re-operative parathyroid surgery
- Secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism
Adrenal Diseases
- Adrenal cancer
- Adrenal masses/incidentalomas
- Aldosteronoma
- Cushing’s syndrome
- Metastasis to the adrenal gland (removal of)
- Paraganglioma
- Pheochromocytoma
Pancreatic Endocrine Diseases
- Gastrinoma
- Glucagonoma
- Insulinoma
- Islet cell tumors
- MEN1 syndrome
- Non-functioning Neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors
- Somatostatinoma
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Carcinoid tumors of stomach, intestine, colon, appendix, and pancreas
- Gallium 68 Dotatate PET scans
- Metastatic Neuroendocrine numors to regional (liver) or distant sites
- Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) in collaboration with nuclear medicine physicians
