Brendan Curran Stack Jr., MD FACS

Dr. Stack has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers, chapters, and internet articles. He has presented at over 300 meetings regionally, nationally, and internationally. He collaborates on grants from the NIH, NSF and other public and private organizations. Dr. Stack has appeared on, or been cited by, local and national media numerous times. He serves on the editorial boards of Head and Neck and the ENT journal and just completed a term with Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Stack also reviews for several journals including the journal listed previously and Thyroid, Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and Laryngoscope among others. He has served on review panels for the National Institutes of Health and review agencies for the nations of Singapore, Italy, and England. Dr. Stack is listed in “Best Doctors” of America (since 2006), “Guide to America’s Top Surgeons” (since 2004), Castle and Conolly "Top Doctors" (since 2014), and “Top Thyroid Doctors” (since 2004). His research interests include early detection of head and neck cancer with proteomics, novel cancer biochemotherapy, imaging of sub-clinical disease with positron emission tomography (PET), outcomes and medical economics research related to head, neck, and thyroid cancer, and medical device development in the areas of radioguided surgery and free tissue transfer perfusion monitoring. Dr. Stack’s clinical interests include endocrine surgery for the head and neck, minimally invasive/robotic head and neck surgery, head and neck oncology, skull base surgery, and craniomaxillofacial trauma.

Head and Neck Disorders/Procedures

• carotid body tumors
• neck mass
• paragangliomas
• parathyroid adenoma
• parathyroid gland surgery
• parathyroid hyperplasia
• parathyroid surgery
• parathyroidectomy parathyroid disease
• parotid gland cancer
• parotidectomy
• thyroglossal duct cyst
• thyroid cancer
• thyroid gland surgery
• thyroid nodule
• thyroid surgery
• thyroidectomy

Diagnostic imaging/procedures

• fine needle aspiration/biopsy
• fine needle aspiration/thyroid
• minimally invasive surgery

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• fine needle aspiration/biopsy
• fine needle aspiration/thyroid
• minimally invasive surgery

Head and Neck Cancer/Tumors

• basal cell cancer
• neck mass
• parathyroid cancer
• parotid cancer
• thyroid cancer
• thyroid nodule
• thyroid nodules

Hospital of the University of Arkansas

Attending

07/2005—Present

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Professor

07/2005—Present