Profile

Board Certification

American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

New England Surg Soc
Assn for Acad Surg
Soc of Surg Oncol
Soc of Univ Surg
Amer Thyroid Assn
Am Assoc of Endo Surg
Soc of Clin Surg
Amer Surg Assn
Eastern Surg Soc
Southern Surg Assn

Additional Information

Gender

Female

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of California at San Francisco-UCSF

Suite S320, Box 0104

San Francisco, CA 94143

United States

Contact Information

Phone:415-476-1236

Email Me

Website

Biography

Academic endocrine surgery focused on the treatment of benign and malignant diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and neuroendocrine pancreas. It includes novel approaches, such as minimally invasive parathyroidectomy and posterior retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy, and clinical trials for advanced thyroid cancer.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Endocrine (Gland)

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

Head and Neck

Minimally Invasive Procedures

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

Hospital Appointments

Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT,

Attending

09/2002—12/2012

Duke University Medical Center

Durham,

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

01/2013—03/2018

UCSF (Parnassus, Mission Bay, Mt Zion)

San Francisco, CA

Attending

04/2018—Present

Academic Appointments

Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

Assistant Professor

08/2002—06/2008

Yale

Associate Professor

07/2008—12/2012

Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

Professor

09/2013—03/2018

University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine