Carmen Cecilia Solorzano, MD FACS

Carmen C. Solórzano, MD, FACS, is Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Chair of the Department of Surgery and Director of Endocrine Surgery at Vanderbilt Health, Nashville, TN. She holds the John L. Sawyers Chair in Surgical Sciences. She is a graduate of the University of Florida General Surgery program and completed a Surgical Oncology fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Solórzano actively teaches Endocrine and Surgical Oncology. Her clinical research interests include the use of robotic techniques for adrenal tumors, the use of light-based technology to detect endocrine tumors and nerves, surgeon-performed ultrasound for endocrine tumors, the surgical management of parathyroid and thyroid disease including cancer, and the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors and MEN syndromes. Dr. Solórzano has published more than 230 articles and book chapters. She serves on the editorial boards of the Annals of Surgical Oncology, the Journal of Surgical Oncology, JACS, and the World Journal of Surgery. She is editor of Annals of Surgical Oncology Endocrine Tumor Section. Dr. Solórzano served as President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) and Governor for the American College of Surgeons (ACS). She is President of the Tennessee Chapter ACS, past-Chair of the Society of Surgical Oncology 2026 Annual International Program, member of the American Thyroid Association Thyroid Nodules Guidelines writing Task Force, member of the steering committee for the ABS complex thyroid and parathyroid Focus Practice Designation and is an Examiner for the American Board of Surgery Certifying Examination.

Endocrine (Gland)

• adrenal cancers/tumors
• adrenal surgery
• Endocrine (Gland)
• hyperparathyroidism
• pancreatic endocrine tumors
• parathyroid cancer
• parathyroid surgery
• pheochromocytoma
• thyroid nodules/cancer
• thyroid surgery

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

• gastric cancer

Head and Neck

• parathyroid surgery
• thyroid surgery

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

• cholecystectomy
• pancreatic cancer
• pancreatic cysts

Minimal Access Surgery

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• doppler ultrasound
• fine needle aspiration/biopsy
• laparoscopic surgery
• robotic surgery

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

• adrenal tumors
• biopsy of tumors
• endocrine cancer
• gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
• neck cancer/tumors
• neurofibromatosis
• pancreatic cancer/tumors
• stomach cancer/tumors
• thyroid cancer/nodules

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Attending

VA

Nashville, TN

Attending

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Nashville, TN

Chairman