David J. Terris, MD FACS

Dr. Terris is Regents Professor and Surgical Director of the Thyroid Center at Augusta University. He went to college at Cornell, medical school at Duke, and did his residency and fellowship at Stanford. He then joined the faculty at Stanford and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. In 2002 he was recruited to Georgia to become Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at Augusta University, a post he held for 12 years. Dr. Terris is a pioneer in robotic and minimally invasive thyroid surgery and has a busy clinical practice that is limited to thyroid and parathyroid surgery. He has edited 6 books and authored more than 200 publications, with most devoted to thyroid and parathyroid topics. He is on the Board of the Georgia AACE, a member of the Clinical Affairs Committee of the ATA, Vice-Chair of the Otolaryngology RRC, Vice President of the Southern Section of the Triological Society, past-Chair of the Endocrine Committee of the AHNS, past-Chair of the Otolaryngology Advisory Council of the ACS, and Past-President of the Georgia Society of OHNS.

Head and Neck Disorders/Procedures

• parathyroid adenoma
• parathyroid gland surgery
• parathyroid hyperplasia
• parathyroid surgery
• parathyroidectomy parathyroid disease
• thyroglossal duct cyst
• thyroid cancer
• thyroid gland surgery
• thyroid nodule
• thyroid surgery
• thyroidectomy

Diagnostic imaging/procedures

• minimally invasive surgery

General Otolaryngology

• hyperparathyroidism

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• minimally invasive surgery

Med Coll of GA Hosp

Attending

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Attending

09/2002—Present

Chair, Dept of ORL, Med Coll of GA

Professor