Current Appointments & Affiliations
Medical Instructor in the Department of Surgery
·
2024 - Present
Surgical Oncology,
Surgery
Recent Publications
Exploring actionable targets to address disparities in thyroid cancer survival: A study of patients with aggressive variants of papillary thyroid cancer.
Journal Article Am J Surg · October 2025 BACKGROUND: Despite compromised survival, disparities studies on aggressive variants of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) are sparse. METHODS: Using the NCDB (2004-20), adult Non-Hispanic Whites (NHW), Non-Hispanic Asians or Pacific Islanders (NHAPI), Hispani ... Full text Link to item CiteA Dwindling Matter: An Analysis of Medicare Reimbursement for Endocrine Surgery Procedures From 2000 to 2023.
Journal Article Ann Surg · June 1, 2025 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate Medicare reimbursement trends for endocrine surgeries from 2000 to 2023. BACKGROUND: As the population ages, demand for endocrine surgeries is expected to increase. Understanding reimbursement trends is essential to ensure the financ ... Full text Link to item CiteA Foreign Body in an Unexpected Place-Ingested Hardware Nails Within the Appendix.
Journal Article Am Surg · August 2023 Foreign body ingestion is commonly encountered in clinical practice, with over 100,000 cases reported annually in the United States. The majority of objects pass through the gastrointestinal tract spontaneously and without consequence, with fewer than 1% o ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Florida International University, Wertheim College of Medicine ·
2018
M.D.
University of Miami ·
2014
B.S.