Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Surgery
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2025 - Present
Surgical Oncology,
Surgery
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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2020 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Validation of Lymph Node Thresholds as Prognostic Factors in Medullary Thyroid Cancer Staging.
Conference Ann Surg Oncol · June 2026 INTRODUCTION: The current AJCC medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) staging system anatomically stratifies lymph node (LN) status but does not incorporate quantitative assessment of LN metastases. Our past work identified ≥ 8 positive LNs and LN ratio (LNR) ≥ 14 ... Full text Link to item CiteASO Visual Abstract: Validation of Lymph Node Thresholds as Prognostic Factors in Medullary Thyroid Cancer Staging.
Journal Article Ann Surg Oncol · June 2026 Full text Link to item CiteASO Author Reflections: From "Where" to "How Many": Rethinking Nodal Burden and Staging in Medullary Thyroid Cancer.
Journal Article Ann Surg Oncol · June 2026 Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Characterizing neurocognitive symptoms in older adults with primary hyperparathyroidism
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2025Scaling and Spreading Electronic Capture of Patient-Reported Outcomes Using a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American College of Surgeons · 2020 - 2022View All Grants
Education
Yale University, School of Medicine ·
2012
M.D.
Temple University ·
2007
B.S.