Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow, Endocrine Surgery, Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine 2008 - 2009
  • Categorical General Surgery Resident, Surgery, University of Pittsburgh 2000 - 2008
  • M.D., University of Nebraska, Omaha 2000
  • B.S., Creighton University 1995
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Surgery 2016 - 2020
  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Surgery 2015 - 2016
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Validation of Epigenomic Biomarkers for Thyroid Cancer Diagnostics awarded by City of Hope 2021 - 2023
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Frisco, Nicholas A., Alexander H. Gunn, Frances Wang, Michael T. Stang, Hadiza S. Kazaure, and Randall P. Scheri. “Guideline Adherence and Practice Patterns in the Management of Medullary Thyroid Cancer.” J Surg Res 281 (January 2023): 214–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2022.08.039.
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    • Frisco, Nicholas A., Alexander H. Gunn, Samantha M. Thomas, Michael T. Stang, Randall P. Scheri, and Hadiza S. Kazaure. “Medullary thyroid cancer with RET V804M mutation: more indolent than expected?” Surgery 173, no. 1 (January 2023): 260–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2022.05.005.
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    • Sag, Alan Alper, Jennifer M. Perkins, Hadiza S. Kazaure, Michael T. Stang, Daniel J. Rocke, Alissa Collins, Jennifer H. Choe, and Randall P. Scheri. “Salvage Cryoablation for Local Recurrences of Thyroid Cancer Inseparable from the Trachea and Neurovascular Structures.” J Vasc Interv Radiol 34, no. 1 (January 2023): 54–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2022.10.001.
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    • Pradhan, Molly C., Christopher D. Young, Samantha M. Thomas, Michael T. Stang, Hadiza S. Kazaure, and Randall P. Scheri. “Outcomes of concurrent parathyroidectomy and thyroidectomy among CESQIP surgeons.” Am J Surg 224, no. 5 (November 2022): 1190–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.03.041.
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    • Gunn, Alexander H., Nicholas Frisco, Samantha M. Thomas, Michael T. Stang, Randall P. Scheri, and Hadiza S. Kazaure. “Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Total Thyroidectomy for Graves' Disease.” Thyroid 32, no. 1 (January 2022): 54–64. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2021.0285.
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    • Kazaure, Hadiza S., Alan Zambeli-Ljepovic, Taofik Oyekunle, Sanziana A. Roman, Julie A. Sosa, Michael T. Stang, and Randall P. Scheri. “Severe Hypocalcemia After Thyroidectomy: An Analysis of 7366 Patients.” Ann Surg 274, no. 6 (December 1, 2021): e1014–21. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000003725.
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    • Pradhan, Molly C., Hadiza S. Kazaure, Frances Wang, Alan Zambeli-Ljepovic, Jennifer M. Perkins, Michael T. Stang, and Randall P. Scheri. “Postoperative Surveillance in Older Adults With T1N0M0 Low-risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer.” J Surg Res 264 (August 2021): 37–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2021.01.049.
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    • Gunn, Alexander, Taofik Oyekunle, Michael Stang, Hadiza Kazaure, and Randall Scheri. “Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury After Thyroid Surgery: An Analysis of 11,370 Patients.” J Surg Res 255 (November 2020): 42–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2020.05.017.
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    • Ahmadi, Sara, Juan Marcos Gonzalez, Maya Talbott, Shelby D. Reed, Jui-Chen Yang, Randall P. Scheri, Michael Stang, Sanziana Roman, and Julie Ann Sosa. “Patient Preferences Around Extent of Surgery in Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer: A Discrete Choice Experiment.” Thyroid 30, no. 7 (July 2020): 1044–52. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2019.0590.
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    • Nobuhara, Chloe K., W Michael Bullock, Thomas Bunning, Brian Colin, Mary Cooter, Michael J. Devinney, Michael N. Ferrandino, et al. “A protocol to reduce self-reported pain scores and adverse events following lumbar punctures in older adults.” J Neurol 267, no. 7 (July 2020): 2002–6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-020-09797-1.
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    • Marrero, Annette Pascual, Hadiza S. Kazaure, Samantha M. Thomas, Michael T. Stang, and Randall P. Scheri. “Patient selection and outcomes of laparoscopic transabdominal versus posterior retroperitoneal adrenalectomy among surgeons in the Collaborative Endocrine Surgery Quality Improvement Program (CESQIP).” Surgery 167, no. 1 (January 2020): 250–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2019.03.034.
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    • VanDusen, Keith W., Sarada Eleswarpu, Eugene W. Moretti, Michael J. Devinney, Donna M. Crabtree, Daniel T. Laskowitz, Marty G. Woldorff, et al. “The MARBLE Study Protocol: Modulating ApoE Signaling to Reduce Brain Inflammation, DeLirium, and PostopErative Cognitive Dysfunction.” J Alzheimers Dis 75, no. 4 (2020): 1319–28. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-191185.
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    • Ji, Keven S. Y., Taofik O. Oyekunle, Samantha M. Thomas, Randall Scheri, Michael Stang, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Adequacy of Lymph Node Yield for Papillary Thyroid Cancer: An Analysis of 23,131 Patients.” J Surg Res 244 (December 2019): 566–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.06.027.
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    • Zambeli-Ljepović, Alan, Frances Wang, Michaela A. Dinan, Terry Hyslop, Michael T. Stang, Sanziana A. Roman, Julie A. Sosa, and Randall P. Scheri. “Extent of surgery for low-risk thyroid cancer in the elderly: Equipoise in survival but not in short-term outcomes.” Surgery 166, no. 5 (November 2019): 895–900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2019.05.035.
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    • Ahmadi, Sara, Taofik Oyekunle, Xiaoyin “Sara” Jiang, Randall Scheri, Jennifer Perkins, Michael Stang, Sanziana Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “A DIRECT COMPARISON OF THE ATA AND TI-RADS ULTRASOUND SCORING SYSTEMS.” Endocr Pract 25, no. 5 (May 2019): 413–22. https://doi.org/10.4158/EP-2018-0369.
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    • Berger, Miles, Deborah Oyeyemi, Mobolaji O. Olurinde, Heather E. Whitson, Kent J. Weinhold, Marty G. Woldorff, Lewis A. Lipsitz, et al. “The INTUIT Study: Investigating Neuroinflammation Underlying Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction.” J Am Geriatr Soc 67, no. 4 (April 2019): 794–98. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15770.
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    • Kazaure, Hadiza S., Samantha Thomas, Randall P. Scheri, Michael T. Stang, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “The devil is in the details: Assessing treatment and outcomes of 6,795 patients undergoing remedial parathyroidectomy in the Collaborative Endocrine Surgery Quality Improvement Program.” Surgery 165, no. 1 (January 2019): 242–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2018.03.026.
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    • Stang, Michael T., Linwah Yip, Laura Wharry, David L. Bartlett, Kelly L. McCoy, and Sally E. Carty. “Gasless Transaxillary Endoscopic Thyroidectomy with Robotic Assistance: A High-Volume Experience in North America.” Thyroid 28, no. 12 (December 2018): 1655–61. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2018.0404.
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    • Scheri, Randall P., Kevin L. Anderson, Samantha M. Thomas, Michael T. Stang, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Reply: Each procedure matters: threshold for surgeon volume to minimize complications and decrease cost associated with adrenalectomy.” Surgery 163, no. 6 (June 2018): 1325–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2018.02.007.
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    • Anderson, Kevin L., Mohamed A. Adam, Samantha M. Thomas, Linda Youngwirth, Michael T. Stang, Randall P. Scheri, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Impact of Micro- and Macroscopically Positive Surgical Margins on Survival after Resection of Adrenocortical Carcinoma.” Ann Surg Oncol 25, no. 5 (May 2018): 1425–31. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6398-5.
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    • Anderson, Kevin L., Samantha M. Thomas, Mohamed A. Adam, Lauren N. Pontius, Michael T. Stang, Randall P. Scheri, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Each procedure matters: threshold for surgeon volume to minimize complications and decrease cost associated with adrenalectomy.” Surgery 163, no. 1 (January 2018): 157–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2017.04.028.
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    • Pontius, Lauren N., Taofik O. Oyekunle, Samantha M. Thomas, Michael T. Stang, Randall P. Scheri, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Projecting Survival in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Comparison of the Seventh and Eighth Editions of the American Joint Commission on Cancer/Union for International Cancer Control Staging Systems in Two Contemporary National Patient Cohorts.” Thyroid 27, no. 11 (November 2017): 1408–16. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2017.0306.
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    • Anderson, Kevin, Ewa Ruel, Mohamed A. Adam, Samantha Thomas, Linda Youngwirth, Michael T. Stang, Randall P. Scheri, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Subtotal vs. total parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation for patients with renal hyperparathyroidism have similar outcomes.” Am J Surg 214, no. 5 (November 2017): 914–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.07.018.
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    • Wang, Huan, Aaron Bender, Peng Wang, Esra Karakose, William B. Inabnet, Steven K. Libutti, Andrew Arnold, et al. “Insights into beta cell regeneration for diabetes via integration of molecular landscapes in human insulinomas.” Nat Commun 8, no. 1 (October 3, 2017): 767. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00992-9.
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    • Haymart, Megan R., Nazanene H. Esfandiari, Michael T. Stang, and Julia Ann Sosa. “Controversies in the Management of Low-Risk Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.” Endocr Rev 38, no. 4 (August 1, 2017): 351–78. https://doi.org/10.1210/er.2017-00067.
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    • Konstantinidis, Agathoklis, Michael Stang, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie Ann Sosa. “Surgical management of medullary thyroid carcinoma.” Updates Surg 69, no. 2 (June 2017): 151–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-017-0443-y.
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    • Shah, Syed A., Mohamed A. Adam, Samantha M. Thomas, Randall P. Scheri, Michael T. Stang, Julie A. Sosa, and Sanziana A. Roman. “Racial Disparities in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Have We Bridged the Gap?” Thyroid 27, no. 6 (June 2017): 762–72. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2016.0626.
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    • Li, Jiehua, Zhixia Chen, Michael T. Stang, and Wentao Gao. “Transiently expressed ATG16L1 inhibits autophagosome biogenesis and aberrantly targets RAB11-positive recycling endosomes.” Autophagy 13, no. 2 (February 2017): 345–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2016.1256521.
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    • Nicholson, Kristina J., Kelly L. McCoy, Selma F. Witchel, Michael T. Stang, Sally E. Carty, and Linwah Yip. “Comparative characteristics of primary hyperparathyroidism in pediatric and young adult patients.” Surgery 160, no. 4 (October 2016): 1008–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2016.06.028.
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    • Anderson, Kevin L., Linda M. Youngwirth, Randall P. Scheri, Michael T. Stang, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “T1a Versus T1b Differentiated Thyroid Cancers: Do We Need to Make the Distinction?” Thyroid 26, no. 8 (August 2016): 1046–52. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2016.0073.
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    • King, Jonathan C., Herbert J. Zeh, Amer H. Zureikat, James Celebrezze, Matthew P. Holtzman, Michael L. Stang, Allan Tsung, David L. Bartlett, and Melissa E. Hogg. “Safety in Numbers: Progressive Implementation of a Robotics Program in an Academic Surgical Oncology Practice.” Surg Innov 23, no. 4 (August 2016): 407–14. https://doi.org/10.1177/1553350616646479.
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    • Stang, M. T., S. A. Shah, and J. A. Sosa. “Management of the central and lateral neck in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.” Current Surgery Reports 4, no. 7 (July 1, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40137-016-0147-0.
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    • Adam, M. A., M. T. Stang, J. A. Sosa, and S. A. Roman. “Is lymph node involvement associated with mortality risk in younger patients with papillary thyroid cancer?” Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism 11, no. 3 (May 3, 2016): 233–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/17446651.2016.1174574.
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    • Berber, Eren, Victor Bernet, Thomas J. Fahey, Electron Kebebew, Ashok Shaha, Brendan C. Stack, Michael Stang, David L. Steward, David J. Terris, and David J. American Thyroid Association Surgical Affairs Committee. “American Thyroid Association Statement on Remote-Access Thyroid Surgery.” Thyroid 26, no. 3 (March 2016): 331–37. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2015.0407.
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    • Ahmadi, Sara, Michael Stang, Xiaoyin Sara Jiang, and Julie Ann Sosa. “Hürthle cell carcinoma: current perspectives.” Onco Targets Ther 9 (2016): 6873–84. https://doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S119980.
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    • Yoo, Jenny Y., Linwah Yip, Michaele J. Armstrong, Sally E. Carty, Meghan L. Kelley, Michael T. Stang, and Kelly L. McCoy. “Does impotence improve after parathyroidectomy in men with primary hyperparathyroidism?” Surgery 159, no. 1 (January 2016): 204–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2015.06.055.
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    • Yoo, Jenny Y., and Michael T. Stang. “Current Guidelines for Postoperative Treatment and Follow-Up of Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.” Surg Oncol Clin N Am 25, no. 1 (January 2016): 41–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soc.2015.08.002.
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    • “Erratum.” Autophagy 12, no. 2 (2016): 443. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2016.1147886.
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    • Yoo, Jenny Y., Kelly L. McCoy, Sally E. Carty, Michael T. Stang, Michaele J. Armstrong, Gina M. Howell, David L. Bartlett, Mitchell E. Tublin, and Linwah Yip. “Adrenal Imaging Features Predict Malignancy Better than Tumor Size.” Ann Surg Oncol 22 Suppl 3 (December 2015): S721–27. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-015-4684-z.
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    • McCoy, Kelly L., Raja R. Seethala, Michaele J. Armstrong, Marina N. Nikiforova, Michael T. Stang, Sally E. Carty, and Linwah Yip. “The clinical importance of parathyroid atypia: is long-term surveillance necessary?” Surgery 158, no. 4 (October 2015): 929–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2015.06.022.
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    • Yip, Linwah, Marina N. Nikiforova, Jenny Y. Yoo, Kelly L. McCoy, Michael T. Stang, Michaele J. Armstrong, Kristina J. Nicholson, et al. “Tumor genotype determines phenotype and disease-related outcomes in thyroid cancer: a study of 1510 patients.” Ann Surg 262, no. 3 (September 2015): 519–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000001420.
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    • Armstrong, Michaele J., Michael T. Stang, Ye Liu, Jin Yan, Eva Pizzoferrato, and John H. Yim. “IRF-1 inhibits NF-κB activity, suppresses TRAF2 and cIAP1 and induces breast cancer cell specific growth inhibition.” Cancer Biol Ther 16, no. 7 (2015): 1029–41. https://doi.org/10.1080/15384047.2015.1046646.
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    • Adkisson, Cameron D., Gina M. Howell, Kelly L. McCoy, Michaele J. Armstrong, Meghan L. Kelley, Michael T. Stang, Judith M. Joyce, Steven P. Hodak, Sally E. Carty, and Linwah Yip. “Surgeon volume and adequacy of thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer.” Surgery 156, no. 6 (December 2014): 1453–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2014.08.024.
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    • Adkisson, Cameron D., Linwah Yip, Michaele J. Armstrong, Michael T. Stang, Sally E. Carty, and Kelly L. McCoy. “Fibromyalgia symptoms and medication requirements respond to parathyroidectomy.” Surgery 156, no. 6 (December 2014): 1614–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2014.08.063.
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    • Armstrong, Michaele J., Huaitao Yang, Linwah Yip, N Paul Ohori, Kelly L. McCoy, Michael T. Stang, Steven P. Hodak, Marina N. Nikiforova, Sally E. Carty, and Yuri E. Nikiforov. “PAX8/PPARγ rearrangement in thyroid nodules predicts follicular-pattern carcinomas, in particular the encapsulated follicular variant of papillary carcinoma.” Thyroid 24, no. 9 (September 2014): 1369–74. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2014.0067.
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    • Yip, Linwah, Laura I. Wharry, Michaele J. Armstrong, Ari Silbermann, Kelly L. McCoy, Michael T. Stang, Nobuyuki P. Ohori, et al. “A clinical algorithm for fine-needle aspiration molecular testing effectively guides the appropriate extent of initial thyroidectomy.” Ann Surg 260, no. 1 (July 2014): 163–68. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000000215.
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    • McCoy, Kelly L., Naomi H. Chen, Michaele J. Armstrong, Gina M. Howell, Michael T. Stang, Linwah Yip, and Sally E. Carty. “The small abnormal parathyroid gland is increasingly common and heralds operative complexity.” World J Surg 38, no. 6 (June 2014): 1274–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2450-1.
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    • Wharry, Laura I., Kelly L. McCoy, Michael T. Stang, Michaele J. Armstrong, Shane O. LeBeau, Mitch E. Tublin, Biatta Sholosh, et al. “Thyroid nodules (≥4 cm): can ultrasound and cytology reliably exclude cancer?” World J Surg 38, no. 3 (March 2014): 614–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-013-2261-9.
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    • Wharry, Laura I., Linwah Yip, Michaele J. Armstrong, Mohamed A. Virji, Michael T. Stang, Sally E. Carty, and Kelly L. McCoy. “The final intraoperative parathyroid hormone level: how low should it go?” World J Surg 38, no. 3 (March 2014): 558–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-013-2329-6.
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    • Howell, Gina M., Sally E. Carty, Michaele J. Armstrong, Michael T. Stang, Kelly L. McCoy, David L. Bartlett, and Linwah Yip. “Outcome and prognostic factors after adrenalectomy for patients with distant adrenal metastasis.” Ann Surg Oncol 20, no. 11 (October 2013): 3491–96. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-013-3050-2.
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    • Mehta, Rohtesh S., Sally E. Carty, N Paul Ohori, Steven P. Hodak, Christopher Coyne, Shane O. LeBeau, Mitchell E. Tublin, et al. “Nodule size is an independent predictor of malignancy in mutation-negative nodules with follicular lesion of undetermined significance cytology.” Surgery 154, no. 4 (October 2013): 730–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2013.05.015.
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    • Stang, Michael T., and Nancy D. Perrier. “Robotic thyroidectomy: do it well or don't do it.” Jama Surg 148, no. 9 (September 2013): 806–8. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2013.2253.
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    • Abood, Gerard J., M Fatih Can, Mustapha Daouadi, Harold T. Huss, Jennifer Y. Steve, Lekshmi Ramalingam, Michael Stang, David L. Bartlett, Herbert J. Zeh, and A James Moser. “Robotic-assisted minimally invasive central pancreatectomy: technique and outcomes.” J Gastrointest Surg 17, no. 5 (May 2013): 1002–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-012-2137-6.
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    • Gupta, Nikhil, Anil K. Dasyam, Sally E. Carty, Marina N. Nikiforova, N Paul Ohori, Michaele Armstrong, Linwah Yip, et al. “RAS mutations in thyroid FNA specimens are highly predictive of predominantly low-risk follicular-pattern cancers.” J Clin Endocrinol Metab 98, no. 5 (May 2013): E914–22. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2012-3396.
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    • Gao, Wentao, Zhixia Chen, Wei Wang, and Michael T. Stang. “E1-like activating enzyme Atg7 is preferentially sequestered into p62 aggregates via its interaction with LC3-I.” Plos One 8, no. 9 (2013): e73229. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073229.
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    • Howell, Gina M., Marina N. Nikiforova, Sally E. Carty, Michaele J. Armstrong, Steven P. Hodak, Michael T. Stang, Kelly L. McCoy, Yuri E. Nikiforov, and Linwah Yip. “BRAF V600E mutation independently predicts central compartment lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid cancer.” Ann Surg Oncol 20, no. 1 (January 2013): 47–52. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-012-2611-0.
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    • Wang, Wei, Zhixia Chen, Timothy R. Billiar, Michael T. Stang, and Wentao Gao. “The carboxyl-terminal amino acids render pro-human LC3B migration similar to lipidated LC3B in SDS-PAGE.” Plos One 8, no. 9 (2013): e74222. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074222.
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    • McCoy, Kelly L., Sally E. Carty, Michaele J. Armstrong, Raja R. Seethala, N Paul Ohori, Adam S. Kabaker, Michael T. Stang, Steven P. Hodak, Yuri E. Nikiforov, and Linwah Yip. “Intraoperative pathologic examination in the era of molecular testing for differentiated thyroid cancer.” J Am Coll Surg 215, no. 4 (October 2012): 546–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.05.027.
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    • Melck, Adrienne L., Matthew R. Rosengart, Michaele J. Armstrong, Michael T. Stang, Sally E. Carty, and Linwah Yip. “Immediate laparoscopic adrenalectomy versus observation: cost evaluation for incidental adrenal lesions with atypical imaging characteristics.” Am J Surg 204, no. 4 (October 2012): 462–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.02.009.
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    • Stang, Michael T., Michaele J. Armstrong, Jennifer B. Ogilvie, Linwah Yip, Kelly L. McCoy, Christopher N. Faber, and Sally E. Carty. “Positional dyspnea and tracheal compression as indications for goiter resection.” Arch Surg 147, no. 7 (July 2012): 621–26. https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2012.96.
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    • Armstrong, Michaele J., Michael T. Stang, Ye Liu, Jinbo Gao, Baoguo Ren, Brian S. Zuckerbraun, Raja S. Mahidhara, Quanhua Xing, Eva Pizzoferrato, and John H. Yim. “Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 (IRF-1) induces p21(WAF1/CIP1) dependent cell cycle arrest and p21(WAF1/CIP1) independent modulation of survivin in cancer cells.” Cancer Lett 319, no. 1 (June 1, 2012): 56–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2011.12.027.
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    • Kabaker, Adam S., Mitchell E. Tublin, Yuri E. Nikiforov, Michaele J. Armstrong, Steven P. Hodak, Michael T. Stang, Kelly L. McCoy, Sally E. Carty, and Linwah Yip. “Suspicious ultrasound characteristics predict BRAF V600E-positive papillary thyroid carcinoma.” Thyroid 22, no. 6 (June 2012): 585–89. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2011.0274.
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    • Yip, Linwah, Coreen Farris, Adam S. Kabaker, Steven P. Hodak, Marina N. Nikiforova, Kelly L. McCoy, Michael T. Stang, Kenneth J. Smith, Yuri E. Nikiforov, and Sally E. Carty. “Cost impact of molecular testing for indeterminate thyroid nodule fine-needle aspiration biopsies.” J Clin Endocrinol Metab 97, no. 6 (June 2012): 1905–12. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2011-3048.
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    • Niemeier, Leo A., Haruko Kuffner Akatsu, Chi Song, Sally E. Carty, Steven P. Hodak, Linwah Yip, Robert L. Ferris, et al. “A combined molecular-pathologic score improves risk stratification of thyroid papillary microcarcinoma.” Cancer 118, no. 8 (April 15, 2012): 2069–77. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.26425.
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    • Howell, Gina M., Sally E. Carty, Michaele J. Armstrong, Shane O. Lebeau, Steven P. Hodak, Christopher Coyne, Michael T. Stang, et al. “Both BRAF V600E mutation and older age (≥ 65 years) are associated with recurrent papillary thyroid cancer.” Ann Surg Oncol 18, no. 13 (December 2011): 3566–71. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-011-1781-5.
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    • Nikiforov, Yuri E., N Paul Ohori, Steven P. Hodak, Sally E. Carty, Shane O. LeBeau, Robert L. Ferris, Linwah Yip, et al. “Impact of mutational testing on the diagnosis and management of patients with cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules: a prospective analysis of 1056 FNA samples.” J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96, no. 11 (November 2011): 3390–97. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2011-1469.
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    • Yip, Linwah, Michael T. Stang, and Sally E. Carty. “Thyroid carcinoma: the surgeon's perspective.” Radiol Clin North Am 49, no. 3 (May 2011): 463–vi. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcl.2011.02.007.
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    • Watson, G. A., S. Naran, X. Zhang, M. T. Stang, P. E. Q. de Oliveira, and S. J. Hughes. “Cytoplasmic overexpression of CD95L in esophageal adenocarcinoma cells overcomes resistance to CD95-Mediated apoptosis.” Neoplasia 13, no. 3 (January 1, 2011): 198–205. https://doi.org/10.1593/neo.101304.
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    • Nielsen, Sarah M., Wendy S. Rubinstein, Darcy L. Thull, Michaele J. Armstrong, Eleanor Feingold, Michael T. Stang, James R. Gnarra, and Sally E. Carty. “Genotype-phenotype correlations of pheochromocytoma in two large von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) type 2A kindreds with different missense mutations.” Am J Med Genet A 155A, no. 1 (January 2011): 168–73. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.33760.
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    • Melck, Adrienne L., Michaele J. Armstrong, Michael T. Stang, Sally E. Carty, and Linwah Yip. “Medication discontinuation after curative surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism.” Surgery 148, no. 6 (December 2010): 1113–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2010.09.008.
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    • Shifrin, Alexander L., Jennifer B. Ogilvie, Michael T. Stang, Angela Musial Fay, Yen-Hong Kuo, Theodore Matulewicz, Cristina Z. Xenachis, and Jerome J. Vernick. “Single nucleotide polymorphisms act as modifiers and correlate with the development of medullary and simultaneous medullary/papillary thyroid carcinomas in 2 large, non-related families with the RET V804M proto-oncogene mutation.” Surgery 148, no. 6 (December 2010): 1274–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2010.09.004.
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    • Melck, Adrienne L., Sally E. Carty, Raja R. Seethala, Michaele J. Armstrong, Michael T. Stang, Jennifer B. Ogilvie, and Linwah Yip. “Recurrent hyperparathyroidism and forearm parathyromatosis after total parathyroidectomy.” Surgery 148, no. 4 (October 2010): 867–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2010.07.037.
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    • Yip, Linwah, Mitchell E. Tublin, John A. Falcone, Cory R. Nordman, Michael T. Stang, Jennifer B. Ogilvie, Sally E. Carty, and John H. Yim. “The adrenal mass: correlation of histopathology with imaging.” Ann Surg Oncol 17, no. 3 (March 2010): 846–52. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-009-0829-2.
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    • Yip, Linwah, Marina N. Nikiforova, Sally E. Carty, John H. Yim, Michael T. Stang, Mitchell J. Tublin, Shane O. Lebeau, Steven P. Hodak, Jennifer B. Ogilvie, and Yuri E. Nikiforov. “Optimizing surgical treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma associated with BRAF mutation.” Surgery 146, no. 6 (December 2009): 1215–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2009.09.011.
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    • Stang, Michael T., and Sally E. Carty. “Recent developments in predicting thyroid malignancy.” Curr Opin Oncol 21, no. 1 (January 2009): 11–17. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCO.0b013e32831db2af.
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    • Stang, M. T., M. J. Armstrong, G. A. Watson, K. Y. Sung, Y. Liu, B. Ren, and J. H. Yim. “Interferon regulatory factor-1-induced apoptosis mediated by a ligand-independent fas-associated death domain pathway in breast cancer cells.” Oncogene 26, no. 44 (September 27, 2007): 6420–30. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1210470.
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    • Watson, Gregory A., Xinglu Zhang, Michael T. Stang, Ryan M. Levy, Pierre E. Queiroz de Oliveira, William E. Gooding, James G. Christensen, and Steven J. Hughes. “Inhibition of c-Met as a therapeutic strategy for esophageal adenocarcinoma.” Neoplasia 8, no. 11 (November 2006): 949–55. https://doi.org/10.1593/neo.06499.
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    • Tsung, Allan, Michael T. Stang, Atsushi Ikeda, Nathan D. Critchlow, Kunihiko Izuishi, Atsunori Nakao, Meagan H. Chan, Geetha Jeyabalan, John H. Yim, and David A. Geller. “The transcription factor interferon regulatory factor-1 mediates liver damage during ischemia-reperfusion injury.” Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 290, no. 6 (June 2006): G1261–68. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00460.2005.
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    • Watson, Gregory A., Pierre E. Queiroz de Oliveira, Michael T. Stang, Michaele J. Armstrong, William E. Gooding, Shih-Fan Kuan, John H. Yim, and Steven J. Hughes. “Ad-IRF-1 induces apoptosis in esophageal adenocarcinoma.” Neoplasia 8, no. 1 (January 2006): 31–37. https://doi.org/10.1593/neo.05559.
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    • Stang, Michael T., John H. Yim, Sue M. Challinor, Sachin Bahl, and Sally E. Carty. “Hyperthyroidism after parathyroid exploration.” Surgery 138, no. 6 (December 2005): 1058–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2005.09.011.
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    • Pizzoferrato, Eva, Ye Liu, Andrea Gambotto, Michaele J. Armstrong, Michael T. Stang, William E. Gooding, Sean M. Alber, et al. “Ectopic expression of interferon regulatory factor-1 promotes human breast cancer cell death and results in reduced expression of survivin.” Cancer Res 64, no. 22 (November 15, 2004): 8381–88. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-2223.
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    • Felts, S. J., M. T. Stang, and M. J. Getz. “A c-Fos- and E1A-interacting component of the tissue factor basal promoter complex mediates synergistic activation of transcription by transforming growth factor-beta1.” Oncogene 14, no. 14 (April 10, 1997): 1679–85. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1201006.
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    • Vrana, J. A., M. T. Stang, J. P. Grande, and M. J. Getz. “Expression of tissue factor in tumor stroma correlates with progression to invasive human breast cancer: paracrine regulation by carcinoma cell-derived members of the transforming growth factor beta family.” Cancer Res 56, no. 21 (November 1, 1996): 5063–70.
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  • Book Sections

    • Sag, A. A., J. L. Dahle, J. M. Perkins, H. S. Kazaure, A. Weaver, S. Sharma, M. T. Stang, et al. “Arterial Embolization for Thyroid Goiter, Graves’ Disease, and Thyroid Malignancy.” In Diagnosis and Management of Endocrine Disorders in Interventional Radiology, 297–314, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87189-5_19.
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    • Stang, M. T., and J. H. Yim. “Autoimmunity - Endocrine.” In Measuring Immunity: Basic Biology and Clinical Assessment, 543–59, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012455900-4/50309-3.
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    • Stang, M. T., and J. H. Yim. “Autoimmunity - Endocrine.” In Measuring Immunity: Basic Science and Clinical Practice, 543–59, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012455900-4/50309-3.
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  • Other Articles

    • Klionsky, Daniel J., Kotb Abdelmohsen, Akihisa Abe, Md Joynal Abedin, Hagai Abeliovich, Abraham Acevedo Arozena, Hiroaki Adachi, et al. “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition).” Autophagy, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Zambeli-Ljepovic, Alan, Frances Wang, Michaela A. Dinan, Terry Hyslop, Michael T. Stang, Sanziana A. Roman, Julie Ann Sosa, and Randall P. Scheri. “Low Risk Thyroid Cancer in Older Adults: More Extensive Surgery Comes with Increased Cost of Surveillance.” In Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 229:S78–S78. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2019.
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    • Ahmadi, S., M. Talbott, S. Reed, J. M. Gonzalez Sepulveda, J. C. Yang, R. Scheri, M. Stang, S. Roman, and J. A. Sosa. “PSU37 QUANTIFYING BENEFIT-RISK TRADEOFFS FOR SURGICAL OPTIONS IN LOW-RISK THYROID CANCER.” In Value in Health, 22:S372–S372. Elsevier BV, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2019.04.1817.
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    • Ji, Keven S. Y., Taofik O. Oyekunle, Randall P. Scheri, Michael T. Stang, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “(In)Adequacy of Lymph Node Yield for Papillary Thyroid Cancer in the US: An Analysis of 52,820 Patients.” In Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 227:S84–S84. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.07.165.
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    • Pontius, Lauren N., Taofik Oyekunle, Samantha M. Thomas, Michael T. Stang, Randall P. Scheri, Sanziana A. Roman, and Julie A. Sosa. “Projecting Survival in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Comparison of the 7th and 8th Editions of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)/Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Staging Systems in A Contemporary National Patient Cohort.” In Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 225:S72–S72. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.07.151.
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