SPECIAL INTERESTS
Thyroid surgery
Parathyroid surgery
Surgical oncology
General surgery
Clinical/Translational research
Education/Teaching
TEACHING (Areas of special interest and accomplishments)
Management of thyroid and parathyroid tumors
Management of general surgical problems
Molecular basis of endocrine, colorectal, and breast cancer
SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
(Areas of special interest and accomplishments)
Study of genomic instability of thyroid, breast, and colorectal cancers.
Study of molecular diagnostics of thyroid cancer.
Study of targeted therapeutics for treatment of thyroid, breast, and colorectal cancers.
Study of Type 1 Growth Factor Receptor in colorectal, thyroid, and breast cancers.
Study of Autocrine Motility Factor expression in colorectal, thyroid, and breast cancers
Study of Galectin-3 in thyroid cancer.
Study of ‘anaplastic transformation’ of differentiated thyroid cancer.
Study of molecular targets for therapy of anaplastic thyroid cancer.
Novel application of sentinel node biopsy methodologies to human malignancy.
Study of diagnostic markers for thyroid cancer.
Study of prognostic markers for thyroid cancer.
Study of vessel sealing technologies for neck surgery.
Study of surgical outcomes and cancer in HIV/AIDS patients.