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Division of Endocrine Surgery
Department of Surgery
Brown University School of Medicine
MISSION
The Endocrine Surgery Program provides a broad clinical experience in surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and endocrine pancreas.
FACULTY
John M. Monchik, M.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital - Fellow
Chief, Endocrine Surgery
Clinical Professor of Surgery
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
The current research programs include:
Subcutaneous transplantation of autologous parathyroid tissue in chronic renal
failure patients.
Doppler ultrasound for localization in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.
Ionized calcium in the diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism in patients
with osteoporosis.
New instrumentation and techniques for laparoscopic parathyroid surgery.
A summer research project, involving one month of endocrine surgical research,
is available for medical students.
CLINICAL PROGRAMS
The Endocrine Surgical Program provides broad clinical experience in endocrine surgery for residents in the Brown University Program of ?????, as well as an elective for Brown University Residents in Endocrine Surgery; also available to residents from throughout the United States and Europe. A two-week to one-month elective is available also, both for Brown University third- and fourth-year students and other U.S. or international schools.
PUBLICATIONS
Monchik JM: Normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism. In: Clark OH, Duh Q (eds) Textbook of Endocrine Surgery, Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1197, 333-340.
Monchik JM: Subcutaneous parathyroid autotransplantation and total parathyroidectomy in patients with chronic renal failure. (Abstract) New England Surgical Society Program. 1997 78:102.
Monchik JM. Late outcome of 304 consecutive patients with multiple gland enlargement in primary hyperparathyroidism treated by conservative surgery. (Invited Commentary) World Journal and Surgery. 1998 22:529.
Soares RL Jr., Monchik JM, Amaral JF. Laporoscopic Adrenalectomy for benign adrenal neoplasm. (Abstract) Surgical Endoscopy. December 1997.
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