The UAB Department of Surgery and the American Journal of Surgery are honored to welcome a host of esteemed colleagues and pioneers in the field of endocrine surgery. 

The following course faculty will guide the conversation across the day's conversations: 

Herbert Chen, MD, FACS, FRACS - Summit Co-Leader

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Tracy Wang, MD, MPH, FACS - Summit Co-Leader

Medical College of Wisconsin

Peter Abraham, MD, MSPH
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Basma Abdulhadi, MD, CCD
University of Alabama at Birmingham


Toni Beninato, MD, MS, FACS
Rutgers Cancer Institute


Gabriela Alejandra Buerba, MD, MSc
Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition

Michael J. Campbell, MD, FACS
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center


Denise Carneiro-Pla, MD, FACS
Medical University of South Carolina


Priya Dedhia, MD, PhD, FACS
Ohio State


Vaninder K Dhillon, MD FACS
Johns Hopkins University, Suburban and Sibley Hospitals

Aimee Di Marco, MA, MBBS, PhD, FRCS
The Hammersmith Hospital, London


Sophie Dream, MD, MPH, FACS
University of Alabama at Birmingham


Quan-Yang Duh, MD, FACS
University of California, San Francisco


Jessica Fazendin, MD, FACS
University of Oklahoma


C. Corbin Frye, MD
Indiana University

Matrix Fung, MD
University of Hong Kong



Rajshri M. Gartland, MD, MPH, FACS
Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute


Andrea Gillis, MD, MSPH, FACS
University of Alabama at Birmingham


Benjamin C. James, MD, MS, FACS
Harvard Medical School


Rachel Kelz, MD
University of Pennsylvania


Lauren Krumeich, MD, MS, FACS
University of Michigan


Jennifer H. Kuo, MD, MS, FACS
Columbia University


Lindsay Kuo, MD, MBA
Temple University

Victoria Lai, MD, FACS
Georgetown University


James Lee, MD, FACS
Columbia University


Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP, FACS
Case Western Reserve University


Kristin L. Long, MD, MPH, FACS, FCS (ECSA)
University of Wisconsin


Aarti Mathur MD, PhD, FACS
John Hopkins University


Jessica McMullin, MD, MS
University of Utah



Salem I. Noureldine, MD, FACS
George Washington University 


Fiemu Nwariaku, MD, FACS, MBA

University of Utah


Fausto Palazzo, MS, FRCS, FRCE 

The Hammersmith Hospital, London


Kepal N. Patel, MD, FACS
New York University


Susie Pitt, MD, MPHS
University of Michigan


Marco Raffaelli, MD
Policlinico Universitario Fondazione Agostino Gemelli

Daniel J. Rocke, MD, JD, FACS
University of Alabama at Birmingham


Kimberly M. Ramonell, MD, FACS
University of Pittsburgh


Alaa Sada, MD, MS, FACS

University of Pittsburgh


Carolyn Dacey Seib, MD, MAS, FACS

Stanford University School of Medicine 


Wen T. Shen, MD, MA
New York University


Stan Sidhu, MD, PhD

University of Sydney 


Carmen C. Solorzano, MD, FACS, FSSO
Vanderbilt University


Cord Sturgeon, MD

Northwestern 


Insoo Suh, MD, FACS
New York University


Ralph P. Tufano, MD, MBA, FACS
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System


David Velázquez Fernández, MD, MSc, PhD, FACS
Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition

Erivelto Volpi, MD, PhD
Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, Brazil

Menno Vriens, MD, PhD

University of Utrecht, the Netherlands



Ron Wang, MD

University of Alabama at Birmingham


Anne Weaver, MD, ECNU
University of Alabama at Birmingham


Richard Wong, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering



Thomas Szabo Yamashita, MD
Emory