Course Directors
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Gregory W. Randolph, MD, FACS, FACE
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Claire and John Bertucci Endowed Chair in Thyroid Surgical Oncology, Harvard Medical School
Thyroid/Parathyroid Endocrine Surgical Division-Dept Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Member Endocrine Surgical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2024 Faculty
Faculty information for the 2025 course is not yet available.
Sarimar Agosto-Salgado, MD
Endocrine Oncologist Assistant member, Department of Head & Neck-Endocrine Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center
Erik Alexander, MD
Chief, Thyroid Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
Vice President of Education, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, FACS, MAMSE
Linda Kohler Anderson Professor of Surgery and Surgical Ethics
Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
Chief, Endocrine Surgery, The University of Chicago
Giuseppe Barbesino, MD
Staff Endocrinologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Marcin Barczynski, MD, PhD, FEBS-ES
President, European Society of Endocrine Surgeons (ESES), Councilor, International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES), Professor of Surgery, Head, Department of Endocrine Surgery, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Clinical Department of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, University Hospital in Krakow
Lindsay Bischoff, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Vanderbilt Thyroid Center, Nashville
Laura Boucai, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College; Associate Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Nancy Cho, MD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Section Chief, Endocrine Surgery; Associate Clerkship Director, HMS Core Surgery Rotation, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jennifer Hsing Choe, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Head and Neck Medical Oncology; Clinical Disease Lead Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center/Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Rory Clifton-Bligh, BSC (med), MB BS (hons), FRACP, PhD, FFSc (RCPA)
Head, Department of Endocrinology, Royal North Shore Hospital
Conjoint Professor in Medicine, University of Sydney
Mary Elizabeth Cunnane, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Chief of Radiology, Massachusetts Eye & Ear
Carrie Cunningham, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Senior Scientist, Institute for Technology Assessment
Attending Surgeon, Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care
Gilbert Daniels, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director Thyroid Associates, Medical Director Endocrine Tumor Center
Co-Director Endocrine Tumor Genetics Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital
Louise Davies, MD, MS
Professor, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Chief Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, VA Outcomes Research Group, White River Junction, Vermont
Gerard Doherty, MD
Moseley Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Surgeon-in-Chief, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Crowley Family Distinguished Chair, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA
Leslie Eldeiry, MD
Assistant Professor, Part-Time, Harvard Medical School
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Adam Fisch, MD, PhD
Instructor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Head and Neck Pathology, Molecular Genetic Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA
Suzanne K. Freitag, MD
Associate Professor; Director, Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Harvard Medical School/ Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Rajshri Gartland, MD, MPH
Endocrine Surgeon, Co-director, Mass General Hospital RFA Program
Surgical director, NWH Thyroid Biopsy Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
Robert Haddad, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Head and Neck Oncology, McGraw Chair in Head and Neck Oncology, Dana Faber Cancer Institute
Dana Hartl, MD, PhD
Chief, Thyroid Surgery Unit, Head and Neck Oncology Service ; Academic institution: Gustave Roussy, Université Paris Saclay
Megan Haymart, MD
Professor of Medicine, Nancy Wigginton Endocrinology Research Professor of Thyroid Cancer, University of Michigan
Richard Hodin, MD
Warshaw Family Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital
Runhua Hou, MD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Endocringolgoist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Hillary Kelly, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Head and Neck Imaging, Division of Neuroradiology, Assistant Program Director, Radiology Residency Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Staff Radiologist, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Natalia Kyriazidis, MD
Instructor in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Physician and Surgeon, Massachusetts Eye & Ear
Derrick Lin, MD, FACS
Daniel Miller Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Associate Chief, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Keith Lillemoe, MD
W. Gerald Austen Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Surgeon-in-Chief and Chief of the Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Michael Manstadtt, MD
Associate Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical
Chief of Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Roberto Negro, MD
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, "V Fazzi" Hospital, Italy
Julia Noel, MD, FACS
Associate Chief of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliate), Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Brian Nussenbaum, MD
Executive Director at American Board of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Lisa Orloff, MD, FACS FACE
Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Director, Endocrine Head and Neck Surgery Program; Director, Stanford Thyroid Tumor Program-Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, California
Michael Otremba, MD
Instructor in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Otolaryngology Medical Director, Newton-Wellesley, Massachusetts Eye & Ear
Theodora Pappa, MD, PhD
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director of Translational Research, Thyroid Cancer Center, Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Associate Physician, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Sareh Parangi, MD
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital
Roy Phitayakorn, MD, MHPE, MAMSE, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Associate Endocrine and General Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
Gregory W. Randolph, MD, FACS, FACE
Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Claire and John Bertucci Endowed Chair in Thyroid Surgical Oncology, Harvard Medical School
Chief Thyroid/Parathyroid Endocrine Surgical Division, Dept Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Member Endocrine Surgical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
President, American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2016-17 American Head and Neck Society, Administration Division Chair
International Thyroid Oncology Group (ITOG) President, American College of Surgeons Otolaryngology Governor
Eleni Rettig, MD, FACS
Instructor of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School
Associate Surgeon, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Douglas Ross, MD
Co-Director of Thyroid Associates, Massachusetts General Hospital
Marika Russell, MD, FACS
Member of the Faculty, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Thyroid/Parathyroid Endocrine Surgical Division, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Mass Eye and Ear
Mabel Ryder, MD
Chair, Endocrine Oncology Disease Group
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
David Shonka Jr., MD
Associate Professor, Division of Head and Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery
Faculty, Division of Head & Neck Surgical Oncology, UVA, Virginia
Shonni Silverberg, MD
Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons; Clinical Director, Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit; Medical Director, The Parathyroid Center
Michael Singer, MD, FACS, FACE
Faculty, Henry Ford Health
Nikolaos Stathatos, MD
Staff Endocrinologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Antonia Stephen, MD
Director of Mass General Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
Surgical Staff, Division of Surgical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Hien Tierney, MD
Instructor in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Part-Time, Harvard Medical School
Staff ENT, Atrius Health
Frédéric Triponez, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
Mark Varvares, MD, FACS
The John W. Merriam and William W. Montgomery Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Departments of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Massachusetts General Hospital
Jonathan Wasserman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of of Endocrinology; Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Lori Wirth, MD
Associate Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director of the Center for Head and Neck Cancers, Massachusetts General Hospital
Richard J. Wong, MD, FACS
Chief, Head & Neck Service, Department of Surgery; Co-Leader of the Head and Neck Disease Management Team; Jatin P. Shah Chair in Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Shuhang Xu, MD
Endocrinology Research at the Endocrine and Diabetes Center, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
Mark Zafereo, MD, FACS
Professor of Head and Neck Surgery, Section Chief of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery, Associate Medical Director of the Endocrine Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Course Coordinators
Julie Arria
Amr Ahmed, MD, MMSc