Robert Udelsman MD, MBA, FACS, FACE
William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery; Chair, Department of Surgery; Surgeon-in-Chief, Yale-New Haven Hospital; Clinical Program Leader, Endocrine Cancers Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital

Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupCancer Center, Yale: Endocrine Oncology Program
Pediatric Thyroid Center
Surgery: Endocrine/General Surgery
Cancer Genetics
Biography
Education
- B.A., Lafayette College , 1977
- M.D., George Washington School of Medicine , 1981
- M.B.A., Johns Hopkins University , 2000
Selected Publication
- Udelsman R. High success rate of parathyroid reoperation may be achieved with improved localization diagnosis. World J Surg 32(7):1512-7, 2008
Latest Honor and Recognition
- New York State Regents Scholarship(1973)
Articles
May/June 2006
Minimizing pain, accelerating healing
After a recent successful intervention at Yale-New Haven Hospital to restore blood flow through a failing hemodialysis...

Nov/Dec 2007
Transplantation, transformed
In the well-known Greek myth, Zeus is so incensed that Prometheus stole fire from the gods that he condemns the...

March/April 2011
Surgeons-turned-detectives explore the dawn of chemotherapy
Thanks to the unearthing of long-lost medical records by two dogged surgeons, the full story of the first use of...

May 2012
Pediatric Surgery announces arrival of new section chief
In March, the School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital (YNHCH) announced the appointment of Michael G....
Jan/Feb 2007
A robot arrives in the operating room
Operating room nurse Elizabeth Lasorso, R.N., did a double take when she walked into the operating room in late August...

Sept/Oct 2008
On-the-spot blood tests make surgery quicker
Ever take a medical vacation? Stay in a hotel, take in the sights and fit in some surgery? That’s a reality for some of...

Oct/Nov 2005
Liver transplantation program formed with an international team of experts
The School of Medicine has launched an ambitious new liver transplant program with a team of doctors recruited from...

Sept/Oct 2011
Chair of Department of Surgery to be next president of society of endocrine surgeons
Robert Udelsman, M.D., M.B.A., chair and William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery and surgeon-in-chief at Yale-New Haven...


