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
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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
Autumn 2011
Surgeons find new twists to an old story
In 1942 he was 47 years old and living alone, working day shifts at a ball-bearing factory in central Connecticut. He...
Summer 2002
State-of-the-art surgery
Dr. Robert Udelsman’s concerns about departmental fiscal efficiencies reminded me of a study that indicated hospital...
Summer 2002
Surgical Residency Revamped
The days of surgery “boot camp” may be over. To avoid reaccreditation problems, Yale-New Haven Hospital is shifting to...
Spring 2001
New chairs appointed in three departments; clinical leadership changes
Dean David A. Kessler, M.D., has announced the appointment of three new chairs to lead the departments of Cell Biology,...
Spring 2007
Notes
The Yale Corporation made the following appointments in the Department of Surgery at its December meeting: the chair of...
Spring 2002
Kevin R. Anderson, M.D., John A. Elefteriades, M.D. ’76, HS ’83, Amy L. Friedman, M.D., Richard Gusberg, M.D., James C. Rosser Jr., M.D., Ronald R. Salem, M.D., Clarence T. Sasaki, M.D. ’66, HS ’73, Neal Seymour, M.D., Robert Udelsman, M.D.
A New York magazine cover article titled “Surgery Without Scars ...” has included nine surgeons in the Yale Medical...
Summer 2005
Robert Udelsman, M.D., M.B.A
Robert Udelsman, M.D., M.B.A., the Lampman Professor of Surgery and Oncology and chair of surgery, was elected...
Winter 2010
Making cancer personal
The new Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven is built around a new philosophy of patient care.
Autumn 2007
Putting the fire back into Yale's transplant program
When Prometheus stole fire from the gods, Zeus condemned him to have his liver eaten by an eagle every day. The myth,...
Spring 2002
Reinventing surgery
Robert Udelsman left one of the busiest medical centers on the planet to lead Yale’s Department of Surgery out of its...
Autumn 2009
Yale’s Physician Associate Program nears 40
As it approaches its 40th year, the PA Program fills a niche in American medicine.
Autumn 2005
A year at the helm
Since he arrived at Yale in 2004, Dean Robert Alpern has led faculty to a new vision of the medical school, with a...
Spring 2009
Surgeons honor Robert Weiss
As surgeons gathered for grand rounds at the 14th Annual Spring Reunion of the Yale Surgical Society, John A....
Winter 2009
New approach to thyroid surgery
Over the last two years the Yale Pediatric Thyroid Center has treated 30 patients by using a new approach—the pairing...
Winter 2009
Blood test in the OR speeds surgery
Since Robert Udelsman, M.D., M.B.A., came to Yale in 2001 ...
Winter 2004
The surgical approach to morbid obesity
Rising demand for gastric bypass procedure keeps Yale surgeon busy and looking for reinforcements.Americans spend $33...
Winter 2002
From far and wide, in a class of their own
Collectively, the 100 members of the Class of 2005 have interned in the White House, built an orphanage in the...
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