Endocrine/General Surgery Faculty

Carling, Tobias

Section Chief

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Endocrine Surgery)
Section Chief
Director, Yale Endocrine Neoplasia Laboratory

Research Interests:improved outcomes in minimally invasive endocrine surgery; molecular genetics of endocrine tumors of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal (hyperaldosteronism, hypercortisolism, adrenal cancer, pheochromocytoma) and endocrine pancreas; familial endocrine tumor susceptibility syndromes; regulation of calcium homeostasis

Clinical Interests:Endocrine surgery; surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal gland, and endocrine pancreas; minimally invasive surgical techniques, under local and cervical block anesthesia; laparascopic adrenalectomy, outpatient Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy (MIP), and Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy (MIT); neck dissection for thyroid cancer

Callender, Glenda

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Endocrine Surgery)
Endocrine Surgeon
Director, Endocrine Surgical Oncology Clinical Trials

Research Interests:Outcomes in endocrine surgery, including minimally invasive thyroid and parathyroid surgery, laparoscopic and posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy; outpatient parathyroidectomy; intraoperative laryngeal nerve monitoring; endocrine oncology clinical trials

Clinical Interests:Endocrine surgery; surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal gland, and endocrine pancreas; minimally invasive surgical techniques, under local and cervical block anesthesia; laparascopic and posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy; outpatient minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) and thyroidectomy; intraoperative laryngeal nerve monitoring; neck dissection for thyroid cancer

Quinn, Courtney

Research Interests:Minimally invasive endocrine surgery, including laparoscopic and posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy; outpatient thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy; intraoperative laryngeal nerve monitoring; endocrine oncology

Clinical Interests:Endocrine surgery; surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal gland, and endocrine pancreas; minimally invasive surgical techniques, under local and cervical block anesthesia; laparascopic and posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy; outpatient minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) and thyroidectomy; intraoperative laryngeal nerve monitoring

Udelsman, Robert

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

Research Interests:Minimally invasive surgery, including techniques for minimizing the trauma of surgery; endocrine surgery, particularly endocrine oncology

Clinical Interests:Endocrine surgery; surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands, and endocrine pancreas; outpatient minimally invasive parathyroidectomy and laparascopic adrenalectomy; surgery for thyroid nodules and cancer; parathyroid disease; adrenal diseases; endocrine cancer