Sentences with phrase «endocrine tumor surgery»

The Endocrine Tumor Surgery setion within the Surgical Oncology department treats endocrine tumors in children and adults, with the goal of improving patient care through emerging technologies and advances in clinical and basic research.

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If the tumor is large or there's obvious evidence that the cancer is in the lymph nodes, you take them out,» said author Julie Ann Sosa, M.D., chief of endocrine surgery and leader of the endocrine neoplasia diseases group at the Duke Clinical Research Institute and the Duke Cancer Institute.

Staff of this Program: Amanda M. Laird, MD, FACS, Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery H. Richard Alexander, Jr., MD, Chief Surgical Officer Rebecca Burke, MD, Palliative Care Specialist Simon M. Hanft, MD, Director, Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor Surgery and Surgical Director, Pituitary Tumor Program Salma Jabbour, MD, Radiation Oncologist Timothy Kennedy, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist Sung Kim, MD, Radiation Oncologist Steven K. Libutti, MD, FACS, Director, Rutgers Cancer Institute and Surgical Oncologist Usha Malhotra, MD,, Medical Oncologist Stanley Trooskin, MD, FACS, Chief of General Surgery and Endocrine Surgeon Hetal Vig, MS, CGC, Genetic Counselor Elina Dykhne, APN, Advanced Practice Nurse Aleza Rubin, APN, Advanced Practice Nurse

Below are some of the common specialty areas that we have experience with: - Infectious diseases: Tick - borne disease (Lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Bartonella), systemic and local bacterial infections, feline and canine viral disease - Hematology: Immune - mediated hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukemia, bone marrow diseases - Oncology: Surgical and chemotherapy management, lymphoma, mast cell tumors, hemangiosarcoma, osteosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, mammary neoplasia, as well as benign and malignant skin masses such as adenomas and cysts - Urology: Kidney failure, bladder infections, stones / crystals, prostatic disease, pyelonephritis, FLUTD, protein - losing nephropathy, glomerulonephritis - Endocrine: Hormonal diseases such as hyper - and hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, cushings disease, addison's disease, endocrine skin disease - Gastroenterology: Chronic vomiting and / or diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), stomach ulcers / gastritis, colitis, pancreatic disorders, liver disease, protein - losing enteropathy - Respiratory disease: Feline asthma, canine chronic bronchitis, upper respiratory viral disease, pleural effusion, laryngeal paralysis - Cardiology: Heart murmurs and arrhythmias, heart failure, heartworm disease, hypertension - Ophthalmology: Gaucoma, cataracts, uveitis, corneal disease, ocular surgery - Allergic disease: Allergic dermatitis, food allergies, flea allergy, and allergic gastrointestinal and respiratorEndocrine: Hormonal diseases such as hyper - and hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, cushings disease, addison's disease, endocrine skin disease - Gastroenterology: Chronic vomiting and / or diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), stomach ulcers / gastritis, colitis, pancreatic disorders, liver disease, protein - losing enteropathy - Respiratory disease: Feline asthma, canine chronic bronchitis, upper respiratory viral disease, pleural effusion, laryngeal paralysis - Cardiology: Heart murmurs and arrhythmias, heart failure, heartworm disease, hypertension - Ophthalmology: Gaucoma, cataracts, uveitis, corneal disease, ocular surgery - Allergic disease: Allergic dermatitis, food allergies, flea allergy, and allergic gastrointestinal and respiratorendocrine skin disease - Gastroenterology: Chronic vomiting and / or diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), stomach ulcers / gastritis, colitis, pancreatic disorders, liver disease, protein - losing enteropathy - Respiratory disease: Feline asthma, canine chronic bronchitis, upper respiratory viral disease, pleural effusion, laryngeal paralysis - Cardiology: Heart murmurs and arrhythmias, heart failure, heartworm disease, hypertension - Ophthalmology: Gaucoma, cataracts, uveitis, corneal disease, ocular surgery - Allergic disease: Allergic dermatitis, food allergies, flea allergy, and allergic gastrointestinal and respiratory disease

When an animal is going in for surgery or chemo, or has an autoimmune disease or neoplastic condition [a tumor], or even a chronic immune challenge such as allergies or endocrine / metabolic diseases, they are at a high increased risk to an adverse reaction to any vaccine.

On the clinical side, Dr. Smith particularly enjoys the challenges of endocrine surgery (adrenal tumor removal, pancreatic tumor removal, etc.), as well as urinary tract and liver shunt surgeries.