Faculty Disclosure

Course Directors
Elena M. Morariu, MD
Esra Karslioglu-French, MD, MBA
Sally E. Carty, MD, FACS

Guest Faculty
Naifa L. Busaidy MD, FACP, FACE
Professor, Department of Endocrine
Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders
The University of Texas MD
Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Susan J. Mandel, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Chief, Division of Endocrinology,
Diabetes and Metabolism
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
 

UPMC Faculty

Elena Morariu, MD
Assistant Professor and Thyroid Unit Director
UPMC Division of Endocrinology

Esra Karslioglu-French, MD, MBA
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, UPMC

Sally Carty, MD, FACS
Chief, UPMC Division of Endocrine Surgery
Co-Director, UPMC Multidisciplinary Thyroid Center
Co-Director, UPMC Endocrine Genetics Clinic

Robert Ferris, MD, PhD
Director of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Associate Vice Chancellor for Cancer Research
Professor of Otolaryngology, Immunology, and Radiation Oncology

Biatta Sholosh, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Director, UPMC

Yuri Nikiforov, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology 
Vice Chair, Department of Pathology
Director, Division of Molecular & Genomic Pathology
Co-Director, UPMC Multidisciplinary Thyroid Center 

N. Paul Ohori, MD
Professor of Pathology
Medical Director of Cytopathology, UPMC Presbyterian

Linwah Yip, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, UPMC 

Raja Seethala, MD
Professor of Pathology and Otolaryngology
Section Director, Head and Neck/Endocrine Pathology
Director, Fluorescence in-situ Hybridization Laboratory
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Kim Ramonell, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Endocrine Surgery, UPMC

Wassim Chemaitilly, MD
Clinical Director, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, 
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh 
Professor of Pediatrics, UPMC

Dan Zandberg, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Head and Neck and Thyroid Cancer Disease Sections
Division of Hematology/Oncology, UPMC

Libby Smith, DO
Professor of Otolaryngology, UPMC 

Uma Duvvuri, MD, PhD
Professor of Otolaryngology
Medical Director, Pittsburgh CREATES
Director of Robotic Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Postdoctoral Training Program in Head and Neck Oncology
Program Director, Advanced Training Fellowship Program in Head and Neck Oncology
Co-Leader, Head and Neck Cancer Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Kelly McCoy, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Endocrine Surgery, UPMC

Faculty are affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, unless noted otherwise.

Agenda and speakers may be subject to change on short notice.

Faculty Disclosure
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity including members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, and/or content reviewers have disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients.

All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated:

Naifa L. Busaidy, MD, FACP, FACE, receives grant/research support from Novartis through the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. She is also a consultant for Eisai and Exelixis.

Umamaheswar Duvvuri, MD, PhD, is a consultant for Activ Surgical and BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

Yuri E. Nikiforov, MD, PhD, owns intellectual property related to ThyroSeq and received royalty through the University of Pittsburgh. He is a consultant for Sonic Healthcare USA.

Dan Paul Zandberg, MD, receives grant/research support (institutional) from Aduro Biotech, Inc., Astellas Pharma, Inc., AstraZeneca, Bicara Therapeutics, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb, Checkmate Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly and Company, GlaxoSmithKline, MacroGenics, Inc., Merck, and Novasenta. He is a consultant for MacroGenics, Inc. and served on the advisory board for Blueprint Medicines  and Prelude Therapeutics.

No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers, and/or anyone else  in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.