Our Expert Team
The Thyroid Cancer Center brings together experienced experts in a range of disciplines, including:
- Endocrinology
- Surgery and otolaryngology
- Oncology
- Radiation Oncology
- Medical Genetics
- Pathology
- Nuclear Medicine and Radiology
Many of the center's physicians are leaders in their field. The multidisciplinary team offers patients the full range of diagnostic services and treatment options, including medical, surgical, pharmaceutical and emotional approaches.
The center's expert team includes:
 Glenn D. Braunstein, MD Chairman, Department of Medicine; Holder, James R. Klinenberg, MD Chair in Medicine; Director, Cedars-Sinai Thyroid Cancer Center; Associate Director, Cedars-Sinai's Center for Androgen Related Research and Discovery |
Endocrinology
- David Aftergood, MD Endocrinology
- Paul C. Azer, MD Endocrinology
- Glenn D. Braunstein, MD Chairman, Department of Medicine, Holder, James R. Klinenberg, MD Chair in Medicine, Associate Director, Cedars-Sinai's Center for Androgen Related Research and Discovery
- Eli Ginsburg, MD Endocrinology
- Michael D. Harris, MD Endocrinology
- Ning-Ai Liu, MD, PhD Endocrinology
- Conrad Tseng, MD Endocrinology
- Run Yu, PhD Director, Carcinoid and Endocrine Tumor Program
Hematology/Oncology
- Stephen W. Lim, MD Medical Oncologist, Division of Hematology/Oncology; Associate Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
- Marina Vaysburd, MD Hematology/Oncology
Surgery
- Kenneth Adashek, MD Surgery
- Michel Babajanian, MD Otolaryngology
- Jason S. Cohen, MD, FACS Surgical Oncology
- Babak Larian, MD Director, Head and Neck Cancer Center
- Gene Liu, MD Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- Robert Ruder, MD Head and Neck Surgery, Facial and Plastic Reconstructive Surgery
- Mani Zadeh, MD Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Medical Genetics
- Ora Karp Gordon, MD, MS Director, GenRISK Adult Genetics Program
Pathology
- Randa Alsabeh, MD Director, Immunopathology; Co-Director, Hematology/Hemapathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Bonnie Balzer, MD, PhD Anatomic Pathology
- Shikha Bose, MD Director, Cytopathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Mariza De Peralta-Venturina, MD Cytopathology
- Xuemo Fan, MD, PhD Pathology
- David P. Frishberg, MD Director of Surgical Pathology and Dermatopathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Karen A. Scharre, MD Pathology
- Ann E. Walts, MD Pathology
Nuclear Medicine
- Alessandro D'Agnolo, MD Nuclear Medicine
- Alan D. Waxman, MD Co-Chairman, S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center
Radiology and Radiation Oncology
- C. Michele Burnison, MD Radiation Oncology
- Michelle L. Melany, MD Radiology
Radiation Safety
- Donna L. Earley, Director, Environmental Health and Safety
- Andrea Revard
Other Participating Team Members
- Jordan Geller, MD Endocrinology - candidate participant**
- Mark Goodarzi, MD Endocrinology - candidate participant**
- H. Phillip Koeffler, MD Director, Division of Hematology/Oncology; Holder, Mark Goodson Chair in Oncology Research - research participant*
- Reza Nazemi, MD Endocrinology - candidate participant**
- Basil Rapoport, MD Director, Autoimmune Disease Unit - research participant*
- Wendy Sacks, MD Endocrinology - research participant*
**Candidate Participant (indicates physicians who have met candidate level participation and who are in the process of fulfilling the requirements to become a full participant in the center)
