Difficult Decisions in Endocrine Surgery: An Evidence-based Approach

​This book will identify specific characteristics relative to the question using PICO formatting (population, intervention, comparator, and outcome) that is summarized in a table near the beginning of each chapter

The authors will include a summary of available published evidence in text and possibly tabular form

The chapters will also include a recommendation, rated as to its strength using GRADE format, as to what course of action is most reasonable based on the available evidence

Dr. Peter Angelos is a highly regarded surgeon with extensive experience in surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. He is particularly adept in treating endocrine cancers, including thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenocortical cancers and islet cell tumors of the pancreas. Dr. Angelos also has extensive expertise in medical ethics, and serves as associate director of the University of Chicago MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.
Dr. Raymon H. Grogan is a nationally respected board certified surgeon practising in Houston, Texas with a particular interest in Endocrine Surgery. He is the co-author of several national guidelines on endocrine surgery. He is also a pioneer of several novel techniques for operating on the thyroid and parathyroid and is one of only a handful of specialists on Transoral Endocrine Surgery in the USA. In 2017 he was awarded the prestigious Paul LoGerfo Research Grant from the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons to study the relationship between the human microbiome and thyroid disease.