Thyroid Center of Excellence

The Thyroid Center of Excellence includes the Upstate Thyroid Cancer Center and Thyroid Center.

The UPSTATE THYROID CANCER CENTER provides comprehensive care to patients with all types of thyroid cancer.

The team consists of

• thyroid surgeons
• endocrinologists
• nuclear medicine physicians
• oncologists
• pathologists

There are bimonthly office hours in which an endocrinologist and thyroid surgeon see patients together to determine the best treatment option for each patient. Nuclear medicine physicians and pathologists are available for immediate consultation. We hold a monthly interdisciplinary conference to discuss the management of patients with thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases.

The THYROID CENTER consists of board-certified endocrinologists who are experts in the evaluation and management of diseases of the thyroid. They manage benign thyroid diseases such as hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, thyroid nodules, and multinodular goiters.

Our Center utilizes two thyroid ultrasonogram machines to aid in the management of thyroid nodular diseases. Our endocrinologists, in conjunction with our cytopathologist, perform ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspirations of thyroid nodules.

Our multidisciplinary team

• Medical Director — Roberto Izquierdo, MD
• Center Coordinator — Lisa Cico, NP, RN
• Thyroid Surgeons
  Kara Kort, MD (Surgical Director)
• Nuclear Medicine Physicians
  David Feiglin, MD (Co-Director Nuclear Medicine)
  Mary McGrath, MD
  Michelle Lisi, MD
• Pathologists
  Kamal Khurana, MD (Director of Cytopathology)
• Endocrinologists
  Roberto Izquierdo, MD (Director)
  Jennifer Kelly, DO
  Mukhtar Khan, MD
  Steven Zygmont, MD
  Ruth Weinstock, MD, PhD
  Barbara Feuerstein, MD
  Arnold Moses, MD
• Oncologist
  Sheila Lemke, MD