Dr. Linwah Yip
Overview
Linwah Yip, MD, FACS, is an associate professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Endocrine Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, chief of the Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, and program director for the University of Pittsburgh Endocrine Surgery Fellowship. She specializes in thyroid and parathyroid disease/cancers, adrenal tumors, and functional pancreatic tumors. She studies how molecular testing can optimize diagnosis and treatment for thyroid cancer patients and leads the UPMC VHL Alliance Comprehensive Clinical Care Center. Dr. Yip is board-certified in general surgery. She received her medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago. Dr. Yip completed surgical residency training at Northwestern University in Chicago and the University of Florida Health Sciences Center in Jacksonville, Fla., and surgical oncology research and clinical fellowships at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and UPMC.
Dr. Yip is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Thyroid Nodule, Thyroid Cancer, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Thyroidectomy, and Parathyroidectomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 162 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 16 articles in the study of Follicular Thyroid Cancer.
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Locations
3601 5th Avenue, Falk Medical Building, Suite 6B, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Sally Carty is a General Surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Carty is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Hyperparathyroidism, Thyroid Nodule, Thyroid Cancer, Parathyroidectomy, and Thyroidectomy.
UPMC Endocrine Surgery
Kelly McCoy, MD, FACS, is an associate professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Endocrine Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and assistant vice president and acting chief surgeon at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. She specializes in surgery of thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal disease/cancers particularly in minimally invasive techniques and in molecular genetics and advanced imaging modalities for surgical management of endocrine diseases. Dr. McCoy is board-certified in general surgery. She received her medical degree from Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia and completed a residency at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., followed by a fellowship in endocrine surgery at UPMC. Dr. Mccoy is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Hyperparathyroidism, Parathyroid Hyperplasia, Thyroid Cancer, Parathyroidectomy, and Thyroidectomy.
West Virginia University Medical Corporation
Alan Thomay is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Thomay is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Melanoma, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy. Dr. Thomay is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Follicular Thyroid Cancer
- HyperparathyroidismDr. Yip isElite. Learn about Hyperparathyroidism.
- Papillary Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid CancerDr. Yip isElite. Learn about Thyroid Cancer.
- Thyroid NoduleDr. Yip isElite. Learn about Thyroid Nodule.
- Distinguished
- Anaplastic Thyroid CancerDr. Yip isDistinguished. Learn about Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
- Familial Isolated HyperparathyroidismDr. Yip isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Isolated Hyperparathyroidism.
- Hereditary Paraganglioma-Pheochromocytoma Syndrome
- Medullary Thyroid CarcinomaDr. Yip isDistinguished. Learn about Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.
- Neonatal Severe HyperparathyroidismDr. Yip isDistinguished. Learn about Neonatal Severe Hyperparathyroidism.
- Osteitis FibrosaDr. Yip isDistinguished. Learn about Osteitis Fibrosa.
- Advanced
- Adrenal CancerDr. Yip isAdvanced. Learn about Adrenal Cancer.
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
- Neuroendocrine TumorDr. Yip isAdvanced. Learn about Neuroendocrine Tumor.
- Parathyroid AdenomaDr. Yip isAdvanced. Learn about Parathyroid Adenoma.
- Parathyroid CancerDr. Yip isAdvanced. Learn about Parathyroid Cancer.
- Renal OncocytomaDr. Yip isAdvanced. Learn about Renal Oncocytoma.
- Experienced
- Adrenal Gland AdenomaDr. Yip isExperienced. Learn about Adrenal Gland Adenoma.
- Adrenocortical CarcinomaDr. Yip isExperienced. Learn about Adrenocortical Carcinoma.
- Autosomal Dominant HypocalcemiaDr. Yip isExperienced. Learn about Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia.
- Familial HyperaldosteronismDr. Yip isExperienced. Learn about Familial Hyperaldosteronism.
- Hiatal HerniaDr. Yip isExperienced. Learn about Hiatal Hernia.
- HyperaldosteronismDr. Yip isExperienced. Learn about Hyperaldosteronism.