The 20 Best Follicular Thyroid Cancer Doctors in New Jersey, US

Erik Cohen, MD, FACS Erik Cohen, MD is the Medical Director of Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery at Morristown Medical Center and is also Clinical Director of the Leonard B Khan Head and neck Cancer Institute at Morristown Medical Center's Carol G. Simon Cancer Center. He is trained in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ear, nose, and throat surgery) and fellowship trained in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery.Dr. Cohen manages patients with benign and malignant head neck tumors of the head and neck. This includes cancers of the mouth, throat, larynx and HPV-associated oropharynx cancer. He also specializes in management of benign and malignant tumors of the thyroid and parathyroid glands, salivary gland surgery including parotidectomy with facial nerve preservation, nasal cavity and paranasal sinus tumors, complex skin cancer surgery, and skull base surgery. He is experienced in minimally invasive approaches, including transoral robotic surgery (TORS) as well as endoscopic CO2 laser surgery.Dr. Cohen attended Medical School at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He completed his residency training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, and a fellowship in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He was a faculty member at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School prior to joining Morristown Medical Center and the Atlantic Health System in 2012. He is a past president of the New York Head and Neck Society and an active member of several professional societies. Dr. Cohen is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Acinic Cell Carcinoma of Salivary Glands, Salivary Gland Tumors, Laryngeal Cancer, Thyroidectomy, and Gastrostomy.

Kevin Furlong is an Endocrinologist in Sewell, New Jersey. Dr. Furlong is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Dr. Furlong is currently accepting new patients.

Alexander Shifrin, MD, is an endocrine surgeon with Atlantic Medical Group Surgical Associates of CentraState and surgical director, CentraState Endocrine Program. He is board-certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery, and in endocrine neck ultrasound and ultrasound-guided thyroid biopsy by the American College of Endocrinology. In addition, he is the first endocrine surgeon in the United States to have board certification in endocrine surgery (FEBS), a designation available only through the European Board of Surgery. He completed two fellowship training programs: one in trauma and surgical critical care, and a second in endocrine surgery.A national and international leader in the management of complex endocrine diseases, Dr. Shifrin has specific expertise in minimally invasive surgical procedures to treat endocrine cancers and diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. These include thyroid gland diseases such as: thyroid cancer, multinodular goiter, Graves’ disease; parathyroid gland diseases such as: primary hyperparathyroidism, secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism; adrenal gland diseases such as: Cushing’s syndrome, primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn’s syndrome), pheochromocytoma, and adrenal incidentaloma; familial endocrine syndromes; and other hereditary endocrine syndromes. Utilizing an evidence-based approach, Dr. Shifrin employs state-of-the-art techniques to perform hundreds of surgeries each year with precision, accuracy, and extremely high success rates. He works in collaboration with other specialists to provide patients leading-edge cancer treatments in a safe environment. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology (FACE), and Fellow of the International Society of Surgery (FISS).Dr. Shifrin has edited and authored several books and atlases, including the Atlas of Thyroid Surgery, Atlas of Parathyroid Surgery, Atlas of Adrenal Surgery, Atlas of Parathyroid Imaging and Pathology, Endocrine Emergencies, Advances in Treatment and Management in Surgical Endocrinology, and Endocrine Surgery Comprehensive Board Exam Guide, book chapters, and peer-reviewed papers. He is also a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.Dr. Shifrin pursued extensive surgery residency training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, followed by Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Shifrin is a full Professor of Surgery at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is a participating provider of the Atlantic Accountable Care Organization. Dr. Shifrin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Familial Isolated Hyperparathyroidism, Parathyroid Hyperplasia, Hyperparathyroidism, and Osteitis Fibrosa.

Farah Morgan is an Endocrinologist in Sewell, New Jersey. Dr. Morgan has been practicing medicine for over 22 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).

Lucy Covello is an Endocrinologist in Butler, New Jersey. Dr. Covello is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, and Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.

Taral Shah is an Endocrinologist in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. Dr. Shah is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, and Hypothyroidism.

James Chen is an Endocrinologist in Summit, New Jersey. Dr. Chen is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Nodule, Hypothyroidism, Thyroid Cancer, and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.

Sameer Stas is an Endocrinologist in Newton, New Jersey. Dr. Stas is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Nodule, Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and Obesity in Children. Dr. Stas is currently accepting new patients.

Danielle Lann is an Oncologist in Neptune, New Jersey. Dr. Lann is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, and Familial Isolated Hyperparathyroidism.

Marie Saky is an Endocrinologist in Oakhurst, New Jersey. Dr. Saky is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, and Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Dr. Saky is currently accepting new patients.

Louis Amorosa is an Endocrinologist in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Amorosa is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.

Pranav Shah is a Radiologist in East Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Shah is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Nodule, Bronchogenic Cyst, Gallbladder Disease, and Pleurisy.

Sara Lubitz is an Endocrinologist in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Lubitz is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Thyroidectomy, and Parathyroidectomy.

Lisa Reid is a General Surgeon and an Oncologist in Camden, New Jersey. Dr. Reid has been practicing medicine for over 27 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Hyperparathyroidism, and Parathyroidectomy.

Javier Torréns, MD, is an endocrinologist who is board-certified in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has more than 20 years of experience in treating patients with thyroid, diabetes, osteoporosis, pituitary and other general endocrine disorders. A member of Atlantic Medical Group, he is in practice at the AMG Thyroid Center at Overlook Medical Center.After earning his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society as a medical student, Dr. Torréns completed his residency and fellowship in internal medicine and endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, where he received the coveted Bailey K. Ashford Clinical Research Award for his work as an Endocrinology Fellow.After a highly decorated and distinguished career at Walter Reed as staff endocrinologist, director of the Diabetes Education Program, subject matter expert on diabetes to the endocrinology consultant for the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and Chief of Medicine of the 85th Combat General Hospital, Dr. Torréns joined the faculty at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.During his stay there, he established the Latino Diabetes Education Center as an outreach program to the underserved Latino population of Newark, NJ. He later worked in two large National Institutes of Health-sponsored studies: the Women’s Health Initiative, and the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation. He later worked on the transcription regulation of leptin at the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics at Rockefeller University. After a successful academic career, he chose to go into clinical medicine.The author of several publications in peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Torréns is a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the Endocrine Society, the American Diabetes Association, American Thyroid Association and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He is fluent in Spanish and is a participating provider of the Atlantic Accountable Care Organization. Dr. Torrens is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Hashimoto Thyroiditis, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, and Follicular Thyroid Cancer.

Lee Starker, MD, PhD, is a medical director of surgical oncology for the eastern region with a special interest in thyroid and parathyroid tumors and cancers, endocrine disorders, melanoma, hormones and metabolism, and cancer genetics. He is highly trained in pancreatic and complex hepatobiliary surgery. He also specializes in NanoKnife® to treat unresectable pancreatic and liver cancers as well as hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), which is a highly concentrated, heated chemotherapy treatment delivered directly to the abdomen during surgery for peritoneal malignancies.After completing his surgical residency at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut and surgical oncology fellowship training at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas, Dr. Starker returned to his New Jersey roots. Prior to that, he earned a PhD in epigenetics and genetics of parathyroid tumors from Uppsala University in Sweden, where he was chief resident and fellow. While studying there, he received the Gold Humanism Award, which recognizes excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service. He has also been named an NJ Top Doctor annually by NJ Monthly Magazine.Dr. Starker is widely published in various medical journals, including the World Journal of Oncology and International Journal of Endocrinology. He is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Starker and his partners provide patients with the latest surgical innovations and clinical research options. He is a participating provider of the Atlantic Accountable Care Organization. Dr. Starker is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Small Bowel Resection, and Pancreatectomy.

Sunil Asnani is an Endocrinologist in Brick, New Jersey. Dr. Asnani is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Obesity in Children, Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, and Hypothyroidism.

Ghada Haddad is an Endocrinologist in Voorhees, New Jersey. Dr. Haddad has been practicing medicine for over 39 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Hypothyroidism, Thyroid Cancer, Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, and Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

Eric Wininger is an Endocrinologist in Freehold, New Jersey. Dr. Wininger is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Thyroid Nodule, and Thyroid Storm. Dr. Wininger is currently accepting new patients.

Anita Raghuwanshi is an Endocrinologist in Cape May Court House, New Jersey. Dr. Raghuwanshi has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Hypothyroidism, Diabetic Neuropathy, and Vitamin D Deficiency.