Overview
Dr. Douglas Ball is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He holds a joint appointment in oncology. His areas of clinical expertise include diagnostic radiology, endocrine oncology, thyroid cancer and thyroid diseases. Dr. Ball earned his M.D. from the George Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Pittsburgh-Presbyterian University Hospital and performed a fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at Johns Hopkins. His research interests include medullary thyroid cancer, differentiated thyroid cancer and anaplastic thyroid cancer.
Dr. Ball is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hyperthyroidism. His top areas of expertise are Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, and Thyroidectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 32 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287
10751 Falls Road, Falls Concourse STE 412, Lutherville, MD 21093
201 North Broadway Street, Viragh BLDG 5th FL, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Ball has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
David S. Cooper, MD, MACP is a graduate of the Tufts University School of Medicine and completed his endocrinology training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He is currently Professor of Medicine and Radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is one of the editors of the iconic textbook on thyroid disease, Werner and Ingbar’s The Thyroid, and he co-edits two other textbooks: Medical Management of Thyroid Disease and Thyroid Cancer. He is also the co-author of a book for patients with thyroid disease entitled Your Thyroid: A Home Reference. He is the past Chair of the Subspecialty Board for Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is an Editor-in-Chief for Endocrinology at Up-to-Date, and he has served as the Chair of the Endocrine Society’s annual Board Review Course. Dr. Cooper was the Chair of the American Thyroid Association’s (ATA) 2006 and 2009 task forces that first drafted clinical practice guidelines for the management of thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. He also served on ATA sponsored task forces that promulgated guidelines for the management of hypothyroidism and for the management of hyperthyroidism. He is the past Treasurer and past President of the ATA, and the recipient of the ATA’s Distinguished Service Award, its Paul Starr Award, and the Lewis Braverman Lectureship Award. He is also the recipient of the Distinction in Endocrinology Award given by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, as well as the Endocrine Society’s Outstanding Scholarly Physician Laureate Award and the Outstanding Educator Laureate Award. Dr. Cooper is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hyperthyroidism. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Graves Disease, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Thyroidectomy, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
Henry Burch is an Endocrinologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Burch is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hyperthyroidism. His top areas of expertise are Hyperthyroidism, Graves Disease, Thyroid Eye Disease, Thyroid Nodule, and Thyroidectomy.
First State Endocrinology, PA
Ripudaman Hundal is an Endocrinologist in Newark, Delaware. Dr. Hundal is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hyperthyroidism. His top areas of expertise are Obesity in Children, Hypothyroidism, Osteoporosis, and Postmenopausal Osteoporosis.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
- Thyroid CancerDr. Ball isElite. Learn about Thyroid Cancer.
- Distinguished
- Anaplastic Thyroid CancerDr. Ball isDistinguished. Learn about Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
- Follicular Thyroid CancerDr. Ball isDistinguished. Learn about Follicular Thyroid Cancer.
- Multiple Endocrine NeoplasiaDr. Ball isDistinguished. Learn about Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia.
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2Dr. Ball isDistinguished. Learn about Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2.
- Papillary Thyroid CancerDr. Ball isDistinguished. Learn about Papillary Thyroid Cancer.
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- AcromegalyDr. Ball isAdvanced. Learn about Acromegaly.
- Adrenal CancerDr. Ball isAdvanced. Learn about Adrenal Cancer.
- GigantismDr. Ball isAdvanced. Learn about Gigantism.
- Graves DiseaseDr. Ball isAdvanced. Learn about Graves Disease.
- Hashimoto ThyroiditisDr. Ball isAdvanced. Learn about Hashimoto Thyroiditis.
- Hereditary NeuroblastomaDr. Ball isAdvanced. Learn about Hereditary Neuroblastoma.
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- Addison's DiseaseDr. Ball isExperienced. Learn about Addison's Disease.
- Adrenal Gland AdenomaDr. Ball isExperienced. Learn about Adrenal Gland Adenoma.
- Adrenocortical CarcinomaDr. Ball isExperienced. Learn about Adrenocortical Carcinoma.
- Cowden SyndromeDr. Ball isExperienced. Learn about Cowden Syndrome.
- Cushing's syndromeDr. Ball isExperienced. Learn about Cushing's syndrome.
- Cushing's syndrome due to Adrenal Tumor