Dr. Alaa Sada
Overview
Alaa Sada, MD, MS, is an endocrine surgeon who specializes in the treatment of thyroid and parathyroid disease/cancers and adrenal tumors. She is board-certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Sada completed her medical education at Damascus University Medical College and residency and fellowship at Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education.
Dr. Sada is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Thyroid Nodule. Her top areas of expertise are Insulinoma, Adrenal Cancer, Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Thyroidectomy, and Parathyroidectomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 37 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Thyroid Nodule.
Insurance
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- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE SNP
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- HMO
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
3601 5th Avenue, Falk Medical Building, Suite 6B, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Sada 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.
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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 Thyroid Nodule. Her top areas of expertise are Thyroid Nodule, Thyroid Cancer, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Thyroidectomy, and Parathyroidectomy.
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Sarah Treter is a General Surgeon in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Dr. Treter is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Thyroid Nodule. Her top areas of expertise are Thyroid Nodule, Hyperparathyroidism, Cellulitis, Parathyroidectomy, and Hernia Surgery.
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
- InsulinomaDr. Sada isElite. Learn about Insulinoma.
- Distinguished
- Adrenal CancerDr. Sada isDistinguished. Learn about Adrenal Cancer.
- Advanced
- Adrenocortical CarcinomaDr. Sada isAdvanced. Learn about Adrenocortical Carcinoma.
- Experienced
- Anaplastic Thyroid CancerDr. Sada isExperienced. Learn about Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
- Cushing's diseaseDr. Sada isExperienced. Learn about Cushing's disease.
- Gastric BypassDr. Sada isExperienced. Learn about Gastric Bypass.
- Hiatal HerniaDr. Sada isExperienced. Learn about Hiatal Hernia.
- HyperparathyroidismDr. Sada isExperienced. Learn about Hyperparathyroidism.
- LymphadenectomyDr. Sada isExperienced. Learn about Lymphadenectomy.