The 20 Best Thyroidectomy Doctors near Charleston, SC

**Jason G. Newman, M.D., FACS** received his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University Medical School in 1997 and completed residencies in Otolaryngology at Manhattan Eye, Ear \& Throat Hospital, New York, NY, (1998-1999), New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (1999-2002). Following residency, Dr. Newman completed his fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery/Oncology and Microvascular Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in 2005. After fellowship, Dr. Newman remained on faculty at Penn, where he was a Professor of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Director of the Cancer Service Line at Pennsylvania Hospital, Director of Head \& Neck Surgery, Co-Director of the Cranial Base Center, and Director of the Head and Neck Fellowship.Dr. Newman is board certified in Otorhinolaryngology and holds membership in the American Academy of Otolaryngology. His areas of expertise include head and neck mucosal and cutaneous cancer surgery, robotic surgery, anterior cranial base surgery and complex thyroid surgery with special interest in minimally invasive approaches. Dr. Newman also is actively involved in research focused on head and neck cancer clinical trials, genetic signatures for head and neck cancer, and quality of life for head and neck cancer and cranial base patients.As the Director of the Cancer Service Line of the Abramson Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, Dr. Newman has helped to create a disease-based team approach to cancer care delivery and research. This has helped to strengthen the delivery of cancer care, improve patient outcomes, create leadership pathways, increase patient volumes, increase access to clinical trials, and minimize variations in the delivery of care. Dr. Newman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. He is also highly rated in 28 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Throat Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Laryngectomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Newman is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Denise Carneiro-Pla is a board-certified general surgeon who is focused in endocrine surgery. She was educated in Brazil including medical school and residency in general surgery. In 1998, shortly after her residency, she was invited to the United States to be a researcher in endocrine surgery which started her interest and commitment to this specialty. The research fellowship at the University of Miami School of Medicine lasted for a period of three-and-a-half years and then extended to another year and a half as a clinical fellow of endocrine surgery under Dr. George Irvin's mentorship.Following these five years of specialized endocrine surgery training in this center of excellence, Dr. Carneiro-Pla was ready to start her career as an academic surgeon in the U.S. and she repeated the residency in general surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine.Dr. Carneiro-Pla has been a faculty of the Department of Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina since 2007, with a practice exclusively dedicated to endocrine surgery treating thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal surgical diseases. She remains academically productive writing papers and book chapters in endocrine surgery, mainly in parathyroid disease and cervical ultrasonography, which are her special interests.Dr. Carneiro-Pla currently sees patients in downtown Charleston at Hollings Cancer Center and at North Charleston Specialty Care, where ultrasonography is available as part of cervical physical examination and to guide necessary procedures. The indicated surgeries are performed at our state-of-the-art hospital, Ashley River Tower. Dr. Carneiro is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. She is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hyperparathyroidism, Thyroid Cancer, Parathyroid Hyperplasia, Parathyroidectomy, and Thyroidectomy. Dr. Carneiro is currently accepting new patients.

Shaun Nguyen is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Nguyen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. He is also highly rated in 35 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Meniere Disease, Choanal Atresia, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Mastoidectomy, and Adenoidectomy.

Judith M. Skoner, M.D. joined the MUSC Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery as an assistant professor in September 2005. She received her medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and completed her residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. Following residency, she completed fellowship training in microvascular reconstruction/facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at Oregon Health \& Science University in Portland. After fellowship, Dr. Skoner traveled through Nepal, providing care to underserved patients at remote locations with various head and neck disorders. Thereafter, she joined the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery faculty at Temple University School of Medicine, as division head for microvascular/facial plastic \& reconstructive surgery.Now, as part of the MUSC facial plastics faculty, Dr. Skoner continues her focused expertise in microvascular surgery and complex reconstruction of the head and neck-- which is essentially recreating parts of the face/mouth/throat/jaw/neck/scalp using transplanted tissue/bone from the patient's own body, after a large cancer or major trauma has resulted in the destruction of these critical features. She also has particular interest in post-traumatic facial reconstruction and functional/aesthetic reconstructions of other complex defects and deformities.In addition to her MUSC facial plastic surgery practice, she also serves as the division chief of Otolaryngology at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Hospital in Charleston. Dr. Skoner's research interests include clinical post-reconstruction function and quality of life in head and neck cancer patients. Dr. Skoner is double board-certified, having completed all requirements for both the American Board of Otolaryngology, and the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; she is also an active member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Skoner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. She is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Throat Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, Tissue Biopsy, and Glossectomy. Dr. Skoner is currently accepting new patients.

Dauren Adilbay is an Otolaryngologist and a Plastic Surgeon practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Adilbay is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. His clinical expertise encompasses Sinus Cancer, Anosmia, Thyroid Cancer, Human Papillomavirus Infection, and Thyroidectomy.

Bernice Huang, M.D. is an endocrine surgeon who collaborates closely with the Hollings Cancer Center, bringing innovative techniques and procedures to endocrine patients in South Carolina. Dr. Huang completed her endocrine surgery fellowship at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and general surgery residency at Columbia University, where she also dedicated a year to clinical research in endocrine surgery.Dr. Huang has expertise in the posterior retroperitoneoscopic approach for adrenal surgery that accesses the adrenal gland through the back, simplifying the laparoscopic procedure and minimizing postoperative pain. She also has clinical and research interests in the care and surgical management of patients with renal hyperparathyroidism, thyroid surgery, parathyroid surgery, adrenal surgery, thyroid cancer, hyperparathyroidism, and familial endocrine tumor syndromes. She focuses her research on improving clinical outcomes and addressing disparities in care for these patients.Dr. Huang received her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2015 and a bachelor of science degree in biological engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Huang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. Her clinical expertise encompasses Thyroid Nodule, Hyperparathyroidism, Thyroid Cancer, Parathyroidectomy, and Thyroidectomy.

Dr. Matthew Kohler joined MUSC Women's Care as a gynecologist oncologist in 1998 and now serves as the director of the division of MUSC gynecology oncology. He is board certified in both obstetrics and gynecology, and gynecologic oncology. His specialties include radical and minimally invasive (robotic) surgery for gynecologic cancers, chemotherapy, and gestational trophoblastic disease. Dr. Kohler received his undergraduate degree from Yale University, then went on to Duke University for his medical degree, residency, and a gynecology oncology fellowship. Dr. Kohler is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. He is also highly rated in 24 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumor, Virilizing Ovarian Tumor, Ovarian Carcinosarcoma, Hysterectomy, and Thyroidectomy. Dr. Kohler is currently accepting new patients.

Alexandra Kejner is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Kejner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. She is also highly rated in 13 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Throat Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, Laryngitis, Laryngectomy, and Tissue Biopsy.

Madelene Lewis, MD, specializes in Breast Cancer, and Radiology and is located in Mount Pleasant, SC. Dr. Lewis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. Her clinical expertise encompasses Breast Lump, Bronchogenic Cyst, Visceromegaly, Thyroid Nodule, and Thyroidectomy. Dr. Lewis is currently accepting new patients.

John Mcgue is an Interventional Radiologist practicing medicine in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dr. Mcgue is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. He is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Lung Cancer, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Gastrostomy, and Bone Graft.

Jeffrey Short is an Interventional Radiologist practicing medicine in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dr. Short is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Ascites, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Pleurisy, Gastrostomy, and Vertebroplasty.

Edward Mcnellis is an Otolaryngologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Mcnellis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. He is also highly rated in 20 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Infant Hearing Loss, and Thyroidectomy.