Aarti Mathur, M.D., FACS, is an experienced, fellowship-trained endocrine surgeon in the Johns Hopkins Division of Surgical Oncology and an associate professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Mathur sees patients at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Mathur earned her medical degree at the University of Texas. She completed a general surgery residency at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, followed by fellowships at the National Cancer Institute, where she studied immunotherapy and surgical oncology for several years, performed endocrine surgery research and cared for patients with advanced oncologic diseases. Dr. Mathur also completed a fellowship in endocrine surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Mathur’s practice exclusively focuses on surgical management of benign and malignant diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands and cervical lymph nodes. Her expertise includes thyroid surgery for nodules, goiters, Graves disease, thyroid cancer and minimally invasive parathyroidectomy, surgery for persistent or recurrent hyperparathyroidism and laparoscopic adrenalectomy. She believes in providing state of the art, patient-centered multi-disciplinary care for complex endocrine surgical issues. Dr. Mathur serves on multiple committees of major national societies including the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, the American Thyroid Association, and the American College of Surgeons. As a surgeon-scientist, Dr. Mathur directs a research group, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that studies voice and swallowing outcomes after thyroidectomy in older adults. Her research also focuses on understanding the link between hyperparathyroidism and other health conditions including cognitive impairment, cardiovascular disease and post-transplant outcomes. Dr. Mathur has numerous prestigious national research awards and grants, and she has published over 50 peer reviewed articles, reviews and book chapters. She is frequently invited to present her research at national and international meetings. Dr. Mathur is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Hyperparathyroidism, Familial Isolated Hyperparathyroidism, Parathyroid Hyperplasia, Parathyroidectomy, and Thyroidectomy.

Christine Gourin, M.D. M.P.H., is a head and neck surgical oncologist and palliative medicine specialist who treats patients with head and neck tumors, including tumors of the skin, melanoma, oral cavity, larynx, oropharynx, neck, salivary glands, sinuses, and skull base. Dr. Gourin received her medical degree from the State University of New York-Health Science Center at Brooklyn/Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Gourin trained in General Surgery and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Vermont, followed by a fellowship in Advanced Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She has authored over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, 24 book chapters and two books: Medical and Surgical Management of Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases and The Johns Hopkins Patient Guide to Head and Neck Cancer. She is on the Editorial Board of The Laryngoscope and is a reviewer for numerous other head and neck surgery journals. Dr. Gourin is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in quality of care and outcomes with a lifelong interest in improved symptom management, communication, access to high-quality affordable care, and palliative medicine in head and neck cancer. She has an active head and neck surgical oncology practice and has been named to America’s Top Physicians and Best Doctors in America annually since 2005. She is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Head and Neck Cancer Supportive Care Clinic. Dr. Gourin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Laryngeal Cancer, Throat Cancer, Tongue Cancer, Laryngectomy, and Gastrostomy.

Lilah Morris-Wiseman, M.D., F.A.C.S., is an endocrine surgeon who serves as chief of the Division of Endocrine Surgery. Dr. Morris-Wiseman came to Johns Hopkins in 2021 from the University of Arizona College of Medicine where she was an Associate Professor of Endocrine Surgery. She has a broad endocrine surgery practice using minimally invasive techniques as appropriate to facilitate excellent clinical outcomes with rapid patient recovery. Her clinical practice emphasizes patient-centered shared decision-making and excellent communication and multidisciplinary collaboration so that a patient’s surgical care occurs within an individualized context. She has been named an associate member of the American College of Surgeons' Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. Awardees are recognized for having devoted their careers to surgical education and are considered premier leaders in their respective fields. Dr. Morris-Wiseman holds committee responsibilities with multiple national organizations including the American Thyroid Association, the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, and the Association of Program Directors in Surgery. She serves on the editorial board of Clinical Thyroidology, is a reviewer for multiple journals, and has published over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. Dr. Morris-Wiseman sees patients at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center in Baltimore and the Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center – Green Spring Station in Lutherville. To support Dr. Morris-Wiseman's research, visit: https://secure.jhu.edu/form/morris-wiseman. Dr. Morris is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Hyperparathyroidism, Familial Isolated Hyperparathyroidism, Neonatal Severe Hyperparathyroidism, Thyroidectomy, and Parathyroidectomy.

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 an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Graves Disease, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Thyroidectomy, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Wayne Koch is a national and international leader in head and neck oncologic surgery, caring for patients with cancers of the oral cavity, salivary gland, larynx, hypopharynx, oropharynx and thyroid. Among Dr. Koch's landmark publications are studies demonstrating how key molecular events such as p53 mutation and human papillomavirus (HPV) contribute to the development of head and neck cancer. His peer-reviewed publications include six articles in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Koch is also involved in humanitarian outreach focused on training surgeons in several African nations. He has served as president of the American Head and Neck Society, the national organization of head and neck cancer surgeons in the USA. Dr. Koch is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. His top areas of expertise are Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC), Tongue Cancer, Human Papillomavirus Infection, Laryngectomy, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Paul Ladenson is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also a professor of oncology; pathology; and radiology and radiological science. His areas of clinical expertise include Thyroid diseases, Endocrine & Metabolic disorders. Dr. Ladenson is the John Eager Howard Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism. He earned his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency and performed a fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Ladenson's research interests include cardiac actions of thyroid hormone, thyroid cancer and thyroid hormone analogs. He was recognized with the Lewis E. Braverman Lectureship Award at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in 2012. Dr. Ladenson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Nodule, Adrenal Insufficiency Pediatric, Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency, Neuroendocrine Tumor, and Thyroidectomy.

Norman G. Nicolson, M.D., M.H.S., is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a surgical oncologist within the Division of HPB & Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology. Dr. Nicolson completed his complex general surgical oncology clinical fellowship training and an NIH-funded T32 research fellowship at Johns Hopkins prior to joining the surgical faculty. Prior to this, he completed his undergraduate work at Williams College and medical degree at Northwestern University, followed by internship and residency in general surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital with a Masters in Health Sciences and research fellowship at Yale University. Dr. Nicolson specializes in treating patients with gastric cancer, peritoneal surface malignancy, appendiceal neoplasms, retroperitoneal sarcoma, gastrointestinal neuroendocrine and stromal tumors, and complex or recurrent tumors of the GI tract. He is trained in both minimally invasive and traditional open approaches to treating these cancers, utilizing laparoscopic or robotic approaches when appropriate. He emphasizes the importance of multi-disciplinary care and patient-centered decision-making, working closely with colleagues in medical and radiation oncology, gastroenterology, and radiology to provide comprehensive personalized cancer care appropriate to each individual. Dr. Nicolson's translational research focuses on computational and bioinformatics approaches to high-dimensional sequencing data from human biospecimens to better understand tumor cell biomarker heterogeneity and the importance of the tumor-draining lymph node in tumor-immune cell interactions in gastrointestinal tumors. He is a member of several academic and clinical professional societies, including the American College of Surgeons, the Association for Academic Surgery, the American Society for Clinical Oncology, the American Association for Cancer Research, and the Society of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Nicolson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. His top areas of expertise are Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Adrenal Cancer, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Thyroidectomy.

Head and neck surgeon David Eisele specializes in surgery for malignant and benign tumors of the head and neck, with a focus on salivary gland neoplasms and disorders of the salivary glands that can be treated surgically. He is an expert in minimally invasive surgical approaches, including sialendoscopy. Salivary gland neoplasms and disorders are also the focus of Dr. Eisele’s research. He has published more than 300 research papers and edited multiple books related to head and neck surgery. Dr. Eisele earned a medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and completed residency training in general surgery and in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at the University of Washington. From 2012 to 2025, he served as director of the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Eisele is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. His top areas of expertise are Salivary Duct Stones, Salivary Gland Tumors, Throat Cancer, Laryngectomy, and Gastrostomy.

Maie John is an Otolaryngologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. John is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC), Tongue Cancer, Melanoma, Glossectomy, and Gastrostomy.

Jon Russell is an Otolaryngologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Russell is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Nodule, Thyroidectomy, and Parathyroidectomy.

Rana Malek is an Endocrinologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Malek is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Addison's Disease, Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, and Thyroidectomy.

James Russell is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Russell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. His top areas of expertise are Diabetic Neuropathy, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Cramp-Fasciculation Syndrome, Peripheral Neuropathy, and Thyroidectomy.

Pediatric otolaryngologist Carolyn Jenks specializes in pediatric hearing loss, cochlear implantation, chronic ear disease including cholesteatoma, dizziness (vestibular disorders), airway disorders, head and neck masses, speech disorders including velopharyngeal insufficiency, sleep apnea and sinusitis. She offers minimally invasive endoscopic surgeries of the sinus, ear and airway. Dr. Jenks earned her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed residency training at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and a fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine – Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Among Dr. Jenks’ research interests are pediatric hearing loss, outcomes of cochlear implantation, and vestibular disorders in children. She has published numerous clinical research studies and book chapters, and has spoken nationally and internationally on these subjects. Dr. Jenks is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss, Stridor, Myringotomy, and Thyroidectomy.

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 Thyroidectomy. His top areas of expertise are Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Papillary Thyroid Cancer, and Thyroidectomy.

Jeffrey Wolf is an Otolaryngologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Wolf is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. His top areas of expertise are Laryngeal Cancer, Throat Cancer, Acinic Cell Carcinoma of Salivary Glands, Thyroidectomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Wolf is currently accepting new patients.

Kyle Hatten is an Otolaryngologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hatten is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. His top areas of expertise are Salivary Gland Tumors, Tongue Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, Laryngectomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Hatten is currently accepting new patients.

Douglas Turner is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Turner is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Hyperparathyroidism, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, Thyroidectomy, and Parathyroidectomy.

Kashif Munir is an Endocrinologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Munir is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. His top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Storm, Pituitary Tumor, and Thyroidectomy.

Mazin Merdad is an Otolaryngologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Merdad is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. His top areas of expertise are Thyroid Cancer, Salivary Gland Tumors, Parathyroid Cancer, Laryngectomy, and Thyroidectomy.

Yi Zhang is a Neuroradiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Zhang is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Thyroidectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Gliomatosis Cerebri, Stroke, Congenital Bronchobiliary Fistula, Endoscopy, and Osteotomy.