Gregory W. Randolph, MD

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School


Director of the General Otolaryngology Service and Director of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgical Service
Endocrine Surgical Service MGH

Specialty Area

Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and Thyroid Surgery

Address

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

MEEI

Tel: 617-573-4115
Office hours: M-F a.m. - p.m.

Clinical Background

Medical School

Cornell Medical School

Residency

Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Fellowship

Thyroid Oncology, MEEI, and MGH

Board Certification

Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 1993

Professional Affiliations

Academy of Otolaryngology, American Head and Neck Surgery Society, and Endocrine Study Group

Clinical Interests

Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, Neck Surgery, Cancer Surgery, Larynx Airway Surgery and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring

Research Interests

Major Current Research Interests: Recurrent laryngeal nerve electrophysiologic monitoring during thyroid surgery,Intraoperative parathyroid hormone analysis during parathyroid surgery; Evidence based otolaryngology literature analysis project; Confocal microscopy probe intraoperative tissue analysis; Immunohistochemical and gene chip DNA microarray analysis of papillary carcinoma and dysplasia of the thyroid; Oncogene analysis of double parathyroid adenomas; Radiofrequency ablation of upper airway obstructive apnea; Minimally invasive endocrine surgery; Fine needle assessment of thyroid nodularity (MEEI –MGH database)

Selected Publications

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See also below.
Randolph GW, Daniels GH. Radioactive iodine lobe ablation as an alternative to completion thyroidectomy for follicular carcinoma of the thyroid. Thyroid 2002; 12(1):989-996

Randolph GW, Kobler JB, Wilkins J. Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Identification During Thyroid Surgery: Laryngeal Palpation. World J of Surgery 2004; 28 (8):755-760

Randolph, GW, Kamani, D. The Importance of Laryngoscopy in All Patients Undergoing Thyroidectomy : Voice, Vocal Cord Function and the Detection of Invasive Disease, Surgery, in press, accepted

Randolph GW, editor. Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, 2003. The text is a 46 chapter, 525 page textbook with over 200 illustrations and 38 national and international contributors.

Publications

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