Endocrine Surgery Center

The Endocrine Surgery Center is unique to Phoenix and Arizona in its mission to streamline and coordinate patient care via a group of highly-skilled, board-certified and fellowship-trained surgeons. Our surgeons are nationally and internationally recognized as experts in both routine, rare and complex surgical problems affecting the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands.

The home for the Endocrine Surgery Center is the newly renovated 1441 building on the campus of Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix. All physicians relevant to your consultation are on this campus, and many are involved in providing specialized care of other institutes that collaborate to ensure your healthcare needs are met.

We provide a one-stop experience that allows the patient to have complete care via one visit, one building, one team. Our surgeons hope to provide you and your family with the best possible solution to your thyroid, parathyroid or adrenal diagnosis.

Our endocrine surgeons are experts in these areas:

• Thyroid- nodules/goiter, thyroid cancer, hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease, hypothyroidism, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, molecular markers for thyroid cancer diagnosis.
• 甲状旁腺- hyperparathyroidism, hypercalcemia, osteoporosis/osteopenia and kidney stones related to parathyroid disease, parathyroid disease due to renal disease, dialysis or kidney transplant, vitamin D deficiencies.
• Adrenal conditions- incidentalomas, pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas, aldosteronomas, Cushing’s syndrome.
• Genetic and hereditary endocrine conditions- 多内分泌肿瘤I和II，Cowden综合征/PHTS/PTEN突变，家族性腺瘤性息肉病（FAP），家族性甲状腺癌。
• Ultrasound for all thyroid and parathyroid conditions including neck masses and lymph nodes, lymph node mapping for thyroid cancer, and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA).
• Surgery for all of the above conditions, including operations performed for complex recurrent disease, specialized thyroid and lymph node surgeries, parathyroidectomy, adrenalectomy, and operations performed as minimally invasive surgery.

Mira MilasMD，FACS- 内分泌外科中心主任

We invite you to explore the patient education materials available at the following links.

• American Thyroid Association（ATA）
• 美国临床内分泌学家协会(AACE)
• American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
• American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery(ASMBS)
• Thyroid Cancer Survivor’s Association, Inc(THYCA)
• Thyroid Awareness
• Thyroid Cancer Care Collaborative(TCC)

The University of Arizona, in coordination with Banner - University Medicine, conducts a variety ofresearch studies and clinical trials支持改善患者护理的承诺。作为Banner -University Medical Center的患者，您可能有资格参加，这意味着您可以访问可能尚未向公众使用的新治疗方法。

The surgeons of the Endocrine Surgery Center are nationally and internationally recognized for their scholarly accomplishments. These include authorship of books and scientific publications, medical innovations, clinical trials and clinical research as well as leadership in professional organizations worldwide.

The physicians of Endocrine Surgery Center are engaged in teaching and training future healthcare providers via multiple programs, and have a lifelong track record of excellence in surgical education.

• General Surgery Residency(大学ersity of Arizona Phoenix Integrated Surgery Residency)
• Medical School Clerkships(大学ersity of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix)
• Sonography Technologist Internships（西海岸超声研究所）