Program Members
Clinical Program Leader
Robert Udelsman
William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Clinical Program Leader, Endocrine Cancers Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Clinical Interests:Endocrine surgery; surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands, and endocrine pancreas; outpatient minimally invasive parathyroidectomy and laparascopic adrenalectomy; surgery for thyroid nodules and cancer; parathyroid disease; adrenal diseases; endocrine cancer
- Office:(203) 785-2697
- Appt:(203) 785-2697
Clinical Research Program Leader
Robert Udelsman
William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Clinical Program Leader, Endocrine Cancers Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Clinical Interests:Endocrine surgery; surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands, and endocrine pancreas; outpatient minimally invasive parathyroidectomy and laparascopic adrenalectomy; surgery for thyroid nodules and cancer; parathyroid disease; adrenal diseases; endocrine cancer
- Office:(203) 785-2697
- Appt:(203) 785-2697
Endocrinology
Elizabeth Holt
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Clinical Interests:Thyroid cancer; thyroid nodules; thyroid biopsy; hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid, Graves' disease); goiter; adrenal disease; adrenal tumors; Cushing's disease/syndrome; hyperaldosteronism; pheochromocytoma; parathyroid disorders; hypercalcemia (high calcium); hyperparathyroidism; osteoporosis; Paget's disease.
- Appt:(203) 200-3636
Silvio Inzucchi
Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Clinical Director, Section of Endocrinology
Director, Yale Diabetes Center
Director, Endocrinology & Metabolism Fellowship
Director, Yale Affiliated Hospitals Program
Clinical Interests:Diabetes; pituitary and adrenal diseases; thyroid diseases; endocrine disorders during pregnancy
- Appt:(203) 200-3636
John Wysolmerski
Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Clinical Interests:Osteoporosis; metabolic bone diseases; osteomalacia; Paget's disease; disorders of calcium metabolism; disorders of vitamin D metabolism; hyperparathyroidism; hypoparathyroidism; parathyroid adenomas; parathyroid cancer; endocrine cancers
- Appt:(203) 737-1932
Medical Oncology
Hari Deshpande
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and of Surgery (Otolaryngology) and Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing
Clinical Interests:Head and neck cancer; Genitourinary (GU) cancers; sarcomas; thyroid cancer.
- Office:(203) 737-1600
- Appt:(203) 200-4822
Pathology
David Chhieng
Professor of Pathology
Director, Cytology
Director, Pathology Outreach
Clinical Interests:Pancreatic cancer; Thyroid cancer; Cervical cancer; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Pap tests; Humanpapilloma virus
- Office:(203) 737-2658
- Appt:(203) 785-2808
Diane Kowalski
Associate Professor of Pathology and Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program
Director Residency Program
Clinical Interests:Head and neck pathology; nongynecologic cytopathology
- Office:(203) 785-2774
- Appt:(203) 785-2788
Kisha Mitchell
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Director, Autopsy Services
Clinical Interests:Colon Cancer; Liver Cancer; Pancreas and Bile duct Cancer; Autopsy Pathology, Ancillary Techniques to aid in Autopsy Pathology, Transplant Liver Pathology
- Office:(203) 785-5486
- Appt:(203) 785-3624
Surgery
Glenda Callender
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Endocrine Surgery)
Endocrine Surgeon
Director, Endocrine Surgical Oncology Clinical Trials
Clinical Interests:Endocrine surgery; surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal gland, and endocrine pancreas; minimally invasive surgical techniques, under local and cervical block anesthesia; laparascopic and posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy; outpatient minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) and thyroidectomy; intraoperative laryngeal nerve monitoring; neck dissection for thyroid cancer
Tobias Carling
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Endocrine Surgery)
Section Chief
Director, Yale Endocrine Neoplasia Laboratory
Clinical Interests:Endocrine surgery; surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal gland, and endocrine pancreas; minimally invasive surgical techniques, under local and cervical block anesthesia; laparascopic adrenalectomy, outpatient Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy (MIP), and Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy (MIT); neck dissection for thyroid cancer
- Appt:(203) 737-2036
Courtney Quinn
Clinical Interests:Endocrine surgery; surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal gland, and endocrine pancreas; minimally invasive surgical techniques, under local and cervical block anesthesia; laparascopic and posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy; outpatient minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) and thyroidectomy; intraoperative laryngeal nerve monitoring
Robert Udelsman
William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Clinical Program Leader, Endocrine Cancers Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Clinical Interests:Endocrine surgery; surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands, and endocrine pancreas; outpatient minimally invasive parathyroidectomy and laparascopic adrenalectomy; surgery for thyroid nodules and cancer; parathyroid disease; adrenal diseases; endocrine cancer
- Office:(203) 785-2697
- Appt:(203) 785-2697




