Robert Udelsman, MD, MBA, FACS, FACE
William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery; Chair, Department of Surgery; Surgeon-in-Chief, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupCancer Center, Yale: Endocrine Oncology Program
Pediatric Thyroid Center
Surgery: Endocrine/General Surgery
Cancer Genetics
Research Interests
Minimally invasive surgery, including techniques for minimizing the trauma of surgery; endocrine surgery, particularly endocrine oncology
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
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Education
- B.A., Lafayette College, 1977
- M.D., George Washington School of Medicine, 1981
- M.B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2000
Selected Publication
- Udelsman R. High success rate of parathyroid reoperation may be achieved with improved localization diagnosis. World J Surg 32(7):1512-7, 2008
Latest Honor and Recognition
- New York State Regents Scholarship (1973)
Articles
Sept/Oct 2011
Chair of Department of Surgery to be next president of society of endocrine surgeons
Robert Udelsman, M.D., M.B.A., chair and William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery and surgeon-in-chief at Yale-New Haven...
March/April 2011
Surgeons-turned-detectives explore the dawn of chemotherapy
Thanks to the unearthing of long-lost medical records by two dogged surgeons, the full story of the first use of...
Sept/Oct 2008
On-the-spot blood tests make surgery quicker
Ever take a medical vacation? Stay in a hotel, take in the sights and fit in some surgery? That’s a reality for some of...
Nov/Dec 2007
Transplantation, transformed
In the well-known Greek myth, Zeus is so incensed that Prometheus stole fire from the gods that he condemns the...
Jan/Feb 2007
A robot arrives in the operating room
Operating room nurse Elizabeth Lasorso, R.N., did a double take when she walked into the operating room in late August...
May/June 2006
Minimizing pain, accelerating healing
After a recent successful intervention at Yale-New Haven Hospital to restore blood flow through a failing hemodialysis...
Oct/Nov 2005
Liver transplantation program formed with an international team of experts
The School of Medicine has launched an ambitious new liver transplant program with a team of doctors recruited from...
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