
Hyunsuk Suh MD, FACS, Expert in Advanced Thyroid Scarless Surgery Techniques
Dr. Suh is the most experienced robotic and transoral thyroid surgeon in the United States. Dr Suh has more experience with advanced robotic and remote-access thyroid operations than any surgeon in the United States. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Suh is a significant member of both the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) and the International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES). Dr. Suh as Director of Endocrine Surgery at Mt Sinai Hospital, NYC, and the Icahn School of Medicine. Dr. Suh spent 7 years at Mt Sinai where he served as the Director of Endocrine Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, Program Director of the Department of Surgery Endocrine Surgery Fellowship.Johns Hopkins, and Harvard Educated. Dr Suh attended Emory University for his undergraduate degree and then went to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine for his medical degree. He completed his general surgery residency at Boston University Medical Center. Aspiring excellence in endocrine surgery, Dr. Suh performed his endocrine surgery fellowship training at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Training in Robot Thyroid Surgery in Korea--with the inventors.
During his surgery training, Dr Suh was motivated to learn the latest technology and minimally invasive approaches. Dr. Suh took a unique path and pursued an international fellowship in robotic endocrine surgery at the Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea where the bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) robotic thyroidectomy was developed. He trained with the inventor Dr. Yeo-Kyu Youn and his protégé Dr. Kyu Eun Lee and Dr. June Young Choi.First Robotic Thyroid Operation in the US.
Dr. Suh has mastered the approach and performed first robotic thyroidectomy in the US and is now the highest volume robotic and transoral thyroid surgeon in the US and all of North America. He currently offers this special hidden-scar operation to patients with benign and malignant thyroid diseases. Dr. Suh is also actively involved in research having published dozens of peer reviewed articles on thyroid cancer and thyroid surgery. He is also interested in utilization of ultrasound as a non-invasive method of vocal cord evaluation in patients who is undergoing neck surgeries. Dr. Suh is currently working with a novel molecular imaging technology to enhance the field of image-guided surgery in endocrine surgery. Relating to his work, Dr. Suh has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters. He also has given several presentations at national and international meetings. With his training in endocrine and robotic surgery, Dr. Suh provides services for all endocrine related diseases while offering the novel remote-access endoscopic and robotic approaches.
The Suh Scarless Thyroid Surgery Center
Dr. Suh moved his nation-leading scarless thyroid surgery program to Tampa, Florida in early 2020 to start the Suh Scarless Thyroid Surgery Center along side the Clayman Thyroid Surgery Center--the nations largest thyroid surgery center performing more thyroid operations than any hospital in the US.
The Suh Scarless Thyroid Center is a member of the world famous Norman/Clayman Endocrine Institute in Tampa Florida. The Institute is made up of 4 endocrine specialty centers, one for thyroid/thyroid cancer, one for scarless thyroid, one for parathyroid, and the last for adrenal surgery.
- The Suh Scarless Thyroid Surgery Center. The nation's leading robotic and scarless thyroid surgery center.
- The Clayman Thyroid Cancer Center. The highest volume thyroid surgery center in America (by far) led by the previous chief of surgical oncology at MD Anderson.
- The Norman Parathyroid Center. Performing nearly 80 parathyroid operations per week (nearly 4000 per year), the Norman Parathyroid Center is the world's largest parathyroid center by more than 10-fold.
- The Carling Adrenal Center. Headed by the world's foremost expert in adrenal surgery, the Carling Adrenal Center is the world's highest volume adrenal surgery center.
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