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ENDOCRINE SURGERY
Welcome
 Located in Los Angeles, California, Endocrine Surgery at USC is headed by Dr. Melanie Goldfarb, a fellowship trained endocrine surgeon, to provide comprehensive, highly specialized care to patients requiring:
for conditions such as:
"As an endocrine surgeon, my approach to patients is both individualized and comprehensive, having been trained in both the medical and surgical aspects of all endocrine disorders. My goal is to work closely and in cooperation with my colleagues in other disciplines to provide the most effective and up-to-date treatment plans," says Dr. Goldfarb. Additionally, all patients will benefit from surgeon-performed ultrasound in both the clinic and operating room.
Diseases We Treat
- Thyroid Surgery: for thyroid nodules, multinodular goiter, thyroid cancer, hyperthyroidism including Graves disease
- Parathyroid Surgery: for primary, secondary, and tertiary hyperparathyroidism
- Primary Hyperparathyroidism
- Secondary (renal) hyperparathyroidism
- Tertiary hyperparathyroidism (after a kidney transplant)
- Parathyroid carcinoma
- Re-operative parathyroid surgery
- MEN1 Syndrome
- MEN2A Syndrome
- Familial Hyperparathyroidism
- Pediatric, adolescents, and young adult conditions
- Adrenal Surgery: for adrenal incidentalomas, Conn's syndrome, pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma, Cushing's syndrome, metastases, adrenal cysts and pseudocysts, adrenal cancer
- Pediatric and Young Adult Endocrine Surgery: for thyroid nodules, multinodular goiter, thyroid cancer, hyperthyroidism including Graves disease, primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism
- Non-Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Surgery
- Inherited endocrine tumor syndromes: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia types I and II, von Hippel Lindau, SDHB mutations
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