Specialty Areas
Endocrine Surgery, Surgical Oncology
Common Procedures
- Hemithyroidectomy
- Total thyroidectomy
- Neck dissection
- Focused parathyroidectomy
- Subtotal parathyroidectomy
- Laparoscopic adrenalectomy
- Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy
- Open adrenalectomy
Common Diagnoses Treated
- Endocrine surgery (adrenal, pancreas, parathyroid, thyroid, neuroendocrine, and pituitary tumors)
- Medullary thyroid carcinoma
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes
- Thyroid disoders
- Parathyroid and adrenal disorders
Board Certifications
General Surgery
Degrees
Medical School: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science, Rochester, MN 2011
Graduate School: Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 2010
Residency
2018, General Surgery Residency, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN
Fellowship
2019, Harvard Combined Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Professional Memberships
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
International Association of Endocrine Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
Central Surgical Association
Society of Asian Academic Surgeons
The Priestley Society
American Board of Surgery
Awards and Honors
Associate Clerkship Director, Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine
Kaare K. Nygaard Research Award, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic
Mayo International Health Program Travel Scholarship, Mayo Clinic
Jon van Heerden Award, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic
Medical Student and Surgery Resident Teaching Award, Washington University School of Medicine
Academy of Educators Honor Roll, Washington University School of Medicine
Didactic Distinguished Service Teaching Award, Washington University School of Medicine
Areas of Research Interest
Patient safety and quality, surgical outcomes
Publications
Pandian TK, Lubitz CC, Bird SH, Kuo LE, Stephen AE. Normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism: A Collaborative Endocrine Surgery Quality Improvement Program analysis. Surgery. 2020;167(1):168-172. PMID:31543325
Kuo LE, Angell TE, Pandian TK, Moore AL, Alexander EK, Barletta JA, Gawande AA, Lorch JH, Marqusee E, Moore FD Jr, Nehs MA, Doherty GM, Cho NL. Completion Thyroidectomy is Less Common Following Updated 2015 American Thyroid Association Guidelines. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020. PMID:32583197
Wrenn SM, Pandian TK, Gartland RM, Fong ZV, Nehs MA. Diabetes mellitus and hyperglycemia are associated with inferior oncologic outcomes in adrenocortical carcinoma. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2021. PMID:33521844
Berger MG, Pandian TK, Lyden ML, McKenzie T, Drake MT, Dy BM. Preoperative Imaging in Renal Transplant Patients with Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism. World J Surg. 2021. PMID:33774689
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Patients Seen At
Center for Advanced Medicine
4921 Parkview Place
Floor 5, Suite F
St. Louis, MO 63110
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Medical Building 4
1044 North Mason Road
Suite 310
St. Louis, MO 63141
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