219 top medical experts on Substernal Goiter across 33 countries and 10 U.S. states, including 63 MDs (Physicians). This is based on an objective analysis of their Scientific Publications, Clinical Trials, Medicare, and NIH Grants.

  1. Substernal Goiter: An enlarged thyroid gland with at least 50% of the gland situated behind the sternum. It is an unusual presentation of an intrathoracic goiter. Substernal goiters frequently cause compression on the trachea leading to deviation, narrowing, and respiratory symptoms.
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  3. Broader Categories (#Experts): Goiter (2,829).
  4. Synonyms: Intrathoracic Goiter


  

        

                    


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  1. Shaha, Ashok R   Surgery   Google Publications
    Department of Surgery, Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, C-1064, New York, NY 10021, USA. Electronic address: . Top Hospital
    Physician  Highly Published 
    Subjects: Goiter, Substernal; Thyroidectomy; Postoperative Complications
    Categories: Surgery; Methods; Etiology
    Surgical management of intrathoracic goitres. (2019)
    Surgical approach to the substernal goiter. (2019)

  2. Chen, Herbert   Surgery  Google Publications
    Section of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research WiSOR Program, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
    Physician 
    Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 72.3/100
    Subjects: Dyspnea; Goiter, Substernal; Tracheal Stenosis; Posture; Sternotomy; Thyroidectomy
    Categories: Surgery; Etiology; Physiopathology; Complications; Methods; Physiology
    Substernal goiter: when is a sternotomy required? (2015)
    Doctor, my thyroid is choking me: common sense and scientific inquiry. (2012)

  3. Landeta, Federico   Google Publications
    Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
    Scientist  Case Reports 
    Subjects: Goiter, Substernal; Heart Diseases; Thyroid Dysgenesis
    Categories: Diagnosis
    Ectopic thyroid mass in the heart. (2012)

  4. Waltenberger, Johannes  Google Publications
    Scientist  Case Reports 
    Subjects: Goiter, Substernal; Heart Diseases; Thyroid Dysgenesis
    Categories: Diagnosis
    Ectopic thyroid mass in the heart. (2012)

  5. Garber, Jeffrey R   Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism  Google Publications
    Physician  Case Reports 
    Medical school: State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine (MD, 1974)
    Medicare Accepted
    Disclosed payments in 2021 from 7 biomedical companies, totalling $20,534.99, including $15,409.99 from  Avion Pharmaceuticals
    Subjects: Goiter, Substernal; Vascular Diseases
    Categories: Complications; Etiology
    Pemberton's sign: explained nearly 70 years later. (2014)

  6. Hirose, Hitoshi   Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)  Google Publications
    Physician  Case Reports 
    Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 100/100
    Disclosed payments in 2021 from 19 biomedical companies, totalling $1,282.33, including $543.61 from  ABIOMED
    Subjects: Coronary Artery Bypass; Coronary Artery Disease; Goiter, Substernal; Thyroidectomy
    Categories: Surgery
    Single-stage operation for giant substernal goiter with severe coronary artery disease. (2011)

  7. Hunt, Jason P   Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck   Google Publications
    Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA.  Top Hospital
    Physician  Case Reports 
    Medical school: University of Alabama School of Medicine (MD, 2000)
    Medicare Accepted
    Subjects: Chylothorax; Goiter, Substernal; Thyroidectomy
    Categories: Complications; Methods
    Chylothorax associated with substernal goiter treated with transcervical thyroidectomy. (2011)

  8. Stevens, William S   Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)  Google Publications
    Physician  Case Reports 
    Medical school: Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine (MD, 1982)
    Medicare Accepted; Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 93/100
    Disclosed payments in 2021 from 2 biomedical companies, totalling $163.99, including $108.93 from  ABIOMED
    Subjects: Goiter, Substernal; Tachycardia, Ventricular
    Categories: Diagnosis; Etiology
    Mediastinal goiter presenting with ventricular tachycardia. (2013)

  9. Blaivas, Allen J   Pulmonary Disease   Google Publications
    VA New Jersey Health Care System, 385 Tremont Avenue 561/111, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA.
    Physician  Case Reports 
    Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 81.9/100
    Disclosed payments from biomedical company (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) in 2021 for $13.56
    Subjects: Goiter, Substernal; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive; Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic
    Categories: Diagnosis; Etiology; Complications
    Obstructive sleep apnea caused by substernal goiter presenting as nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy. (2013)

  10. Khan, Fazal Wahab   Family Medicine  Google Publications
    Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
    Physician  Case Reports 
    Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 99.7/100
    Subjects: Goiter; Goiter, Substernal; Sternotomy; Sternum; Thyroidectomy
    Categories: Surgery; Methods
    Delayed Presentation of Forgotten Thyroid Goiter - 25 Years After Thyroidectomy. (2016)

  11. Gosnell, Jessica E   Surgery  Google Publications
    Physician 
    Medical school: University of Washington School of Medicine (MD, 1995)
    Medicare Accepted; Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 79/100
    Disclosed payments from biomedical company (Novo Nordisk Inc) in 2021 for $17.49
    Subjects: Thyroid Neoplasms; Goiter, Nodular; Goiter, Substernal; Postoperative Complications; Thyroidectomy
    Categories: Complications; Adverse Effects; Diagnosis; Etiology
    Unanticipated thyroid cancer in patients with substernal goiters: are we underestimating the risk? (2015)

  12. Kumar, Abhishek   Hematology & Oncology   Google Publications
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo; .
    Physician 
    Disclosed payments in 2021 from 9 biomedical companies, totalling $1,215.39, including $691.24 from  Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
    Subjects: Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration; Goiter, Substernal
    Categories: Diagnosis; Methods
    Substernal thyroid biopsy using Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration. (2014)

  13. Shen, Wen T   Surgery  Google Publications
    Physician 
    Medical school: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (MD, 1999)
    Medicare Accepted; Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 79/100
    Subjects: Thyroid Neoplasms; Goiter, Nodular; Goiter, Substernal; Postoperative Complications; Thyroidectomy
    Categories: Complications; Adverse Effects; Diagnosis; Etiology
    Unanticipated thyroid cancer in patients with substernal goiters: are we underestimating the risk? (2015)

  14. Wilson, Matthew   Google Publications
    Scientist  Case Reports 
    Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 100/100
    Subjects: Chylothorax; Goiter, Substernal; Thyroidectomy
    Categories: Complications; Methods
    Chylothorax associated with substernal goiter treated with transcervical thyroidectomy. (2011)

  15. Bonnema, Steen J  Google Publications
    Scientist  Case Reports 
    Subjects: Goiter, Nodular; Goiter, Substernal
    Categories: Surgery
    Approach to management of the patient with primary or secondary intrathoracic goiter. (2010)

  16. Buchmann, Luke O   Otolaryngology  Google Publications
    Physician  Case Reports 
    Subjects: Chylothorax; Goiter, Substernal; Thyroidectomy
    Categories: Complications; Methods
    Chylothorax associated with substernal goiter treated with transcervical thyroidectomy. (2011)

  17. De, Filippis Elena A  Google Publications
    Scientist  Case Reports 
    Subjects: Goiter, Substernal; Vascular Diseases
    Categories: Complications; Etiology
    Pemberton's sign: explained nearly 70 years later. (2014)

  18. Hanson, Martin A   Otolaryngology   Google Publications
    Department of Surgery, Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, C-1064, New York, NY 10021, USA. Electronic address: . Top Hospital
    Physician 
    Subjects: Goiter, Substernal; Postoperative Complications; Thyroidectomy
    Categories: Etiology; Methods; Surgery
    Surgical approach to the substernal goiter. (2019)

  19. Hegedüs, Laszlo   Google Publications
    Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Odense University Hospital, Kløvervænget 6, 3, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark.
    Scientist  Case Reports 
    Subjects: Goiter, Nodular; Goiter, Substernal
    Categories: Surgery
    Approach to management of the patient with primary or secondary intrathoracic goiter. (2010)

  20. Hoffmeier, Andreas  Google Publications
    Scientist  Case Reports 
    Subjects: Goiter, Substernal; Heart Diseases; Thyroid Dysgenesis
    Categories: Diagnosis
    Ectopic thyroid mass in the heart. (2012)

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