Our facility, the Hospital for Endocrine Surgery, is part of HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital. We employ teams who specialize in treating endocrine tumors. All of our services are designed to allow these teams to effectively diagnosis and treat tumors of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands. These doctors, nurses and technicians have dedicated their careers to the treatment of endocrine care.
Specialized endocrine programs in Tampa, Florida
We have established programs designed around the rapid and accurate diagnosis and treatment of endocrine tumors and related conditions. Here, the surgeons, surgical teams and even the hospital itself is organized around each of the endocrine glands we care for, including:
Thyroid care
All forms of thyroid surgical disease can be diagnosed and treated at our hospital, including:
- Anaplastic thyroid cancer
- Follicular thyroid cancer
- Graves' disease
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis
- Hürthle cell thyroid cancer
- Medullary thyroid cancer
- Papillary thyroid cancer
- Thyroid goiter and substernal goiter
- Thyroid nodules (benign and malignant)
Treatments for thyroid conditions
We offer many advanced surgical treatments for thyroid conditions, including:
- High-definition scans for thyroid tumors
- Lymph node dissection of the neck for cancer
- Minimally invasive robotic "scarless" thyroid surgery
- Traditional (open) thyroid surgery
- Transoral thyroid surgery
- Radio-frequency ablation of thyroid nodules
- Rapid turnaround thyroid biopsies
- Ultrasound mapping of thyroid and lymph nodes
Parathyroid care
We perform nearly 4000 parathyroid operations annually and have technicians, nurses and surgeons who are dedicated to treating parathyroid tumors.
All forms of hyperparathyroidism can be diagnosed and treated at our hospital, including primary, secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism.
Treatment for parathyroid conditions
Some of the treatments we offer for parathyroid tumors and related conditions include:
- 4D CT scans
- Fusion scans
- High-resolution sestamibi parathyroid scans
- Mini four-gland parathyroid surgery (our standard operation)
- Re-operative parathyroid surgery
- Resection of mediastinal and chest parathyroid tumors
Learn more about parathyroid care
Adrenal gland care
Adrenal tumors are less common than thyroid or parathyroid tumors, but they also require tremendous skill and expertise to diagnose correctly and treat safely. We are highly experienced in both areas of adrenal gland care, and our adrenal surgical team is led by expertly trained surgeons.
Together, they treat all forms of adrenal tumors, including:
- Adrenal cancer
- Aldosterone secreting tumors (Conn's syndrome)
- Bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (Cushing's disease)
- Cortisol secreting tumors (Cushing's syndrome)
- Nonfunctional adrenal adenomas
- Pheochromocytoma (adrenal medulla tumor)
Treatment for adrenal conditions
Some of the treatments we offer for adrenal tumors and related conditions include:
- High-resolution CT scans
- Mini back-scope adrenalectomy
- Open transabdominal adrenalectomy
- Rapid adrenal hormone analysis
- Transperitoneal adrenalectomy
Our other services and programs
We are completely dedicated to your endocrine care and how it impacts your overall well-being. That is why we offer a range of other services designed to improve how the medical community approaches endocrine diagnostics and treatments. These services include:
Endocrine tumor screening
The Hospital for Endocrine Surgery participates in HCA Healthcare's Care Assure program, specifically as it relates to endocrine tumor screening. The goal of this program is to ensure you get the follow-up care you need if an endocrine tumor is found incidentally during an emergency or outpatient visit.
Learn more about our endocrine screening program
Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
The Hospital for Endocrine Surgery begins its endocrine surgery fellowship in July 2022. We are taking applications now through August 2021.
Learn more about our fellowship program
Endocrine surgery research
Physicians on our medical staff conduct clinical research on many thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal issues. This enables us to better support our patients and offer the medical community better ways to support their patients as well.
As part of this research, our surgical staff is proud to have more than 1,200 published scientific articles in publications such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, Science, Cell, Nature Genetics, the Lancet, JAMA, Surgery, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Endocrinology, Otolaryngology, Journal of Surgical Oncology and Journal of the Head and Neck Society.