Case Studies in Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumors

Dr. Amit Agarwal is a professor at the department of endocrine surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India. He has been an immediate past president of the Indian Thyroid Society, past president of the Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons, past president of the International Society of Oncoplastic Endocrine Surgeons (ISOPES), council-coordinator of International Association of Endocrine Surgeons, and council member of Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons. He is on the editorial advisory board of Thyroid Research and Practice. Dr. Agarwal has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles in national and international journals and has written numerous book chapters. He has authored three books: Evidence-Based Endocrine Surgery, Endocrine Surgery Made Easy, and Atlas of Thyroid Surgery. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the World Journal of Endocrine Surgery, the official journal of the Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons. His clinical interests include endoscopic thyroid and parathyroid surgery. His research interests include the study of the molecular biology of thyroid and parathyroid tumors and minimally invasive endocrine surgery. He is an invited faculty to deliver prestigious orations and has given more than 200 lectures, including Harvard University and Mayo Clinic, USA.

Dr. Ranil Fernando, MS (Col), FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Eng), FCPS Pakistan), FASI(India), FCSSL (Sri Lanka), PhD (Col) is a senior professor and head, department of surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. He has delivered several orations and memorial lectures and invited lectures nationally and internationally. Dr. Fernando has published many articles in national and international journals, books, book chapters. He is a member of the editorial board of various journals and a receipient of many national and international awards and medals.

Dr. Rajeev Parameswaran is a senior consultant and head at the general surgery division (thyroid and endocrine surgery) at the National University Hospital, Singapore, specializing in thyroid and endocrine surgical disorders. He also serves at Alexandra Hospital, National Cancer Institute of Singapore, and is a faculty at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore. Dr. Rajeev completed his specialist endocrine surgical training and fellowship in endocrine surgery from Oxford. He was later employed as a consultant in endocrine and general surgery in the UK. Dr. Rajeev was awarded M Phil from Oxford for his research on aberrant glycoproteins in thyroid tumors. Dr. Rajeev has a particular interest in managing endocrine cancers (cancers of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands), minimally invasive surgery of the adrenal and parathyroid glands, and re-operative endocrine surgery. His main research area is the aberrant expression of glycoproteins in endocrine cancers. He has published many peer-reviewed articles and textbook chapters.
Dr Anand Mishra is professor and head, department of endocrine surgery at King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India. He completed MCh from Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow and is the first MCh in this specialty in the country. Dr Mishra established the department of endocrine surgery at King George's Medical University. He is the governing council member of Uttar Pradesh Association of Surgeons of India, vice president of Indian Association of Surgeons of India, member and adviser to Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons, director of education, north zone, Association of Breast Surgeons of India. He has received International guest scholarship 2015 by American College of Surgeons, ICMR travel grant for St Gallen Breast cancer conference, Vienna, Austria 2015, developing nations fellowship for 9th European Breast Cancer conference Glasgow, Scotland March 2014, IDEA (International Development and Education Award) from American Society of Clinical Oncology 2011, Young Surgeon Travel grant by Japan Surgical Society, Japan in 2009, 08, 2005, 2003, 1999, Betadine young surgeon award 2005" by Association of Surgeons of India in 2005, Dr Ramesh Nigam Memorial oration 2013" by Association of Surgeons of India 2013, and many invited lectures at various national conferences in India. Dr Mishra has edited books, published book chapters, and indexed publications.
Dr. Roma Pradhan is a dedicated endocrine and breast surgeon and has established the endocrine surgery department at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow and currently heading it. She is the council member of the Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons. She has published many peer-reviewed articles in national and international journals and has written numerous book chapters. She is onthe editorial board of the World Journal of Endocrine Surgery, the official journal of the Asian Association of Endocrine Surgeons. Dr. Pradhan was the first to use continuous neuromonitoring in entire north India in thyroid surgery. Her clinical interests include thyroid, minimally invasive parathyroid surgery, and oncoplastic breast surgery. She is an invited faculty to deliver lectures in many national and international meetings.

Dr. Amit Agarwal 是印度勒克瑙聖賈伊甘地醫學科學研究所（SGPGIMS）內分泌外科系的教授。他曾擔任印度甲狀腺學會的即任會長、印度內分泌外科醫師協會的前會長、國際腫瘤整形內分泌外科醫師學會（ISOPES）的前會長、國際內分泌外科醫師協會的理事協調員，以及亞洲內分泌外科醫師協會的理事成員。他是《甲狀腺研究與實踐》的編輯顧問委員會成員。Agarwal 博士在國內外期刊上發表了超過 200 篇經過同行評審的文章，並撰寫了多篇書籍章節。他著有三本書：《循證內分泌外科》、《簡易內分泌外科》和《甲狀腺外科圖譜》。他是《世界內分泌外科期刊》的創始主編，該期刊是亞洲內分泌外科醫師協會的官方期刊。他的臨床興趣包括內視鏡甲狀腺和副甲狀腺手術。他的研究興趣包括甲狀腺和副甲狀腺腫瘤的分子生物學研究以及微創內分泌外科。他受邀擔任多場重要演講的講者，並在哈佛大學和美國梅奧診所等地發表了超過 200 場演講。

Dr. Ranil Fernando，MS (Col)、FRCS (Edin)、FRCS (Eng)、FCPS (巴基斯坦)、FASI (印度)、FCSSL (斯里蘭卡)、PhD (Col)，是斯里蘭卡凱拉尼亞大學醫學院外科系的高級教授及系主任。他在國內外發表了多場演講和紀念講座。Fernando 博士在國內外期刊、書籍和書籍章節上發表了許多文章。他是多本期刊的編輯委員會成員，並獲得多項國內外獎項和獎章。

Dr. Rajeev Parameswaran 是新加坡國立大學醫院一般外科部（甲狀腺和內分泌外科）的高級顧問及部門主任，專注於甲狀腺和內分泌外科疾病。他同時在亞歷山大醫院、新加坡國立癌症研究所任職，並擔任新加坡永璐琳醫學院的教職。Rajeev 博士在牛津完成了內分泌外科的專科訓練和研究員計畫，之後在英國擔任內分泌和一般外科的顧問。Rajeev 博士因其在甲狀腺腫瘤中異常糖蛋白的研究而獲得牛津大學的 M Phil 學位。他特別關注內分泌癌症（甲狀腺、副甲狀腺和腎上腺癌症）的管理、腎上腺和副甲狀腺的微創手術以及再手術內分泌外科。他的主要研究領域是內分泌癌症中糖蛋白的異常表達。他已發表多篇經過同行評審的文章和教科書章節。

Dr. Anand Mishra 是印度勒克瑙喬治國王醫學大學內分泌外科系的教授及系主任。他在聖賈伊甘地醫學科學研究所完成 MCh，並是該專科在國內的首位 MCh。Mishra 博士在喬治國王醫學大學建立了內分泌外科系。他是印度外科醫師協會北方區的理事會成員、印度外科醫師協會的副會長、亞洲內分泌外科醫師協會的成員及顧問，以及印度乳腺外科醫師協會的教育主任。他曾獲得美國外科醫師學會的國際來賓獎學金（2015年）、ICMR 旅行獎學金以參加2015年奧地利維也納的聖加倫乳腺癌會議、2014年3月在蘇格蘭格拉斯哥舉行的第九屆歐洲乳腺癌會議的發展中國家獎學金。