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Bryan Whitfield VI, MD, FACS

Bryan Whitfield VI, MD

About Dr. Bryan W. Whitfield

Dr. Whitfield is a fellowship-trained endocrine surgeon and is a member of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons.  He is one of the first surgeons in the country to have obtained a Focused Practice Designation (FPD) in Adult Complex Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery (ACTPS).  The FPD in ACTPS is a designation awarded by the American Board of Medical Specialties that recognizes diplomates who have focused their practice on the treatment of patients with benign, malignant, functional, and nonfunctional thyroid and parathyroid tumors.  This also encompasses the management of patients with locally advanced thyroid cancer, aggressive histologic subtype, and inherited endocrine syndromes.  In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Whitfield has served as an examination consultant of the Adult Complex Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Focused Practice Designation Examination Committee for the American Board of Surgery.

Education and Training

  • Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia
  • Doctor of Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine
  • Residency, General Surgery, Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
  • Fellowship, Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Certifications and Memberships

  • Board Certified, General Surgery
  • Member, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
  • Member, American College of Surgeons
  • Focused Practice Designation,  Adult Complex Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, American Board of Medical Specialties 

Clinical Interests

  • Adrenal incidentalomas
  • Cushing’s Syndrome (adrenal aenomas)
  • Conn’s Syndrome (aldosteronoma)
  • Goiter
  • Graves’ disease
  • Laparoscopic general surgery
  • Paraganglioma
  • Parathyroid cancer
  • Pheochromocytoma
  • Primary hyperparathyroidism
  • Radiofrequency Thyroid Ablation
  • Secondary hyperparathyroidism
  • Thyroid nodules
  • Thyroid cancer

Northside Provider Directory Details

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