
Ralph P. Tufano, MD
Division of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Research interests: thyroid and parathyroid disease, thyroid cancer, goiter, Graves’s disease, hyperparathyroidism, transoral thyroidectomy, RFA
Dr. Ralph P. Tufano is the Director of the Division of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery, the Director of The Johns Hopkins Hospital Multidisciplinary Thyroid Tumor Center and Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Tufano conducts thyroid and parathyroid surgery with a focus on optimizing outcomes. He is a recognized world authority on the management of thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules, benign thyroid diseases and parathyroid disease. He has expertise in the management of thyroid cancer nodal metastases, advanced and invasive thyroid cancers as well as recurrent thyroid cancers. His work in molecular markers, improving surgical outcomes, nerve monitoring and exploring novel treatment techniques for thyroid and parathyroid diseases has helped the medical field tailor and personalize treatment for patients with these conditions.
Dr. Tufano has performed every type of minimally invasive endoscopic and robotic thyroid and parathyroid surgery over the years and was director of the initial team that developed the now internationally accepted approach for the scarless transoral thyroidectomy and parathyroid surgery.
Dr. Tufano has been awarded with several honors due to his excellent practices in work, which can be detailed below:
- 100 Best Healthcare Providers in the State of Maryland, The American Health Council "Best in Healthcare" award
- Baltimore Top Docs - Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Malignancies, Baltimore Magazine
- Physician of the Year, Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards for Physicians and Care Teams
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Terms of Appointment: May 2015 - August 2018; September 2018 - August 2020; September 2020 - August 2022