Assistant Professor of Surgery and Oncology, University Tex Houston
General Surgery
Dr. Elizabeth G. Grubbs, MD
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Elizabeth Grubbs is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He graduated from Duke University School of Medicine. Duke University School of Medicine is a one of the best medicals schools. Duke University School of Medicine is ranked 8 in research and 29 in primary care medicine He over the years received 2 awards: "Regional Top Doctor" and "Fellow (FACS)". Elizabeth G. Grubbs, MD is also published. He has 70 publications published. The lastest publication: "Thyroid Gland Malignancies.' Elizabeth G. Grubbs accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Thyroid Gland Malignancies.
- Rapid assessment of technical competency: the 8-min suture test.
- Surgical resection of synchronously metastatic adrenocortical Cancer.
- Streamlining variability in hospital charges for standard Thyroidectomy: Developing a strategy to decrease waste.
- Preliminary whole-exome sequencing reveals mutations that imply common Tumorigenicity pathways in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 patients.
- Preoperative multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 diagnosis improves the surgical outcomes of pediatric patients with primary Hyperparathyroidism.
- Measuring the Extent of Total Thyroidectomy for Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Using Radioactive Iodine Imaging: Relationship With Serum Thyroglobulin and Clinical O...
- Borderline Resectable Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma: A Potential Role for Preoperative Chemotherapy.
- Prevalence by Age and Predictors of Medullary Thyroid Cancer in Patients with Lower Risk Germline RET Proto-Oncogene Mutations.
- Impact of Surgical Resection for SubDiaphragmatic Paragangliomas.
- Operative failure in minimally invasive Parathyroidectomy utilizing an intraoperative Parathyroid hormone assay.
- Adrenal Metastectomy is Safe in Selected Patients.
- Does laparoscopic Adrenalectomy jeopardize oncologic outcomes for patients with adrenocortical carcinoma?
- The Role of Thyroidectomy in Metastatic Disease to the Thyroid Gland.
- Preoperative Ultrasound Identification of Thyroiditis Helps Predict the Need for Thyroid Hormone Replacement After Thyroid Lobectomy.
- Comparison of attitudes regarding preimplantation genetic diagnosis among patients with hereditary Cancer syndromes.
- A focused curriculum in surgical oncology for the third-year medical students.
- The biopsy-proven benign Thyroid nodule: is long-term follow-up necessary?
- Long-term outcomes of surgical treatment for hereditary pheochromocytoma.
- Robotic-assisted retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy: making a good procedure even better.
- Long-term follow-up data may help manage patient and parent expectations for pediatric patients undergoing Thyroidectomy.
- A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of the Efficacy of Adjuvant Radiotherapy after Primary Surgical Resection in Patients with Adrenocortical Carcinoma.
- Ultrasonography Should Not Guide the Timing of Thyroidectomy in Pediatric Patients Diagnosed with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndrome 2A through Genetic Screening.
- Older patients with primary Hyperparathyroidism have greater than age predicted functional deficits.
- Preoperative serum osteocalcin may predict postoperative elevated parathyroid hormone in patients with primary Hyperparathyroidism.
- Modern approach to surgical intervention of the thyroid and parathyroid Glands.
- Predictable Criteria for Selective, Rather than Routine, Calcium Supplementation Following Thyroidectomy.
- Achieving eugastrinemia in MEN1 patients: Both duodenal inspection and formal lymph node dissection are important.
- Robot-Assisted Transaxillary Thyroid Surgery in the United States: Is it Comparable to Open Thyroid Lobectomy?
- Posterior retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy is a safe and effective alternative to transabdominal laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma.
- Evaluation of the MD Anderson Prognostic Index for Local-Regional Recurrence After Breast Conserving Therapy in Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.
- Common locations of Parathyroid adenomas.
- Robot assisted transaxillary surgery (RATS) for the removal of thyroid and parathyroid Glands.
- Posterior retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy: a contemporary american experience.
- Cystic lymph nodes in the lateral neck as indicators of metastatic papillary thyroid Cancer.
- Vitamin D receptors and parathyroid Glands.
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B with a RET proto-oncogene A883F mutation displays a more indolent form of medullary Thyroid carcinoma compared with a RET M918T mu...
- Do the recent American Thyroid Association (ATA) Guidelines accurately guide the timing of prophylactic Thyroidectomy in MEN2A?
- Reoperative parathyroidectomy: location of missed Glands based on a contemporary nomenclature system.
- From scalpel to console: a suggested model for surgical skill acquisition.
- Bilateral robotic-assisted transaxillary surgery.
- Dysphagia lucoria: consideration for the endocrine surgeon.
- Parathyroidectomy improves functional capacity in "asymptomatic" older patients with primary Hyperparathyroidism: a randomized control trial.
- Recurrence of Adrenal cortical carcinoma following resection: surgery alone can achieve results equal to surgery plus mitotane.
- Prospective, randomized, controlled trial of parathyroidectomy versus observation in patients with "asymptomatic" primary Hyperparathyroidism.
- Routine pre-operative ultrasonography for papillary thyroid Cancer: effects on cervical recurrence.
- The fallen one: the inferior parathyroid Gland that descends into the mediastinum.
- Posterior retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy.
- Gamma probe identification of normal parathyroid Glands during central neck surgery can facilitate parathyroid preservation.
- Preoperative vitamin D replacement therapy in primary Hyperparathyroidism: safe and beneficial?
- Posterior retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy: preferred technique for removal of benign tumors and isolated metastases.
- Walz aldosteronoma.
- Recent advances in thyroid Cancer.
- Recent advances in thyroid Cancer. In brief.
- Role of lymph node dissection in primary surgery for thyroid Cancer.
- Utilizing quantitative polymerase chain reaction to evaluate prostate stem cell antigen as a tumor marker in pancreatic Cancer.
- In-transit melanoma: the role of alkylating-agent resistance in Regional therapy.
- Modulation of resistance to Regional chemotherapy in the extremity melanoma model.
- CT features and quantification of the characteristics of adrenocortical carcinomas on unenhanced and contrast-enhanced studies.
- Acute cord occlusion increases blood ionized magnesium concentration in preterm fetal sheep during maternal magnesium sulfate exposure.
- Temozolomide is a novel Regional infusion agent for the treatment of advanced extremity melanoma.
- The role of hyperthermia in Regional alkylating agent chemotherapy.
- Predictors of outcome after hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion: role of Tumor response.
- Marked variability of melphalan plasma drug levels during Regional hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion.
- Modulation of chemotherapy resistance in Regional therapy: a novel therapeutic approach to advanced extremity melanoma using intra-arterial temozolomide in combination...
- Limited prognostic value of the 2004 International Union Against Cancer staging classification for adrenocortical carcinoma: proposal for a revised TNM classification.
- A current review of the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma.
- Use of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Treatment of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.
- Thyroid C-Cell Biology and Oncogenic Transformation.
Schools
Duke University
Duke University Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- Adrenalectomy
- Adrenalectomy With Robotic Assistance
- Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
- Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
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Conditions Treated
- Adrenal Gland Cancer
- Anal and Rectal Cancer
- Atelectasis
- Breast Cancer
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Choice Plus POS II
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Choice
- CHAMPVA
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Health Alliance
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicare MCR
- MHealth Insured
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Duke University Hospital -
Duke University School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1063458206 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | GRUBBS | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | ELIZABETH | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 770304095 | |
| NPPES Provider State | TX | |
| Specialty Description | Surgical Oncology | |
| Total Claim Count | 32.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1063458206 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | GRUBBS |
| First Name Of The Provider | ELIZABETH |
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