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Thyroid nodules, Thyroid cancer, Thyroid disease and pregnancy, Ultrasound

Dr. Mandel is a Professor of Medicine and Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where she also directs the fellowship program in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism. She serves as the Associate Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and is the Director of the Thyroid Nodule Clinic. She attended medical school at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and completed her medical residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. After finishing a fellowship in endocrinology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, she was a faculty member at the Brigham prior to moving to the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. She is a member of the Endocrine Society, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist, and the American Thyroid Association, where she has served on several committees in leadership positions. Her research interests include the use of sonography in the evaluation of patients with thyroid nodules, the novel introduction of I-123 imaging in differentiated thyroid cancer, and thyroid disease during pregnancy. She has authored papers in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA, and as well as publications in the endocrine and nuclear medicine journals. In addition, she is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and Thyroid.

Medical School: Columbia University
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, National American College of Physicians, National American Thyroid Association, National Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Endocrine Society, National Philadelphia Endocrine Society, Local Women in Endocrinology, National

Hospital Privileges:

• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Description of Research Expertise:

Thyroid nodules, Thyroid cancer, Thyroid disease and pregnancy, Ultrasound

Selected Publications:

Cappola Anne R, Mandel Susan J: Improving the long-term management of benign thyroid nodules. JAMA 313 (9): 903-4,2015.

Kobaly Kristen, Mandel Susan J, Langer Jill E: Clinical review: Thyroid cancer mimics on surveillance neck sonography. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 100 (2): 371-5,2015.

Yeh MW, Bauer AJ, Bernet VA, Ferris RL, Loevner LA, Mandel SJ, Orloff LA, Randolph GW, Steward DL; American Thyroid Association Surgical Affairs Committee Writing Task Force: American Thyroid Association statement on preoperative imaging for thyroid cancer surgery. Thyroid 25 (1): 3-14,2015.

Yeh Michael W, Bauer Andrew J, Bernet Victor A, Ferris Robert L, Loevner Laurie A, Mandel Susan J, Orloff Lisa A, Randolph Gregory W, Steward David L: American Thyroid Association Statement on Preoperative Imaging for Thyroid Cancer Surgery. Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association 25 (1): 3-14,2014.

Pryma Daniel A, Mandel Susan J: Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer in the Era of Risk Stratification and Alternative Targeted Therapies. Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 55 (9): 1485-1491,2014.

Dalkin AC, Basaria SS, Collazo-Clavell ML, Dahir KM, Donner TW, Findling JW, Freda PU, Freel M, Green J, Jagasia S, Jan de Beur SM, Jonklaas J, Mandel SJ, Tannock LR, Vella AV, Welt C.: ESAP 2014: Endocrine Self-Assessment Program. Washington DC: Endocrine Press : 2014.

Alexander Erik K, Schorr Melanie, Klopper Joshua, Kim Caroline, Sipos Jennifer, Nabhan Fadi, Parker Charles, Steward David L, Mandel Susan J, Haugen Bryan R: Multicenter Clinical Experience with the Afirma Gene Expression Classifier. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 99 (1): 119-25,2013.

Cibas Edmund S, Baloch Zubair W, Fellegara Giovanni, LiVolsi Virginia A, Raab Stephen S, Rosai Juan, Diggans James, Friedman Lyssa, Kennedy Giulia C, Kloos Richard T, Lanman Richard B, Mandel Susan J, Sindy Nicole, Steward David L, Zeiger Martha A, Haugen Bryan R, Alexander Erik K: A prospective assessment defining the limitations of thyroid nodule pathologic evaluation. Annals of internal medicine 159 (5): 325-32,2013.

Leenhardt L, Erdogan M F, Hegedus L, Mandel S J, Paschke R, Rago T, Russ G: 2013 European thyroid association guidelines for cervical ultrasound scan and ultrasound-guided techniques in the postoperative management of patients with thyroid cancer. European thyroid journal 2 (3): 147-59,2013.

Cappola Anne R, Mandel Susan J: BRAF V600E mutation and papillary thyroid cancer--in reply. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 310 (5): 535-6,2013.

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