Richard A. Prinz, MD, FACS
Helen Shedd Keith Professor
Chairman, Department of General Surgery
Program Director - Rush University General Surgery Residency Program
Curriculum Vitae
Richard_A_Prinz@rush.edu
Practice Emphasis: Endocrine, Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, Pancreatic, and Biliary Surgery
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Residency: Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO - General surgery
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL - General surgery
Fellowship: Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK -
Endocrine surgery
Board Certification: Surgery
Special Interests: Thyroid disease, thyroid cancer
Hyperparathyroidism
Adrenal surgery
Pancreatic disease, pancreatic cancer
Laparoscopic surgery
Special Procedures: Minimally invasive thyroid surgery
Minimally invasive parathyroid surgery
Intraoperative parathyroid ultrasound
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy
Laparoscopic pancreatectomy
Ultrasound diagnosis of thyroid and parathyroid disease
Research Interests: Molecular genetics of thyroid cancer
Pathogenesis and metastasis of pancreatic cancer
Parathyroid bone disease
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