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Carmen Solorzano, MD, General Surgery, Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

CarmenCSolorzanoMDChair, Department of Surgery(She/Her)

General Surgery • Nashville, TN

Endocrine, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

John L. Sawyers Chair in Surgical Sciences Professor and Chair Department of Surgery Director of Endocrine Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Summary

  • Carmen C. Solórzano, MD, FACS, is Professor of Surgery, Chair of the Department of Surgery and Director of Endocrine Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. She holds the John L. Sawyers Chair in Surgical Sciences. She is a graduate of the University of Florida General Surgery program and completed a Surgical Oncology fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is actively involved in teaching Endocrine and Surgical Oncology. Her clinical research interests include the use of minimally invasive techniques for parathyroid and adrenal tumors, the use of NIR-light to detect endocrine tumors, surgeon-performed ultrasound for endocrine tumors, the surgical management of recurrent/persistent thyroid cancer, and the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors and MEN syndromes. Dr. Solórzano has published more than 180 articles and book chapters. She serves in the editorial boards of the Annals of Surgical Oncology, the Journal of Surgical Oncology, JACS, and the World Journal of Surgery. She is Associate Editor of the American Journal of Surgery HPB section and Editor of Annals of Surgical Oncology Endocrine Tumor Section. Dr. Solórzano is past Vice-President American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) and serves as Governor for the American College of Surgeons (ACS) representing the AAES, ACS Board of Governors liaison to the Commission on Cancer, Chair of the Society of Surgical Oncology Endocrine and Head and Neck Disease Site work group, member of the American Thyroid Association Thyroid Nodules Guidelines Task Force, and the American Board of Surgery Certifying Examination consultant and Examiner. She is a member of the American Surgical Association and the Southern Surgical Association.

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    For nearly 100 years, the mission of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Section of Surgical Sciences has been to provide the finest quality care to patients

    Department of Surgery

    About the Vanderbilt Department of Surgery The Department of Surgery at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is the largest of seven Departments in the Sect

Education & Training

  • University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center
    University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 1999 - 2002
  • University of Florida
    University of FloridaResidency, Surgery, 1993 - 1999
  • University of Florida College of Medicine
    University of Florida College of MedicineClass of 1993
  • University of Florida
    University of FloridaB.S., Microbiology, 1987 - 1989
  • Miami Dade College
    Miami Dade CollegeA.A., 1986 - 1987

Certifications & Licensure

  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 2009 - 2024
  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 1995 - 2011
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2005 - 2008
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1999 - 2006
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Nashville Lifestyles Magazine Castle Connolly, 2011, 2013-2019
  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2011-2018
  • America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2016
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Prospective Evaluation of the Utility of Intraoperative Parathyroid Monitoring During Intended Bilateral Neck Exploration for Primary Sporadic Hyperparathyroidism  
    Pranit N Chotai, Colleen M Kiernan, Carmen C Solorzano, Journal of The American College of Surgeons
  • Evaluation, Staging, and Surgical Management for Adrenocortical Carcinoma: An Update from the SSO Endocrine and Head and Neck Disease Site Working Group  
    Elizabeth G Grubbs, Paxton V Dickson, Lawrence Kim, Anthony Yang, Carmen C Solorzano, Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Role of Additional Organ Resection in Adrenocortical Carcinoma: Analysis of 167 Patients from the U.S. Adrenocortical Carcinoma Database  
    John Phay, Lawrence A Shirley, Lauren M Postlewait, Carmen C Solorzano, Colleen M Kiernan, Ioannis Hatzaras, Natalie Seiser, Tracy S Wang, Ryan C Fields, Konstantinos ..., Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Medullary Thyroid Cancer 
    Chapter: The physiology of serum calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen in medullary thyroid cancer 
    Baregamian N, Solorzano CCEditors: Springer International Publishing Switzerland.2016
  • Advanced Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound 
    Chapter: Ultrasound as a localization technique for hyperparathyroidism 
    Kiernan CM, Solorzano CCEditors: Milas M, Susan Mandel and Jill Langer.Springer International2016
  • UpToDate 
    Chapter: Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Monitoring 
    Carneiro-Pla DM, Solorzano CCEditors: Basow, DS.UpToDate, Waltham, MA2013
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Impact of vocal cord ultrasonography on endocrine surgery practices
    Impact of vocal cord ultrasonography on endocrine surgery practices, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Nashville, TN, 1/1/2015
  • Establishing the clinical utility of autofluorescence spectroscopy for parathyroid detection
    McWade MA, Sanders ME, Broome JT, Solerzano CC, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Nashville, TN, 1/1/2015
  • The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology: A Single-Center Experience over 5 Years
    Kiernan CM, Broome JT, Solerzano CC, SSO, Phoenix, AZ, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

  • Ultrasound Applications and Techniques for Thyroid and Parathyroid Disease 
    Boston, MA - 1/3/2016
  • Overview of the Revised ATA Guidelines for the Management of Thyroid Nodules and Cancer 
    Nashville, TN - 1/15/2015
  • Surgical management of thyroid cancer 
    Miami, FL - 1/10/2015
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Other

Authored Content

  • Prospective Evaluation of the Utility of Intraoperative Parathyroid Monitoring During Intended Bilateral Neck Exploration for Primary Sporadic HyperparathyroidismOctober 2018

Press Mentions

  • Pandemic Spurs Expansion of Surgical Care for Underserved
    Pandemic Spurs Expansion of Surgical Care for UnderservedOctober 7th, 2021
  • Patient Day Seminar
    Patient Day SeminarFebruary 23rd, 2017
  • Free Seminar on Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type I and II Set for Feb. 4
    Free Seminar on Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type I and II Set for Feb. 4January 25th, 2017

Grant Support

  • Academic-Industry Partnership for the Translation of a Novel Optical Imaging Approach to guide Endocrine Cancer Surgery Mahadevan-Jansen, Anita Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN,NIHPresent

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Hospital Affiliations

External Links

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