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Cord Sturgeon, MD, General Surgery, Chicago, IL, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

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General Surgery • Chicago, IL

Endocrine

Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University. Chief of Endocrine Surgery, Northwestern Medicine Director of Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital Physician Director of Informatics, Northwestern Medicine

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Summary

  • I am a Professor of Surgery and the Chief of Endocrine Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Following general surgery training at the University of Illinois, I completed the Endocrine Surgery Fellowship at the University of California San Francisco with Dr. Orlo Clark. I joined the faculty at Northwestern University in 2004 and became the Director of Endocrine Surgery in 2006. My clinical areas of expertise are thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules, and hyperparathyroidism. I routinely perform cervical ultrasound and fine needle aspiration biopsy in the clinic. In the operating room I perform minimally invasive parathyroid surgery, thyroidectomy for cancer, Graves' disease, and goiter, and neck dissection for thyroid cancer. I lead the thyroid cancer tumor board for Northwestern Medicine. I conduct outcomes research primarily through decision analysis, patient-reported outcomes surveys, and economic analysis. I am a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Thyroid Cancer Guidelines Committee, was a coauthor of the 2009 International Workshop Guidelines on Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism and the 2018 AAES Guidelines for the Definitive Treatment of Primary Hyperparathyroidism. I am co-chair of the American Thyroid Association Guidelines Committee. I have an appointment in Informatics for Northwestern Medicine. I am also the Director of Surgery for Surgical Services at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Education & Training

  • University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
    University of California (San Francisco) School of MedicineFellowship, Surgical Endocrinology, 2003 - 2004
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
    University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoResidency, Surgery, 1996 - 2003
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine
    University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 1996

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2003 - Present
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 1996 - 2026
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
  • Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
  • Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lectures

  • Advanced Hands-on Thyroid Ultrasound Workshop 
    ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/22/2019

Committees

  • Co-Chair, American Thyroid Association Guidelines and Statements Committee 2018 - Present
  • Member, Thyroid Carcinoma Panel, National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2008 - Present
  • Chair, District #1 Committee on Applicants, American College of Surgeons 2013 - 2019
  • Member, Executive Council, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 2013 - 2017
  • Member, Nominating Committee, Association for Academic Surgery 2013 - 2014

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Cord Sturgeon, Dr. Cord Sturgeon, MD, Dr. C Sturgeon