
David Thomas Hughes MD FACS
Endocrine
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Endocrine Surgery, University of Michigan
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1500 E Medical Center DrAnn Arbor, MI 48109
Phone+1 734-936-4000
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Summary
- David Hughes, MD, is an endocrine surgeon practicing at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, MI, who specializes in thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal surgery. He completed his endocrine surgery fellowship training at the University of Michigan Medical Center and general surgery residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. Dr. Hughes holds a BS in Biology with Honors from Creighton University and also completed his medical degree at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. He is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery at Michigan Medicine and has held notable academic positions at the University of Michigan Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center. His areas of experience include thyroid and parathyroid neoplasms, adrenal tumors, and neuroendocrine tumors. He has contributed to surgical literature with numerous publications and has received numerous awards, including the Excellence in Innovation in Surgical Education Award in 2019.
Education & Training
University of Michigan Medical CenterEndocrine Surgery, 2009 - 2010
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2003 - 2009
Creighton University School of MedicineClass of 2003
Creighton UniversityBS, Biology with Honors, Summa Cum Laude, 1995 - 1999
Certifications & Licensure
NH State Medical License 2005 - Present
MI State Medical License 2009 - 2028
NY State Medical License 2010 - 2016
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Excellence in Innovation in Surgical Education Award Association of Surgical Education, 2019
- "Top Docs" Award Hour Detroit Magazine, 2018
- Surgical Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development Program Award Michigan Medicine, 2018
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- North American Society for Interventional Thyroidology Statement on Directed Ablative Therapy for the Management of Benign Non-functional Thyroid Nodules.Vaninder Kaur Dhillon, John Woody Sistrunk, David T Hughes, Toni Beninato, Sumedha Chablani
Endocrine Practice. 2026-05-12 - Disparities in utilization of high-volume thyroid surgeons for Graves disease: a statewide analysis.Steven Xie, Catherine B Jensen, Aayushi Sinha, Elizabeth M Bacon, Lauren N Krumeich
Journal of the Endocrine Society. 2026-05-01 - 1 citationsPostparathyroidectomy Bone Density Changes in Patients With Biochemically Mild Primary Hyperparathyroidism.Firdhous Abdul Kather, Nazanene H Esfandiari, Gregory A Clines, Carol A Janney, David T Hughes
Endocrine Practice. 2026-04-01
Journal Articles
- Refining the Definitions of Biochemical and Clinical Cure for Primary Aldosteronism Using the Primary Aldosteronism Surgical Outcome (PASO) Classification SystemM S Cohen, D T Hughes, B S Miller, P G Gauger, R J Auchus, World Journal of Surgery
- The Impact of Using the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytology Diagnostic Criteria on the Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance CategoryBeatrice Lee, MD, Brian Smola, CT, Michael H. Roh, MD, David T. Hughes, MD, Barbra S. Miller, MD, Xin Jing, MD, Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, 1/1/2014
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Outcomes of Local-Regionally Advanced Thyroid Cancer after Surgery and 131-I Therapy Guided by Pre-Ablation 131-I Scans with SPECT/CTNatalja Rosculet BS, David T Hughes MD, Nazanene H Esfandiari MD, Anca M. Avram MD, Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
- Comparison of perioperative hemodynamic management for pheochromocytoma and paragangliomaJoshua Smith, James Hammond, Adam Niemann, Alex Reid, Stephanie DeBolle, David Hughes, Association of Academic Surgeons, Academic Surgical Congress, Jacksonville, FL, 1/1/2016
- A novel minute feddback systemDavid T. Hughes MD, Rishindra Reddy MD, Gurjit Sandhu PhD, Susan Ryszawa, Lisa Leininger, Michael Englesbe MD, Association for Surgical Education, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
Press Mentions
Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery Series: Papillary Thyroid CancerFebruary 10th, 2026
Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery Series: Papillary Thyroid CancerJanuary 26th, 2026
Committees
- American College of Surgeons and NCI Cooperative Groups, Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery - Thyroid Section 2015 - Present
Professional Memberships
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- American Association of Endocrine SurgeonsMember
External Links
- University of Michigan Endocrine Surgeryhttp://surgery.med.umich.edu/general/endocrine/
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