Lawrence Andrew Shirley MD

Endocrine, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Surgical Oncologist

1760 Nicholasville RdSuite 202Lexington, KY 40503
Phone+1 859-277-5711

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Summary

Dr. Lawrence Shirley is a general surgeon in Lexington, KY and is affiliated with Baptist Health Lexington. He received his medical degree from University of Kentucky College of Medicine and has been in practice 13 years. He specializes in endocrine and surgical oncology (other than breast) and is experienced in esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, endocrine surgery, thyroid cancer, and head and neck oncology and microvascular reconstruction.

Education & Training

The Ohio State UniversityMS, Medical Science, 2013 - 2014
Ohio State University HospitalFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2011 - 2014
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHResidency, Surgery, 2004 - 2011
University of Kentucky College of MedicineClass of 2004

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Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 2011 - 2028
KY State Medical License 2020 - 2027
IL State Medical License 2020 - 2020
PA State Medical License 2004 - 2011
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Complex General Surgical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2015-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2015-2017
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

29 citations
Comparing intraoperative parathyroid identification based on surgeon experience versus near infrared autofluorescence detection - A surgeon-blinded multi-centric study.
Giju Thomas, Carmen C. Solorzano, Naira Baregamian, Emmanuel A. Mannoh, Rekha Gautam
American Journal of Surgery. 2021-05-13
8 citations
Cumulative GRAS Score as a Predictor of Survival After Resection for Adrenocortical Carcinoma: Analysis From the U.S. Adrenocortical Carcinoma Database
Jordan J. Baechle, Paula Marincola Smith, Carmen C. Solorzano, Thuy B. Tran, Lauren M. Postlewait
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2021-02-14
Prevalence of cancer and the benign call rate of afirma gene classifier in 18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography positive cytologically indeterminate th...
Mayumi Endo, Jennifer A. Sipos, Matthew D. Ringel, Kyle Porter, Haikady N. Nagaraja
Cancer Medicine. 2021-01-15

Journal Articles

Prognostic Impact of Serum Pancreastatin Following Chemoembolization for Neuroendocrine Tumors
Neil Saunders, David Strosberg, Jill Onesti, Carl R Schmidt, Manisha Shah, Mary Dillhoff, Lawrence A Shirley, Bhavana Konda, Annals of Surgical Oncology
Practices and Perceptions Among Surgical Oncologists in the Perioperative Care of Obese Cancer Patients
Tasha M Hughes, Mary Dillhoff, Valerie Grignol, Jordan Cloyd, J Harrison Howard, Alicia Terando, Quinn Capers, Ingrid Woelfel, Sabrena Noria, Doreen Agnese, Lawrence A..., 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