Paul Ladenson MD

Diabetes, Lipid Metabolism, Thyroid

John Eager Howard Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism; Professor of Medicine, Oncology, Pathology, and Radiology & Radiological Science; University Distinguished Service Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Summary

Paul W. Ladenson, M.D., is the John Eager Howard Professor of Endocrinology; and Professor of Medicine, Pathology, Oncology, Radiology and Radiological Science, and International Health at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he is also a University Distinguished Professor.
Dr. Ladenson was raised in Missouri and educated at Dartmouth College, Oxford University, and Harvard Medical School before training in Internal Medicine, and in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Ladenson has previously served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism; president of the American Thyroid Association, the Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology and Metabolism, and the Association of Subspecialty Professors; and chair of ABIM Specialty Board Examination Committee in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.
Dr. Ladenson’s principal research interests have been thyroid cancer pathogenesis and management, thyroid hormone actions on the heart, applications of thyroid hormone analogs, and health-economic dimension of clinical thyroidology. He is the author of 300 publications. He has been the recipient of numerous professional awards, including the American Thyroid Association's Lewis E. Braverman Award for distinguished career contributions to thyroid research.

Education & Training

Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 1979 - 1980
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1975 - 1979
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1975
St. John's College, Oxford UniversityMA, Physiology, 1973
Dartmouth CollegeBA, English literature, Summa Cum Laude, 1970

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Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
MD State Medical License 1983 - 2028
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017

Clinical Trials

Recombinant Thyrotropin PET-CT Fusion Scanning in Thyroid Cancer
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Combination Radiopharmaceutical Therapy and Radiotherapy for Thyroid Cancer: Dosimetry-Driven Precision Medicine.
Ian R Marsh, Harry Quon, Prasanna Santhanam, Hao Wang, Martin A Lodge
Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2026-02-02
4 citations
Genetic modification of the AJCC classification of papillary thyroid cancer: an international, multicentre, retrospective cohort study.
Mingzhao Xing, Shuhuang Lin, Aarti Mathur, Ying Li, Bela Bendlova
The Lancet. Oncology. 2025-10-01
4 citations
Combined Afirma Genomic Sequencing Classifier and TERT promoter mutation detection in molecular assessment of Bethesda III-VI thyroid nodules.
Paul W Ladenson, Joshua P Klopper, Yangyang Hao, Praveen Kaushik, P Sean Walsh
Cancer Cytopathology. 2023-10-01

Journal Articles

Performance of a Genomic Sequencing Classifier for the Preoperative Diagnosis of Cytologically Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules
Michael H Shanik, Paul W Ladenson, Peter M Sadow, Julie A Sosa, Ronald A Ghossein, S Thomas Traweek, Neil M Barth, Kepal N Patel, Trevor E Angell, Richard T Kloos, Vir..., JAMA
Quality of HbA1c Measurement in Trinidad and Tobago
Rastogi MV, Ladenson PW, Goldstein DE, Little RR, J Diabetes Sci Technol., 1/1/2016
Precision Medicine Comes to Thyroidology
Ladenson PW., J Clin Endocrinol, 1/1/2016

Books/Book Chapters

A Clinical Approach to Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases
Editors: Ladenson PW.Chevy Chase: The Endocrine Society2010
Atlas of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
Chapter: Preoperative considerations in the evaluation of a thyroid nodule and well differentiated thyroid cancer.
Kim MI, Ladenson PW, Clark DP, Owens, CLEditors: Tufano R, Weber RS, Zeiger MA.Elsevier – Health Sciences2009
Clinical Management of Thyroid Disease
Chapter: Toxic Nodular Goiter: Toxic Adenoma and Toxic Multinodular Goiter
Page 203.0 - 219.0Schroeder PR, Ladenson PWEditors: Wondisford FE, Radovick S.Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia2009

Lectures

ABIM Maintenance of Certification Update
ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/25/2019
Management of Thyroid Nodules
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore - 1/1/1984

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