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Susan J. Mandel, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine

Contact information
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
4th florr West, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 662-6125
Fax: (215) 614-1949
Education:
A.B. (History of Science)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1982.
M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 1986.
M.P.H. (Quantitative methods, decision analysis)
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 1997.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, 1986-1987.
Resident in Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, 1987-1989.
Research/ Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Endocrine/ Hypertension and Thyroid Divisions, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1989-1992.
Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1989-1992.
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine Certificate (lifetime certification), 1989.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty Certificate in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (timed certificate 1991-2001), 1991.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Recertification of Subspecialty Certificate in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (expiration 2011), 2001.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Recertification of Subspecialty Certificate in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (expiration 2021), 2011.
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Description of Research Expertise

Thyroid nodules, Thyroid cancer, Thyroid disease and pregnancy, Ultrasound

Description of Clinical Expertise

Thyroid nodules, Thyroid cancer, Thyroid disease and pregnancy, Ultrasound

Dr. Mandel is a Professor of Medicine and Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where she also directs the fellowship program in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism. She serves as the Associate Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and is the Director of the Thyroid Nodule Clinic. She attended medical school at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and completed her medical residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. After finishing a fellowship in endocrinology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, she was a faculty member at the Brigham prior to moving to the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. She is a member of the Endocrine Society, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist, and the American Thyroid Association, where she has served on several committees in leadership positions. Her research interests include the use of sonography in the evaluation of patients with thyroid nodules, the novel introduction of I-123 imaging in differentiated thyroid cancer, and thyroid disease during pregnancy. She has authored papers in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA, and as well as publications in the endocrine and nuclear medicine journals. In addition, she is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and Thyroid.

Selected Publications

Langer Jill E, Baloch Zubair W, McGrath Cindy, Loevner Laurie A, Mandel Susan J: Thyroid nodule fine-needle aspiration. Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MR 33(2): 158-65, Apr 2012.

Gracia Clarisa R, Morse Christopher B, Chan Grace, Schilling Samantha, Prewitt Maureen, Sammel Mary D, Mandel Susan J: Thyroid function during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation as part of in vitro fertilization. Fertility and sterility 97(3): 585-91, Mar 2012.

Mandel SJ, Langer JE, Kaplan MM: Clinical Evaluation and Management of Thyroid Nodules. Werner & Ingbar’s The Thyroid: A Fundamental and Clinical Text, Tenth Edition. Braverman LE, Cooper DS (eds.). Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2012.

Langer JE, Agarwal R, Zhuang H, Huang SS, Mandel SJ: Correlation of findings from iodine 123 scan and ultrasonography in the recommendation for thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Endocr Pract 17(5): 699-706, Sep 2011.

Rivkees Scott A, Mandel Susan J: Thyroid disease in pregnancy. Hormone research in pædiatrics 76 Suppl 1: 91-6, 2011.

Smolarz BG., Mandel SJ.: Recombinant Human Thyrotropin (rhTSH) Stimulated Thyroglubulin of <1 ng/ml: Need for Continued Surveillance? International Thyroid Congress Annual Meeting, Paris, France September 2010.

Anderson L, Middleton WD, Teefey SA, Reading CC, Langer JE, Desser T, Szabunio MM, Mandel SJ, Hildebolt CF, Cronan JJ.: Hashimoto thyroiditis: Part 2, sonographic analysis of benign and malignant nodules in patients with diffuse Hashimoto thyroiditis. AJR Am J Roentgenol 195(1): 216-222, July 2010.

Anderson L, Middleton WD, Teefey SA, Reading CC, Langer JE, Desser T, Szabunio MM, HIldebolt CF, Mandel SJ, Cronan JJ.: Hashimoto thyroiditis: Part 1, sonographic analysis of the nodular form of Hashimoto thyroiditis. AJR Am J Roentgenol 195(1): 208-215, July 2010.

Fish SA, Basu S, Alavi A, Mandel SJ.: Comparison of efficacy of 2220 MBq versus 3700 MBq I-131 for ablation of thyroid remnant in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Q J Mucl Med Mol Imaging May 27 2010.

Montone KT, Baloch ZW, Shafique K, Mandel S, Chalian A, Weinstein G, LiVolsi VA: Tall Cell Variant of Papillary Carcinoma and Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with Tall Cell Features Are Often Under-Diagnosed: A Retrospective Analysis of Cases Referred for Second Opinion for Clinical Management. Annual United States Canadian Academy of Pathology in Washington DC March 2010.

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