Heather Wachtel, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency, University of Pennsylvania
Section Chief, Endocrine Surgery, University of Pennsulvania
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
4 Silverstein Pavilion, Dept. of Surgery
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street
4 Silverstein Pavilion, Dept. of Surgery
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-3346
Fax: 215-662-7476
Fax: 215-662-7476
Publications
Education:
BA
Harvard University, 2003.
MD
Yale University School of Medicine, 2009.
MTR
University of Pennsylvania, 2024.
Permanent linkBA
Harvard University, 2003.
MD
Yale University School of Medicine, 2009.
MTR
University of Pennsylvania, 2024.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Endocrine SurgeryAdrenal tumors
Pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Primary aldosteronism
Cushing's syndrome
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Parathyroid carcinoma
Thyroid tumors
Thyroid cancer
Description of Research Expertise
GenomicsAdrenal tumors
Bioinformatics
Selected Publications
Passman JE, Bader A, Mahmud N, Dumon KR, Wachtel H, Zheng F, Cohen JB.: The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Hypertension Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Hum Hypertens Aug 2025.Mimouni E, Passman JE, Alexis M, Ginzberg SP, Fraker D, Kelz R, Wachtel H.: A Clinical Risk Score for Thyroid Hormone Therapy After Partial Thyroidectomy. J Surg Res 314: 169-175, Aug 2025.
van Rooyen D, Bandulik S, Coon GA, Laukemper M, Kumar-Sinha C, Udager AM, Lerario AM, Lee C, Wachtel H, Cohen DL, Luther JM, Giordano TJ, Scholl UI, Butz F, Popp B, Turcu AF, Warth R, Rainey WE, Rege J.: Somatic Mutations in MCOLN3 Are Associated With Aldosterone-Producing Adenomas. Hypertension Aug 2025.
Hu AC, Passman JE, Wachtel H.: Adrenal Pseudocyst Masquerading as Adrenocortical Carcinoma. Clin Med Insights Endocrinol Diabetes 18: 11795514251345267, Jun 2025.
Hu Y, Krumeich LN, Fisher SB, Javid M, Kuo JH, Wachtel H.: Ablative Therapies in Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol May 2025.
Hu AC, Passman JE, Baloch Z, Wachtel H.: Adrenalectomy Leading to Early Diagnosis of ALECT2 Amyloidosis. Sage Open Pathol 18: 30502098251331780, Apr 2025.
Passman JE, Kallan MJ, Roberson JL, Ginzberg SP, Amjad W, Soegaard Ballester JM, Tortorello G, Fraker D, Karakousis GC, Bartlett EK, Wachtel H.: Contemporary trends in utilization of metastasectomy in the era of targeted and immunotherapies. Cancer 131: e35664, Jan 2025.
Passman JE, Hwang J, Tang J, Fagen M, Epps M, Peifer M, Howell JT, Cohen JB, Delgado MK, Wachtel H, Herman DS.: Active Choice Nudge to Increase Screening for Primary Aldosteronism in At-Risk Patients. J Am Coll Surg 240: 46-59, Jan 2025.
Owei L, Wachtel H.: The Landmark Series: Evaluation and Management of Adrenal Incidentalomas. Ann Surg Oncol 2025.
Rosenthal JW, Finn CB, Hwang J, Sharpe JE, Williams ST, Krumeich LN, Fraker DL, Wachtel H, Kelz RR.: Trends in use of outpatient minimally-invasive adrenalectomy: A population-based analysis. Am J Surg 2025.