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Quan-Yang Duh, M.D.

Endocrine surgeon

Dr. Quan-Yang Duh specializes in surgery to treat tumors of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands, as well as other endocrine and gastrointestinal malignancies. He has a special interest in laparoscopic surgery and minimally invasive endocrine surgery.

Duh earned his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also completed his residency training in surgery and a fellowship in endocrine surgery. He is the past president of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons and the San Francisco Surgical Society, as well as president of the American College of Surgeons (Northern California chapter). Duh has been a professor at UCSF since 1988 and is listed in the publication Best Doctors in America. He is board certified in surgery.

Conditions & Treatments

Clinics

Endocrine Surgical and Oncology Clinic
1600 Divisadero St., Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353–7687
Fax: (415) 353–7781

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

More about Quan-Yang Duh

Additional Languages

Mandarin
Taiwanese

Education

UCSF School of Medicine 1981

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, General Surgery 1988

Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, Endocrine Surgery 1986

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Grogan RH, Mitmaker EJ, Hwang J, Gosnell JE, Duh QY, Clark OH, Shen WT. A population-based prospective cohort study of complications after thyroidectomy in the elderly. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 May; 97(5):1645-53.
  2. Duh QY. The bayes theorem wins: comment on "impact of localization studies and clinical scenario in patients with hyperparathyroidism being evaluated for reoperative neck surgery". Arch Surg. 2011 Dec; 146(12):1403.
  3. Harari A, Waring A, Fernandez-Ranvier G, Hwang J, Suh I, Mitmaker E, Shen W, Gosnell J, Duh QY, Clark O. Parathyroid carcinoma: a 43-year outcome and survival analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Dec; 96(12):3679-86.
  4. Sorensen MD, Duh QY, Grogan RH, Tran TC, Stoller ML. Differences in metabolic urinary abnormalities in stone forming and nonstone forming patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Surgery. 2012 Mar; 151(3):477-83.
  5. Thompson M, Hiniker A, Duh QY, Corvera CU. Visual vignette. What is the diagnosis? Insulin-secreting tumor. Endocr Pract. 2011 Sep 1; 17(5):832.
  6. Carter J, Duh QY. Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernias. World J Surg. 2011 Jul; 35(7):1519-25.
  7. Duh QY. Robot-assisted endoscopic thyroidectomy: has the time come to abandon neck incisions? Ann Surg. 2011 Jun; 253(6):1067-8.
  8. Guerrero MA, Lindsay S, Suh I, Vriens MR, Khanafshar E, Shen WT, Gosnell J, Kebebew E, Duh QY, Clark OH. Medullary Thyroid Cancer: It is a pain in the neck? J Cancer. 2011; 2:200-5.
  9. Grogan RH, Mitmaker EJ, Duh QY. Changing paradigms in the treatment of malignant pheochromocytoma. Cancer Control. 2011 Apr; 18(2):104-12.
  10. Mathur A, Moses W, Rahbari R, Khanafshar E, Duh QY, Clark O, Kebebew E. Higher rate of BRAF mutation in papillary thyroid cancer over time: a single-institution study. Cancer. 2011 Oct 1; 117(19):4390-5.
  11. Harari A, Mitmaker E, Grogan RH, Lee J, Shen W, Gosnell J, Clark O, Duh QY. Primary hyperparathyroidism patients with positive preoperative sestamibi scan and negative ultrasound are more likely to have posteriorly located upper gland adenomas (PLUGs). Ann Surg Oncol. 2011 Jun; 18(6):1717-22.
  12. Mitmaker EJ, Griff NJ, Grogan RH, Sarkar R, Kebebew E, Duh QY, Clark OH, Shen WT. Modulation of matrix metalloproteinase activity in human thyroid cancer cell lines using demethylating agents and histone deacetylase inhibitors. Surgery. 2011 Apr; 149(4):504-11.
  13. Mathur A, Weng J, Moses W, Steinberg SM, Rahabari R, Kitano M, Khanafshar E, Ljung BM, Duh QY, Clark OH, Kebebew E. A prospective study evaluating the accuracy of using combined clinical factors and candidate diagnostic markers to refine the accuracy of thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy. Surgery. 2010 Dec; 148(6):1170-6; discussion 1176-7.
  14. Reimel B, Zanocco K, Russo MJ, Zarnegar R, Clark OH, Allendorf JD, Chabot JA, Duh QY, Lee JA, Sturgeon C. The management of aldosterone-producing adrenal adenomas--does adrenalectomy increase costs? Surgery. 2010 Dec; 148(6):1178-85; discussion 1185.
  15. Guerrero MA, Suh I, Vriens MR, Shen WT, Gosnell J, Kebebew E, Clark OH, Duh QY. The number of needle passes affects the accuracy of parathyroid hormone assay with intraoperative parathyroid aspiration. Am J Surg. 2010 Dec; 200(6):701-5; discussion 705-6.
  16. Rahbari R, Mathur A, Kitano M, Guerrero M, Shen WT, Duh QY, Clark OH, Kebebew E. Prospective randomized trial of ligasure versus harmonic hemostasis technique in thyroidectomy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2011 Apr; 18(4):1023-7.
  17. Tuttle RM, Ball DW, Byrd D, Dilawari RA, Doherty GM, Duh QY, Ehya H, Farrar WB, Haddad RI, Kandeel F, Kloos RT, Kopp P, Lamonica DM, Loree TR, Lydiatt WM, McCaffrey JC, Olson JA, Parks L, Ridge JA, Shah JP, Sherman SI, Sturgeon C, Waguespack SG, Wang TN, Wirth LJ. Thyroid carcinoma. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2010 Nov; 8(11):1228-74.
  18. Moses W, Weng J, Sansano I, Peng M, Khanafshar E, Ljung BM, Duh QY, Clark OH, Kebebew E. Molecular testing for somatic mutations improves the accuracy of thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy. World J Surg. 2010 Nov; 34(11):2589-94.
  19. Shih ML, Duh QY, Hsieh CB, Liu YC, Lu CH, Wong CS, Yu JC, Yeh CC. Bilateral superficial cervical plexus block combined with general anesthesia administered in thyroid operations. World J Surg. 2010 Oct; 34(10):2338-43.
  20. Shen WT, Grogan R, Vriens M, Clark OH, Duh QY. One hundred two patients with pheochromocytoma treated at a single institution since the introduction of laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Arch Surg. 2010 Sep; 145(9):893-7.

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