James Norman,
MD, FACS, FACE, is recognized as one of
world's foremost experts on parathyroid disease and is unquestionably the most experienced parathyroid
surgeon in the world. Dr Norman is a board certified
surgeon and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). He is also a
Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology (FACE). He is recognized
as the inventor of minimally invasive radioguided parathyroid surgery in the mid
1990s, and is credited with dramatically changing the way
parathyroid surgery is performed. In the summer of 2010 Dr Norman will
perform his 13,000th outpatient, mini-parathyroid operation.
Douglas
Politz, MD, FACS, FACE. is an accomplished parathyroid surgeon who works side-by-side
with Dr Norman. Dr Politz trained in mini-parathyroid surgery under Dr
Norman in the late 1990's and practiced in Texas from 2000 until 2006 when he re-joined the Norman Parathyroid
Center. Dr Politz has performed
more parathyroid operations (over 7,000) than anybody in the world other than Dr
Norman and operates with Dr Norman on every case.
Arnold
Goodman, MD, FACS has over 20 years experience with difficult thyroid and
parathyroid tumors and is regarded as one of the most talented surgeons in
Florida. He is the newest member of our parathyroid team and will help
facilitate the rapid and accurate consultation process of patients with
hyperparathyroidism.
(Click
Here to read more about Dr Norman, Dr Politz, and Dr Goodman).
The Norman Parathyroid Center is dedicated to parathyroid disease
only. We operate within the new Parathyroid Center at Tampa General
Hospital, a new wing of this large hospital dedicated to the treatment of
parathyroid disease. Drs Norman, Politz, and Goodman are the only surgeons in the world that limit
their practice to parathyroid disease.
You Can Have Drs Norman and Politz Perform Your Parathyroid Surgery
Because
of the demand for mini-parathyroid surgery, their expertise, and
exceptional results, Drs Norman and Politz perform 13
parathyroid operations per day, with an expected cure rate of over 99% and
a complication rate of near zero. Nearly 100% of patients will go home
within 2 hours of their parathyroid operation. Virtually 100% will have a
scar that is only 1 inch that will be essentially invisible within 6-9
months. The average operative time is less than 20 minutes with the most
parathyroid operations taking between 15 and 19 minutes. Even patients
with a negative sestamibi scan and a negative ultrasound can expect a
mini-operation that takes less than 20 minutes. The average operation time
for patients needing all 4 parathyroid glands assessed is 18
minutes--these patients are treated exactly the same.
If you want to become our
patient, we have a
separate page that explains the process and the cost. Click
Here.
Dr Norman performed a MIRP mini parathyroid operation LIVE on the Internet
for you to watch.
It was then shown on the TODAY show with Katie Couric as well as many
local TV programs.
Click
Here to watch a movie of this mini-parathyroid surgery as it happened live June 14th 2005
We really like our patients to watch this movie... it will
answer a lot of questions. It is a bloodless operation! Simple, clean, no blood, very small incision, lots of information.
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parathyroid disease that you want to ask Dr Norman directly,
before having Jayme and Angie put a patient folder together for you, then
feel free to do so. However, please make the question clear, and
give enough information about your parathyroid problem (calcium
and PTH levels) so Dr
Norman can provide a clear answer. Dr Norman answers email
7 days a week (when he's in town). Dr Norman also answers email
from doctors and endocrinologist every day, so feel free to ask.
jnorman@parathyroid.com
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Dr Norman is
unquestionably the most experienced parathyroid surgeon in the world. For
over 15 years Dr Norman has limited his surgical practice to parathyroid operations --
he does not perform any other type of surgery. Dr Norman performs more parathyroid operations than any other
surgeon (or institution) in the world,
now averaging about 1800 parathyroid operations annually (about 39 per
average week). Dr Norman has performed nearly 13,000 parathyroid operations
on patients ranging from 3 months old to 105 years old and
operates on people over the age of 80 once or twice per day and on
teenagers about every 2 weeks. He also operates several times per day on patients that
have had an unsuccessful parathyroid operation
somewhere else. It is safe to say that there probably
isn't a parathyroid problem that Dr Norman hasn't seen. A typical one-side
parathyroid operation takes Dr Norman about 8-16 minutes (total time). An
operation to look at all 4 parathyroid glands (most people get this) typically takes Dr Norman
about 17 minutes (total time). Dr Norman performs all operations via a 1
inch incision (mol).
Dr Norman has held
several important academic positions, including Professor of Surgery (with
tenure) and
Professor of Internal Medicine (with tenure) at the University of South
Florida College of Medicine. He also held the position of Director of Endocrine
Surgery at USF and the Director of Surgical Core Laboratory for Surgical
Research. Dr Norman left USF in 2000 to open the Norman Parathyroid
Center. He is a member of more than 20
prestigious medical societies, including the American Association for
Endocrine Surgeons, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Fellow of the
American College of Endocrinology, the American Association for Clinical
Endocrinology, the Endocrine Society, the Society of University Surgeons, American Association
for Head and Neck Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology, the
Southeastern
Surgical Congress, the American College of Surgeons, the Association for
Academic Surgeons, the Society for Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, AOA medical
honor society (top 10% of doctors), the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, and many more.
His is one of only a handful of surgeons worldwide who is also a fellow of
the American College of Endocrinology (FACE). He was the president of his medical school class, been
voted 'Faculty of the Year' and 'Teacher of the Year' several times while at
the University of South Florida, and served many
leadership roles within the societies he belongs. He has been recognized
as one of America's Top Surgeons by the Consumer Research Council of
America. He has been awarded the "Patients Choice Award" 4
consecutive years (top 5% of 720,000 American doctors) for his bedside manor
and how he "treats" his patients. He scored in the 99+
percentile on his surgery boards, and has served as an examiner for the
American Board of Surgery. Dr Norman has published more than 250 medical
journal articles as well as 12 books and/or book chapters. Most of
Dr. Norman's publications revolve around his extensive work with endocrine
disorders including
parathyroid glands, parathyroid surgery and pancreas disorders. Dr Norman
publishes medical journal articles on parathyroid disease on a
near-monthly basis. A full
copy of Dr Norman's curriculum vitae (resume') is online in PDF format--Click
Here to view.
All of Dr Norman's credentials are there, along with a full list of his
publications, etc, etc. He is married to a family practice physician
and has two incredible children (a daughter 18, and a son 16).
Dr. Norman is a frequent
speaker on the topic of parathyroid surgery, giving talks around the US on
a frequent basis. He has been an invited speaker on the topic of
minimal parathyroid surgery at the American College of Surgeons Annual
Meeting on 7 occasions (including 2009). Dr Norman
has published several of the largest parathyroid articles of all time, and
serves as a reviewer for several medical journals. Dr
Norman holds 9 US and foreign patents (with another 3 patents pending),
including the patent for the techniques and tools used in radioguided
parathyroidectomy which recognize his contributions to minimal parathyroid surgery. Dr
Norman was a
central member of the prestigious Moffitt Cancer Center team that helped
develop sentinel lymph node mapping for breast cancer and melanoma
(which is now the preferred way to perform breast cancer and melanoma
surgery just as it is for parathyroid surgery). Dr
Norman has received more than $4.2 million in federal and industry grants to
support his research, including grants from the Department of Veteran's Affairs. Dr
Norman has never had a malpractice claim. Read Wikipedia
about Dr Norman.
More About Dr. Doug Politz, MD, FACS.
Dr. Politz obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana
State University where he was the recipient of an Honor’s Scholarship
and Leadership Scholarship. He then attended LSU Medical School where he
graduated with the Chancellor’s Award as the Most Outstanding Graduate.
He was the president of his medical school class and received multiple
honors and awards. He is a member of the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha
medical honor society (eligible to the top 10% of US medical school
graduates). Dr. Politz obtained his surgical training at the University of
South Florida, where he worked with Dr. Norman for 5 years. He was awarded
Most Outstanding Resident and/or Resident of the Year on 5 different
occasions. Similar to Dr Norman, Dr Politz has been awarded the
"Patients Choice Award" 4 consecutive years (top 5% of 720,000
American doctors) for his bedside manor and how he "treats" his
patients. Dr. Politz is board certified in General Surgery and a Fellow
of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), and is also a Fellow of the
American College of Endocrinology (FACE), is a member of the American
Association of Endocrine Surgeons, and is a member of the
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (among other medical
societies). After graduating residency he practiced surgery in Austin,
Texas where he introduced MIRP mini-parathyroid surgery to the state of
Texas, building an extensive referral network making him the number one
parathyroid surgeon in Texas. With the exception of Dr Norman, Dr Politz
has performed far more parathyroid operations than any other surgeon
worldwide (over 7000). Both surgeons now participate in every patient's
operation, so all patients get the expertise of the two most experienced
parathyroid surgeons. Dr. Politz has never had a malpractice claim. Doug is married to Laura Politz, MD
(Obstetrics and Gynecology) and they have 3 small children, a boy 7 and
twin girls 4.
More About Dr. Arnie Goodman, MD, FACS.
Dr. Goodman is the newest addition to our parathyroid team. Dr Goodman
attended Tulane University on the Tulane Scholars Program and then
attended Medical school at the University of Miami where he received
the Jill Greene Halpern Research Fellowship.
He did an internship in General Surgery and a Residency in
Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Maryland
Hospital. After residency he did
further training as Fellow in Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery
and Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California Davis.
Dr. Goodman is board certified in both Otolaryngology/ Head and
Neck Surgery and Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery and is a
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).
For over a decade, Dr. Goodman has been known as one of the "go to guys" in
Florida for complex throat tumors. He has been practicing Otolaryngology
and Head and Neck Surgery for over 20 years in Tampa and has extensive
experience in thyroid and parathyroid surgery.
He is a past president of the Florida Society of
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and Chief of the Division of
Otolaryngology at University Community Hospital for 15 years.
Dr. Goodman has been selected to the Best Doctors in America list
for several years running and was selected the "Most Outstanding
Head and Neck Surgeon" in Florida in 2007 by the Florida Society
of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Dr Goodman has never had a
malpractice claim.
Dr.
Goodman is married to Merle, (who had parathyroid surgery by Dr. Norman
five years ago) and has two children Sam 17 and Dori 14.
*Note: The statistics on this page do not guarantee a good
outcome for every patient, they simply reflect the fact that we do LOTS of
parathyroid operations and our expertise allows us to have exceptional
results. Our anesthesia team has done thousands. We've done thousands.
BUT--Every patient is an individual and will be treated as an
individual to have the best results with the lowest possibly risk and the
highest possible cure rate. These excellent results also shows that we follow our patients so
we always know how we are doing. We don't guess!
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