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The Parathyroid Blog has Begun!

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Dr. Jim Norman
May 9th, 2013

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A new blog starts today on the topic of parathyroid disorders, hyperparathyroidism and high calcium. Patients and doctors seeking information on parathyroid topics will have a fresh choice-a blog written by the world's most experienced parathyroid doctors. Our expert surgeons operate on 10 or more hyperparathyroidism patients every day. At least one of these illustrates specific aspects of hyperparathyroidism which can serve as a very interesting and effective teaching tool. We will cover every aspect of hyperparathyroidism, from symptoms to screw ups in surgery (not ours of course!). Each blog will be supplemented with footnotes and links to scientific articles published on that particular topic, and will have links to appropriate websites with additional information.

Parathyroid patients that are the topic of each of these blogs are sent to us from endocrinologists all over the world. Those doctors that have done an outstanding job on these issues will be recognized in the blog. We have come to realize that many doctors are not quite up to date about high blood calcium and hyperparathyroidism, so we are going to give a shout-out to all the great doctors out there when we find them and will provide links to their practice.

On occasion we will have a guest blogger who we know as an expert in hyperparathyroidism or parathyroid surgery.

PATIENT STORIES will also become a part of the blog so they can help us teach through their great stories.

All blogs will be indexed with key words for search purposes. Photos of x-rays, scans, and even parathyroid tumors will be used whenever possible and appropriate. Enjoy with us!

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Author

Dr. Jim Norman

Jim Norman, MD, FACS, FACE, is recognized as one of the world's foremost experts on parathyroid disease and hyperparathyroidism. In 2022 he joined with HCA Healthcare to open the Hospital for Endocrine Surgery, the highest volume hospital in the world for surgery of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands. He is the founder of the Norman Parathyroid Center as well as the co-founder of the Clayman Thyroid Center and Carling Adrenal Center. Previously he served as the Director of Endocrine Surgery at the University of South Florida. He was the founder of Healthline and the founder of EndocrineWeb. Dr Norman has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles in the medical literature and has received over $5M in research grants. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and also a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology (FACE). He is recognized in the top 1% of all surgeons by US News and World Reports in addition to dozens of other awards and Best Surgeon accolades. Dr Norman and his partners perform more than 5,000 thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal operations annually on patients from all over the world.