Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders in Children

Dr. Pallavi Iyer is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Director of Pediatric Thyroid Nodule clinic. In this role, Dr. Iyer established the only interdisciplinary program dedicated to caring for children with thyroid nodule/ thyroid cancer in the state of Alabama. She obtained her BS from The Ohio State University with Distinction in Molecular Genetics and Honors in Liberal Arts. She graduated from medical school from the Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health in 2001 and finished her pediatric residency, chief residency, and pediatric endocrine fellowship at the University of South Florida. She went on to become the first medical director of a new pediatric endocrine division at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Her interest is in care for children with pediatric endocrine tumors and long-term endocrine follow up of pediatric cancer survivors stem from taking care of patients with these unique needs.

Dr. Herbert Chen obtained his BS from Stanford University with Honors and with Distinction in 1988 and graduated from Duke University School of Medicine Alpha Omega Alpha in 1992. He then completed a general surgery residency followed by a surgical oncology and endocrinology fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Chen is Chair of the Department of Surgery at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and the Surgeon-in-Chief of UAB Hospital and Health System. He is a Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering and holds the Fay Fletcher Kerner Endowed Chair. His clinical interests include endocrine surgery and he is a pioneer in radio-guided parathyroid surgery. Dr. Chen is the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Surgery, serves on many other editorial boards. He is also the President of the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons Foundation, President of Surgical Biology Club II, Past-President of Association for Academic Surgery, Past-President of the Society of Clinical Surgery, and Past-President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. Dr. Chen has been recognized for his passion for teaching and mentoring the next generation of surgical leaders.