THE THYROIDOLOGISTS BLOG: SEE WHAT A THYROID EXPERT WITH CREDENTIALS HAS TO SAY

The Thyroid Doctor's log after seeing his patients. I am a rare bird. I am one of the few physicians to practice clinical thyroidology only for 35 years. I am the sole physician at the Santa Monica Thyroid Center, and have the best thyroid blood lab with Dr.Carole Spencer, expert in thyroid hormone analysis, and thyroid cancer markers, as my lab director.The lab is also CLIA certified in thyroid cytology. Dr.Guttler is a thyroid ultrasonographer certified by AACE, and AIUM.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Molecular Classifier saves surgery on a suspicious nodule

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Here is the result of an Afirma molecular classifier test done on a male patient set to go to surgery for a suspicious follicular lesion. th...
Monday, February 07, 2011

HMO Offers Poor and Outdated Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy To One of Their Own Employees.

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45 Y/O F had a isthmus nodule felt by her GI physician. An ultrasound done by a radiologist noted more nodules and one of them was biopsied...
Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Save Unnecessary Thyroid Surgery with new Afirma Molecular Marker Test

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Well thyroid patients heading to elective surgery for suspicious but not positive diagnosis of thyroid cancer, there is now a test, Afirma t...
Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Lobectomy for a Large Benign Thyroid Nodule? Second Opinion Saved the Day

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50 Y/O female for second opinion on a referral for a lobectomy for a very large thyroid nodule. The FNA of the nodule was benign, but becaus...
Friday, November 05, 2010

My Thyroid Ultrasound Referral Center is Certified by AIUM

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Endocrine Neck Ultrasound Lab of Southern California is the only referral center on the west coast that has both the certification of the ph...
Thursday, April 01, 2010

Clinical Thyroidologists: What we do for our patients.

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In the last month in cooperation with filmmaker John Lynch, I have produced 5 2 minute videos to explain what a real clinical thyroidologist...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Iodine Induced Graves' Disease Why Treat with Iodine?

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48 Y/O Female with hypothyroidism was treated with iodine pills and T3 cytomel. While on high dose T3 and iodine, she developed double visio...
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Richard B. Guttler M.D., F.A.C.E, ECNU
Santa Monica, California, United States
Dr. Guttler has been a Thyroid Expert for 36 years, board certified in internal medicine, and endocrinology, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Keck School Medicine USC. He was the past president and founder of the Academy of Clinical Thyroidologists, www.thyroidologists.com. He is certified by the American College of Endocrinology in Endocrine Neck ultrasound, ECNU. His Endocrine Neck Ultrasound of Southern California is certified for referrals by the American Institute of Ultrasound Medicine AIUM. Beginning in Jan.2009, he is teaching 3 day master's classes in thyroid ultrasound. These will be open to all interested in the endocrine neck. www.thyroid.com/class.html Dr. Guttler is the director of a world class thyroid center, with capability to do all aspects of thyroid diagnosis, and treatment. Dr. Guttler's Thyroid Home Page is at: http://www.thyroid.com. It is one of the first private thyroid sites on the web.He is the director of the Endocrine Neck Ultrasound Lab of Southern California. www.endocrineneck.com
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