Amanda M. Laird, MD,FACS

Dr. Laird is a fellowship trained endocrine surgeon and Chief of the Section of Endocrine Surgery at Rutgers Cancer Institute. She treats neuroendocrine and endocrine tumors of the thyroid, parathyroid glands, and adrenal glands, and have obtained a Designation of Focused Practice in Adult Complex Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery from the American Board of Surgery. Her expertise is in both traditional open surgical techniques as well as minimally invasive surgery techniques. She works closely with a multidisciplinary team and provides coordinated care for her patients that results in improved outcomes. Prior to joining Rutgers Cancer Institute, she was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was Director of Endocrine Surgery. Dr. Laird serves on several committees for both the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons and the Association of Academic Surgery. Her clinical research has yielded peer-reviewed publications, reviews, book chapters, and both national and international presentations. After graduation from Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, she completed residency in general surgery at Wake Forest University and then completed the Norman Thompson Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery at the University of Michigan.

Clinical Interests:

Thyroid cancer, primary hyperparathyroidism, secondary hyperparathyroidism, tertiary hyperparathyroidism, reoperative thyroid surgery, reoperative parathyroid surgery, mimally invasive parathyroid surgery, minimally invasive adrenal surgery, laparoscopic adrenalectomy, endocrine tumors, neuroendocrine tumors, carcinoid tumors, thyroid surgery, parathyroid surgery, adrenal gland surgery, adrenocortical cancer, pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma, multiple endocrine neoplasia, and clinical trials.