 Erik Alexander, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr. Alexander currently participates in clinical research involving thyroid disease and pregnancy, and thyroid nodules and cancer. Most recently he has investigated the timing and onset of increased levothyroxine requirement during gestation, and the patterns and prevalence of thyroid cancer in patients with multinodular goiters. |
Recent Publications Include:
- Alexander EK, Marqusee E, Lawrence J, Jarolim P, Fischer GA, Larsen PR. Timing and Magnitude of Increases in Levothyroxine Requirements during pregnancy in women with hypothyroidism. N Eng J Med. 2004;351(3):25-33.
- Frates MC, Benson CB, Doubilet PM, Kunreuther E, Contreras M, Cibas ES, Orcutt J, Moore FD, Larsen PR, Marqusee E, Alexander EK. Prevalence and Distribution of Carcinoma in Patients with Solitary and Multiple Thyroid Nodules on Sonography. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006;91(9):3411
- Desai J, Yassa L, Marqusee E, George S, Frates MC, Chen MH, Morgan JA, Dychter SS, Larsen PR, Demetri GD, and Alexander EK. Hypothyroidism after Sunitinib Treatment for Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Ann Int Med. 2006;145(9):660-664
- Yassa L, Cibas ES, Benson CB, Frates MC, Doubilet PM, Gawande AA, Moore FD, Kim BW, Nose V, Marqusee E, Larsen PR, Alexander EK. Long-term Assessment of a Multisiciplinary Approach to Thyroid Nodule Diagnostic Evaluation. Cancer Cytopathology. 2007;111(6):580
- Alexander EK. Approach to the Patient with a Cytologically Indeterminate Thyroid Nodule. J Clin Endocrin Metab. 2008;93:4175-4182.
- Alexander EK, Mandel SJ. “Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Disease during Pregnancy”. In: DeGroot & Jameson's ENDOCRINOLOGY. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2009
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Contact Information:
(617) 732-5666
ekalexander@partners.org |
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