Sir Richard Owen. (Reprinted with permission from Modarari et al. [12]. Courtesy of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England) Evolution of a Scientist Richard Owen was…

Phenotype Exon Codon ATA risk Sporadic MTC 13 768 A – 16 918 D – – – – FMTC 11 630 B – – 631 B – – 634 B…

Theodor Billroth. Eigenbesitz, (Auschnitt) Salkammergut 1892, fotograf Erich Conrad The second half of the nineteenth century was a period of tremendous advancement in surgery and a transition of the profession…

Fig. 1 Incidence, mortality, and 5-year survival for throid cancer in the USA (1975–2011) [1] Clinical practice guidelines are an invaluable tool in the successful treatment of not only thyroid…

  Familial adenomatosis polyposis PTEN hamartoma tumor (Cowden’s) Carney complex type 1 Pathognomonic criteria > 100 colorectal adenomatous polyps Mucocutaneous lesions and cerebellar tumors Pigmented skin lesions, i.e., lentigines, cutaneous,…

Felix Mandl. (Reprinted from [15], Copyright 2000, with permission from Elsevier) Early Life and Training Felix Mandl M.D. son of industrialist Emil Mandl and Linda Basch Mandl, was born on…

Dr. Jan Wolff (April 25, 1925). Photo of young Dr. Wolff in laboratory Born in Germany, Dr. Wolff was displaced to Holland at a young age as Hitler came into…

Henry Plummer, photographed at age 26, soon after graduating with his medical degree from Northwestern University and just before being recruited by the Mayo doctors. (By Permission of the Mayo…

Professor John Richard Farndon John Richard Farndon’s parents were married in 1939 and lived in a rented back-to-back flat in the Tinsley area of Sheffield. This home was destroyed in…

37. Harari A, Zarnegar R, Lee J, Kazam E, Inabnet WB 3rd, Fahey TJ 3rd. Computed tomography can guide focused exploration in select patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and negative sestamibi…