Description of Research Expertise

Thyroid nodules, Thyroid cancer, Thyroid disease and pregnancy, Ultrasound

Selected Publications

Nachum S, Tondi Resta I, Baloch Z, Mandel SJ: Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Cytology and Negative Molecular Profile: Prevalence of Malignancy and Practice Paradigms for Surveillance. Thyroid : 2025.

Ginzberg SP, Sharpe J, Passman JE, Amjad W, Wirtalla CJ, Soegaard Ballester, JM, Finn CB, Mandel SJ, Kelz RR, Wachtel H.: Revisiting the Relationship Between Tumor Size and Risk in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cance Thyroid 34 (8): 980-989,2024..

Alexis M, Ginzberg SP, Soegaard Ballester JM, Mandel SJ, Langer JE, Kelz RR, Wachtel H.: Assessing the Frequency of Deferrable Thyroid Nodule Biopsies to De- escalate Low-Value Care Endocr Pract. 30 (4): 305-310,2024.

Grani G, Del Gatto V, Cantisani V, Mandel SJ, Durante C.: A Reappraisal of Suspicious Sonographic Features of Thyroid Nodules: Shape Is Not an Independent Predictor of Malignancy J Clin Endocrinol Metab 108 : e816-e822,2023.

Durante C, Hegedüs L, Na DG, Papini E, Sipos JA, Baek JH, Frasoldati A, Grani G, Grant E, Horvath E, Hoang JK, Mandel SJ, Middleton WD, Ngu R, Orloff LA, Shin JH, Trimboli P, Yoon JH, Tessler FN.: International Expert Consensus on US Lexicon for Thyroid Nodules Radiology : 2023.

Ginzberg SP, Soegaard Ballester JM, Wirtalla CJ, Morales KH, Pryma DA, Mandel SJ, Kelz RR, Wachtel H.: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Appropriate Thyroid Cancer Treatment, Before and After the Release of the 2015 American Thyroid Association Guidelines Ann Surg Oncol : 2023.

Ginzberg SP, Soegaard Ballester JM, Wirtalla CJ, Morales KH, Pryma DA, Mandel SJ, Kelz RR, Wachtel H.: ASO Visual Abstract: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Appropriate Thyroid Cancer Treatment, Before and After the Release of the 2015 American Thyroid Association Guidelines Ann Surg Oncol : 2023.

Andrianus S, Gubbiotti MA, Mandel SJ, Nikiforov YE, Baloch Z.: Unraveling the significance of TSHR mutations in indeterminate thyroid cytology specimens Diagn Cytopathol : 2023.

Ginzberg SP, Soegaard Ballester JM, Wirtalla CJ, Pryma DA, Mandel SJ, Kelz RR, Wachtel H.: Insurance-Based Disparities in Guideline-Concordant Thyroid Cancer Care in the Era of De-escalation J Surg Res : 2023.

Chou R, Dana T, Mayson SE, Cibas ES, Durante C, Solórzano CC, Mandel SJ, Orloff LA.: Ultrasound Follow-Up of Benign Thyroid Nodules: A Scoping Review Thyroid : 2023.

Academic Contact Information

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
4th floor West, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366