Associate Professor in Surgery-Gastrointestinal and Endocrine, Northwestern University Medical School
General Surgery
Dr. Cord Sturgeon, MD
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Cord Sturgeon is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He studied medicine at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago is ranked 49/85 in Research/PrimaryCare. He over the years received 3 awards: "Regional Top Doctor", "Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Cord Sturgeon is a published MD as well. He has 34 publications published. The latest was: Parathyroid Carcinoma: An Update on Treatment Outcomes and Prognostic Factors from the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB). Cord Sturgeon accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Parathyroid Carcinoma: An Update on Treatment Outcomes and Prognostic Factors from the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB).
- A novel staging system for adrenocortical carcinoma better predicts survival in patients with stage I/II Disease.
- Thyroid carcinoma, version 2.2014.
- Extent of surgery affects survival for papillary thyroid Cancer.
- All Cervical Sonography Is Not Created Equal.
- Operative Treatment of Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Balancing Cost-effectiveness with Successful Outcomes.
- Risk Based Ultrasound Screening for Thyroid Cancer in Obese Patients is Cost-effective.
- Routine prophylactic central neck dissection for low-risk papillary thyroid Cancer: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
- A multi-institutional international study of risk factors for hematoma after Thyroidectomy.
- Cost effectiveness of intraoperative pathology examination during diagnostic hemithyroidectomy for unilateral follicular thyroid Neoplasms.
- Routine On-Site Evaluation of Specimen Adequacy During Initial Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration of Thyroid Nodules: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of repeat fine-needle aspiration for Thyroid biopsies read as atypia of undetermined significance.
- Is subtotal Thyroidectomy a cost-effective treatment for Graves disease? A cost-effectiveness analysis of the medical and surgical treatment options.
- No need to abandon unilateral paraThyroid surgery.
- Cost-effectiveness of parathyroidectomy for Primary hyperparathyroidism.
- The management of aldosterone-producing Adrenal adenomas--does Adrenalectomy increase costs?
- Thyroid carcinoma.
- Influence of lymph node metastases on survival in pediatric medullary thyroid Cancer.
- Medullary carcinoma.
- The value of intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring in localized Primary hyperparathyroidism: a cost analysis.
- Physical examination trumps mediastinoscopy in diagnosing maffucci syndrome: a rare cause of mediastinal mass.
- Metastatic struma ovarii treated with total Thyroidectomy and radioiodine ablation.
- Neuromonitoring in thyroid surgery: attitudes, usage patterns, and predictors of use among Endocrine surgeons.
- Guidelines for the management of asymptomatic Primary hyperparathyroidism: summary statement from the third international workshop.
- Surgery for asymptomatic Primary hyperparathyroidism: proceedings of the third international workshop.
- Adrenocortical carcinoma in the United States: treatment utilization and prognostic factors.
- Impact of surgical treatment on outcomes for papillary thyroid Cancer.
- Utilization of total thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid Cancer in the United States.
- Familial nonmedullary thyroid Cancer.
- From incidentaloma to adrenocortical carcinoma: the surgical management of Adrenal tumors.
- Should pheochromocytoma size influence surgical approach? A comparison of 90 Malignant and 60 benign pheochromocytomas.
- Laparoscopic surgery for melanoma metastases to the Adrenal gland.
- Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for malignancy.
Schools
University Of Illinois College Of Medicine Chicago
University Of Il HospUniv Of Il
University of Illinois Hospital
University of California At San Francisco
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Procedures Preformed
- Adrenalectomy
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Fine Needle Aspiration of Thyroid Nodules
- Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
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Conditions Treated
- Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms
- Adrenal Incidentaloma
- Endocrine Cancer
- Familial Primary HyperparaThyroidism
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Doctors Specialties
- Endocrine Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago -
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Hospital
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1427025139 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | STURGEON | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | CORD | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 606114546 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 52.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 15.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 28.85 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1427025139 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | STURGEON |
| First Name Of The Provider | CORD |
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