Dina M. Elaraj, MD

Dina M. Elaraj is Associate Professor of surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from University of Maryland and Postdoctoral fellowship in surgery from National Institutes of Health (NIH). She then completed her residency from University of Rochester Medical Center followed by fellowship from University of California- San Francisco Medical Center. Dr. Elaraj is board certified in Surgery.

Dr. Elaraj’s clinical and research interests include thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules and other benign disorders of the thyroid gland, hyperparathyroidism, functional and nonfunctional adrenal tumors, inherited endocrine disorders, and minimally invasive methods of treatment including minimally invasive thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy as well as laparoscopic adrenalectomy.

Dina M. Elaraj has an experience in treating endocrine cancer, gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor, adrenocortical carcinoma, appendix cancer, and thyroid cancer. She is specialized in endocrine & thyroid surgery.

Representative Publications:

Editorial: The Use of Potassium Iodide in Graves’ Disease

Evaluation of the Thyroid Nodule

Changing Management in Patients With Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Current Status and Treatment of Primary Hyperparathyroidism