Jeffrey J. Sussman, MD Associate Professor & Chief Division of Surgical Oncology Department of Surgery College of Medicine University of Cincinnati

Answers questions in the following forums:

• Cancer
• Head and Neck Cancer
• Skin Cancer
• Skin Care and Diseases
• Thyroid Diseases

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	Article Name	Forum
	Lumps in Neck May Be Sign of Hidden Cancer	Thyroid Diseases

Education:

• M.D., UCLA School of Medicine

Post Graduate Training:

• General Surgery Residency, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Surgical Critical Care Fellow, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Surgical Oncology Research Fellow, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Surgical Oncology Clinical Fellowship / Junior Faculty Associate, Department of Surgical Oncology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Licensure or Certification:

• American Board of Surgery

Associations:

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• American College of Surgery Oncology Group, Melanoma committee
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• Association of VA Surgeons
• Central Surgical Association
• Cincinnati Academy of Medicine
• Cincinnati Surgical Society
• Commission on Cancer, Cancer Liaison Physician VAMC
• Mont Reid Surgical Society
• North American Surgical Oncology Group
• Ohio Medical Association
• Society of Surgical Oncology
• Southwest Oncology Group, Melanoma, Sarcoma and Surgery subcommittees

Partial List of Publications:

• Dackiw, APB, Sussman JJ, Stanford P, Hoff A, Gagel, RF, Evans DB, Lee JE: Relative Contributions of Technitium 99M Sestamibi Scintigraphy, Intraoperative Gamma Probe Detection and the Rapid PTH Assay to the Surgical Management of Hyperparathyroidism. Archives of Surgery, 135(5):550-5. 2000.
• Anderson CM, Buzaid AC, Sussman JJ, Lee J, Ali-Osman F, Braunschweiger PG, Plager, C, Bedekian A, Papadopuolos n, Eton O, Legha S, Grimm EA,: Nitric Oxide and Neopterin Levels and clinical Response in Stage III Melanoma Patients Receiving Concurrent Biochemotherapy. Melanoma Research, 8(2):149-55. 1998.
• Heaton KM, Sussman JJ, Gershenwald JE, Lee JE, Reintgen DS, Mansfield PF, Ross MI: Surgical Margins and Prognostic Factors in Thick (>4mm) Primary Melanoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 5(2): 322-327. 1998.
• Sondak VK, Robertson JM, Sussman JJ, Saran PA, Chang AE, Lawrence TS: Preoperative Iododeoxyuridine and Radiation for Large Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Clinical Results with Five-year Follow-up. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 5(2): 106-112. 1998.

Awards:

• University of California Regents Scholar, 1980-1984
• CRC Press Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award, 1981
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1983
• University of California, Riverside Graduation, Highest Honors, 1984
• Carl Fuglie Scholarship Award in Biomedical Sciences, 1984
• Howard Hughes/NIH Research Scholar, 1986-87
• Alpha Omega Alpha, 1988
• Alpha Omega Alpha Research Award (first place), 1988
• Emil Bogen Research Prize, UCLA 1988
• Robert Danto Cancer Research Memorial Award, American College of Surgeons, Michigan Chapter, 1993
• James W. Crudup Research Award, University of Michigan, 1995
• Coller Society Travel Grant Recipient, 1995
• Berlex Oncology Clinical Trial Design/Statistics, 1996
• Central Surgical Association Foundation Award, 1999
• Business Courier Health Care Hero Nominee, 2000, 2001