Randall Gaz, M.D.
Division of General Surgery
15 Parkman Street, WANG (WACC) 460
Boston, MA 02114
rgaz@partners.org
phone: (617) 726-3510
fax: (617) 724-3951

Clinical Background:

MD Degree:
Harvard Medical School

Residency:
Surgical Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Fellowship:
Claude Welch Research Fellow in Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Board of Certifications:
American Board of Surgery

Clinical Interests:
Hyperparathyroidism, Parathyroid and Thyroid Surgery

Research Interests:
Molecular biology of hyperparathyroidism
Parathyroid gland tissue culture & transplantation
Oncogenes and the etiology of thyroid carcinoma
Surgical treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma
Confocal laser microscopic of endocrine glands

Professional Societies:
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
American College of Endocrinology (FACE)
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
American Head and Neck Society
American College of Surgeons (FACS)

Recent Publications:

1. Shattack, TM, Valimaki S, Obara T, Gaz RD, Clark OH, Shoback D, Wierman ME, Tojo K, Robbins CM, Carpten JD, Farnebo LO, Larsson C, Arnold A. Somatic and Germ-Line Mutations of the HRPT2 Gene in Sporadic Parathyroid Carcinoma. NEJM 2003, 349:18, 1722-1729.

2. Gaz, R. Revision Parathyroid Surgery in Randolph, G.(ed.) Surgery of the Thyroid and parathyroid Glands, WB Saunders, Philadelphia PA, 2003, 564-570.

3. Shattuck TM, Kim TS, Costa J, Yandell DW, Imanishi Y, Palanisamy N, Gaz RD, Shoback D, Clark OH, Monchik JM, Wierman ME, Hollenber A, Katsuyoshi T, Chaganti RSK, Arnold A. Mutational analyses of RB and BRCA2 as candidate tumour suppressor genes in parathyroid carcinoma. Clinical Endocrinology, 2003, 59:180-189.

4. White, WM, Terney, GJ, Pilch, BZ, Fabian, RL, Anderson, RR, Gaz, RD. A novel, non-invasive imaging technizue for intraoperative assessment of parathyroid glands: Confocal reflectance microscopy. Surgery 2000, 128:6, 1088-1101.

5. Carling, T, Imanishi, Y, Gaz, R, Arnold, A. Analysis of the RAD54 Gene on Chromosome 1p as a Potential Tumor-Suppressor Gene in Parathyroid Adenomas. Internat Journal of Cancer, 1999.

6. Carling, T, Imanishi, Y, Gaz, R, Arnold, A. RAD51 as a Candidate Parathyroid Tumor Suppressor Gene on Chromosome 15q: Absence of Somatic Mutations. Clinical Endocrinology, 1999.

7. Gaz, RD, The Surgical Management of Persistent or Recurrent Hyperparathyroidism in Cameron, JL (ed.), Current Surgical Therapy, Mosby, sixth edition, 1997

8. Tahara, H, Smith, AP, Gaz, RD, Ziriwala, M, Xiong, Y, Arnold, A. Parathyroid Tumor Suppressor on 1p: Analysis of the p18 Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Gene As a Candidate, J Bone and Min Research, 1997, 12(9):1330-1334

8. Tahara, H, Smith, AP, Gaz, RD, Arnold, A. Loss of Chromosome Arm 9p DNA and Analysis of the p16 and p15 Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Genes in Human Parathyroid Adenomas. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 1996, 81(10):3663-3667

Tahara, H, Smith, AP, Gaz, RD, Cryns, VL, Arnold, A. Genomic Localization of Novel Candidate Tumor Suppressor Gene Loci in Human Parathyroid Adenomas. Cancer Res, 1996, 56(3):599-605

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