Surgery

Geeta Lal, MD, MSc

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Endocrine and Breast Oncology Surgeon
Assistant Professor of Surgery  - Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery

Contact Information

Primary Office: 4641 JCP
Iowa City, IA 52242
Primary Office Phone: 319-356-1327

Email: geeta-lal@uiowa.edu

Education

BS, Summa cum Laude, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
MD, Honors, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MSc, University of Toronto and The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Ontario, Canada

Residency, General Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Fellowship, Endocrine Surgical Oncology, Mt. Zion Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco

Licensure and Certifications

Iowa Board of Medical Examiners
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario (independent practice)
Board Certified, American Board of Surgery
Specialist Certification - General Surgery, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Canada
Clinician Investor Program, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Canada

Research Summary

My lab is interested in studying genetic markers that can be used for diagnosis and in predicting prognosis of thyroid cancer and other endocrine malignancies. We also maintain an endocrine tumor tissue bank. We are also involved in several clinical projects in endocrine surgical oncology.

Selected Publications

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Risk of second primary thyroid cancer following another malignancy: Trends in a population-based study.  Lal G, Groff  M, Howe  J, Weigel  , Sugg  S, Lynch  C.  Ann Surg Oncol .  2012  January (1st Quarter/Winter).

Incidental finding of Composite pheochromocytoma-ganglioneuroma: Successful management after emergent appendectomy and review of the literature..  Lal G, Weigel  R, Kirby  P, Miron  , Royer  N.  World Journal of Endocrine surgery .  2011; 3 (1) :34-44.

Parathyroid cancer.  Lal G, Fang  S.  Endocr Pract.  2011; 1 :36-43.

Surveillance and intervention following thyroid lobectomy.  Lal G, Spanheimer  P, Sugg  S, Howe  J, Weigel  R.  Ann Surg Oncol .  2011; 18 (6) :1729-33.

.  Lal G, Clark  O.  2010  December. Management of Differentiated Thyroid cancers – Updated guidelines from the American Thyroid Association.

Basic and Clinical Endocrinology .  Lal G, Gardner  D, Greenspan  F, Clark  O.  8. McGraw-Hill Companies;  2010. Endocrine Surgery.

Expansion of a cell population expressing Stem cell markers in parathyroid glands from patients with Hyperparathyroidism.  Lal G, Weigel  , Fang  S, Guidroz  J, O’Malley  , Sugg  , Howe  J.  Ann Surg.  2010; 251 (1) :107-13.

PET-CT for recurrent or persistent differentiated thyroid cancer – Is there added utility beyond conventional imaging? .  Lal G, Fairchild  , Howe  J, Weigel  R, Sugg  S, Menda  Y.  Surgery.  2010; 148 (6) :1082-9.

Determinants of survival in patients with calciphylaxis – a multivariate analysis.  Lal G, Nowell  A, Liao  J, Sugg  , Weigel  R, Howe  J.  Surgery.  2009; 146 (6) :1028-34.

Extracellular Matrix 1 (ECM1) expression is a novel prognostic marker for poor long-term survival in breast cancer – a hospital-based cohort study in Iowa.  Lal G, Hashimi  , Smith  B, Zhang  L, Lynch  , Robinson  R, Weigel  .  Ann Surg Oncol .  2009; 16 (8) :2280-7.

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