University of California San Francisco

Quan-Yang Duh, MD

Dr. Duh
Quan-Yang
Duh
MD

Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology 
Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery

Address

1600 Divisadero, #B612
San Francisco, CA 94115
United States

Email: [email protected]

ORCID: 0000000279474393

Biography

Dr. Quan-Yang Duh specializes in surgery to treat tumors of the thyroid, parathyroid, & adrenal glands, as well as other hormone gland and gastrointestinal malignancies. He has a special interest in laparoscopic endocrine surgery and other minimally invasive procedures for these disorders.

Dr. Duh earned his medical degree at UCSF, where he also completed his residency training in surgery and a fellowship in endocrine surgery. He is the past vice-president elect for American College of Surgeons (ACS). He is listed in Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors.

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Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
University of California, San Francisco M.D. School of Medicine 1981
University of California, San Francisco Residency School of Medicine

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery, 1989

Clinical Expertise

Adrenal Tumors
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Conn's Syndrome
Cushing's Syndrome
Hyperparathyroidism
Hyperthyroidism
Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
Laparoscopic Parathyroidectomy
Laparoscopic Thyroidectomy
Multinodular Goiter
Neuroendocrine  (Islet Cell) Tumors
Pheochromocytoma
Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid Nodules

Program Affiliations

  • Endocrine Surgical Oncology Program
  • UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Associate-Director, Videoscopic Training Program

 

Research Narrative

Dr. Duh's research in endocrine cancer involved oncogenesis, genetic alteration and redifferentiation treatment of thyroid cancer and adrenal tumors.  His clinical research involved patients with adrenal diseases (aldosteronoma, pheochromocytoma, Cushing, incidentaloma and adrenal metastasis), and minimally invasive parathyroid and thyroid operations.

Dr. Duh has developed and actively teaches several new techniques for advance laparoscopic surgery. He has authored or co-authored more than 250 articles and textbook chapters on topics of endocrine surgery and laparoscopic surgery. Dr. Duh was the Site Principal Investigator for a multi-center Veterans Affairs Medical Center prospective randomized trail of open mesh versus laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, the results of which was published in New England Journal of Medicine. He has started the program in robot-assisted laparoscopic general surgery at the VA Medical Center, currently focused on inguinal hernias.

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 32
  1. What Price Would You Pay to Avoid a Thyroidectomy Scar?
    Duh QY, Suh I| | PubMed
  2. Thermal Ablation for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Promise, Pitfalls, and Perspective.
    Kuo JH, Duh QY| | PubMed
  3. More liberal use of bilateral adrenalectomy for bilateral adrenal tumours with cortisol excess.
    Duh QY, Mulder MB| | PubMed
  4. Parathyroid autofluorescence: A conditionally cost-effective tool to reduce postoperative hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy.
    Fergus KB, Conroy PC, Thiesmeyer J, Kannan A, Gosnell J, Duh QY| | PubMed
  5. Unpacking the Benefits and Trade-offs of Scarless Thyroidectomy.
    Korman A, Suh I, Duh QY| | PubMed
  6. Near-Infrared Autofluorescence for Parathyroid Detection During Endocrine Neck Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
    Cousart AG, Kiernan CM, Willmon PA, Thomas G, Wang TS, Gauger PG, Duh QY, Underwood HJ, Jackson A, Patel A, Mahadevan-Jansen A, Solórzano CC| | PubMed
  7. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Thyroid Carcinoma, Version 1.2025.
    Haddad RI, Bischoff L, Applewhite M, Bernet V, Blomain E, Brito M, Busaidy NL, Campbell M, DeLozier O, Duh QY, Ehya H, Grady E, Guo T, Haymart M, Hunt JP, Kandeel F, Kotwal A, Lamonica DM, Lorch J, Mandel SJ, Markovina S, Mydlarz W, Nabell L, Raeburn CD, Rezaee R, Ridge JA, Ritter H, Roth MY, Salgado SA, Scheri RP, Shah JP, Sipos JA, Sippel R, Sturgeon C, Wirth LJ, Wong RJ, Worden F, Yeh MW, Darlow S, Cassara CJ, Sliker B| | PubMed
  8. Improving Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Specimen Handling and Processing.
    Murgatroyd J, Wagner LM, Duh QY| | PubMed
  9. Editorial: 2023 symposium on parathyroid fluorescence.
    Di Meglio I, Balasubramanian SP, Cha RJ, Duh QY, Lorenz K, Mahadevan-Jansen A, Triponez F| | PubMed
  10. Nerve monitoring in endocrine surgery: Practice patterns differ among surgeons for parathyroidectomy and thyroidectomy.
    Conroy PC, Wilhelm A, Rajwani T, Mulder M, Gosnell J, Shen WT, Duh QY, Roman S, Sosa JA| | PubMed
  11. Management of phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma in patients with germline SDHB pathogenic variants: an international expert Consensus statement.
    Taïeb D, Nölting S, Perrier ND, Fassnacht M, Carrasquillo JA, Grossman AB, Clifton-Bligh R, Wanna GB, Schwam ZG, Amar L, Bourdeau I, Casey RT, Crona J, Deal CL, Del Rivero J, Duh QY, Eisenhofer G, Fojo T, Ghayee HK, Gimenez-Roqueplo AP, Gill AJ, Hicks R, Imperiale A, Jha A, Kerstens MN, de Krijger RR, Lacroix A, Lazurova I, Lin FI, Lussey-Lepoutre C, Maher ER, Mete O, Naruse M, Nilubol N, Robledo M, Sebag F, Shah NS, Tanabe A, Thompson GB, Timmers HJLM, Widimsky J, Young WJ, Meuter L, Lenders JWM, Pacak K| | PubMed
  12. Invited commentary Dr. Janice Pasieka and pheochromocytoma.
    Duh QY| | PubMed
  13. Magic Pen?-An Innovative Adjunct for Intraoperative Identification of Parathyroid Glands.
    Mulder MB, Duh QY| | PubMed
  14. Somatic and Germline Mutations in Atypical Parathyroid Tumors.
    Ullmann TM, Mulder M, Davis S, Rajwani T, Khanafshar E, Duh QY| | PubMed
  15. Challenges and controversies in adrenal surgery: A practical approach.
    Beninato T, Duh QY, Long KL, Kiernan CM, Miller BS, Patel S, Randle RW, Wachtel H, Zanocco KA, Zern NK, Drake FT| | PubMed
  16. Reflecting on Thirty Years of Experience With Active Surveillance for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma.
    Mulder MB, Duh QY| | PubMed
  17. Recovery After Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: How Do Our Patients Really Feel?
    Lee WG, Gosnell JE, Shen WT, Duh QY, Suh I, Chen Y| | PubMed
  18. Surgical Aspects of Primary Hyperparathyroidism.
    Perrier N, Lang BH, Farias LCB, Poch LL, Sywak M, Almquist M, Vriens MR, Yeh MW, Shariq O, Duh QY, Yeh R, Vu T, LiVolsi V, Sitges-Serra A| | PubMed
  19. Accuracy of 18F-Fluorocholine PET for the Detection of Parathyroid Adenomas: Prospective Single-Center Study.
    Hope TA, Graves CE, Calais J, Ehman EC, Johnson GB, Thompson D, Aslam M, Duh QY, Gosnell JE, Shen WT, Roman SA, Sosa JA, Kluijfhout WP, Seib CD, Villaneuva-Meyer JE, Pampaloni MH, Suh I| | PubMed
  20. Adrenal incidentalomas.
    Duh QY| | PubMed
  21. Chromosomal aberrations by comparative genomic hybridization in hürthle cell thyroid carcinomas are associated with tumor recurrence.
    Wada N, Duh QY, Miura D, Brunaud L, Wong MG, Clark OH| | PubMed
  22. Aldosteronoma.
    Brunaud L, Duh QY| | PubMed
  23. Complications of neck dissection for thyroid cancer.
    Cheah WK, Arici C, Ituarte PH, Siperstein AE, Duh QY, Clark OH| | PubMed
  24. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma.
    Cheah WK, Clark OH, Horn JK, Siperstein AE, Duh QY| | PubMed
  25. Does intraoperative quick parathyroid hormone assay improve the results of parathyroidectomy?
    Miura D, Wada N, Arici C, Morita E, Duh QY, Clark OH| | PubMed
  26. Parathyroid gland volume increases with postmaturational aging in the rat.
    Halloran B, Udén P, Duh QY, Kikuchi S, Wieder T, Cao J, Clark O| | PubMed
  27. A critical analysis of intraoperative time utilization in laparoscopic adrenalectomy.
    Berber E, Duh QY, Clark OH, Siperstein AE| | PubMed
  28. Laparoscopic nephrectomy and autotransplantation for severe iatrogenic ureteral injuries.
    Shekarriz B, Lu H, Duh Q, Freise CE, Stoller ML| | PubMed
  29. Localization and reoperation results for persistent and recurrent parathyroid carcinoma.
    Kebebew E, Arici C, Duh QY, Clark OH| | PubMed
  30. Pheochromocytoma.
    Eigelberger MS, Duh QY| | PubMed
  31. Can localization studies be used to direct focused parathyroid operations?
    Arici C, Cheah WK, Ituarte PH, Morita E, Lynch TC, Siperstein AE, Duh QY, Clark OH| | PubMed
  32. Recurrent or persistent thyroid cancer of follicular cell origin.
    Duren M, Duh QY, Siperstein AE, Clark OH| | PubMed