Cornell University Medical College, USA

Email: tjfahey@med.cornell.edu

Qualifications

1986 M.D., Cornell University Medical College, USA

1982 B.Sc., Duke University, USA

Publications (selected)

1. Kato MA, Buitrago D, Moo TA, Keutgen XM, Hoda RS, Ricci JA, Christos PJ, Yang G, Fahey TJ III, Zarnegar R. Predictive value of cytologic atypia in indeterminate thyroid fine-needle aspirate biopsies. Ann Surg Oncol 18:2893-8, 2011.
2. Buitrago D, Trencheva K, Zarnegar R, Finnerty B, Aldailami H, Lee SW, Sonoda T, Milsom JW, Fahey TJ III. The impact of incidental identification on the stage at presentation of lower gastrointestinal carcinoids. J Am Coll Surg 213:652-6, 2011.
3. Jain S, Munjal S, Yantiss RK, Sonoda T, Fahey TJ III, Ruggiero JT, Anand A, Gersten A, Goldsmith SJ, Ocean AJ. Isolated splenic metastasis from rectal carcinoma: a rare occurrence. Case Rep Oncol 4:499-504, 2011.
4. Filicori F, Keutgen XM, Buitrago D, AlDailami H, Crowley M, Fahey TJ III, Zarnegar R. Risk stratification of indeterminate thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy specimens based on mutation analysis. Surgery 150:1085-91, 2011.
5. Wang W, Zhao W, Wang H, Teng X, Wang H, Chen X, Li Z, Yu X, Fahey TJ III, Teng L. Poorer prognosis and higher prevalence of BRAF (V600E) mutation in synchronous bilateral papillary thyroid carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 19: 31-6, 2012.
6. Tomás G, Tarabichi M, Gacquer D, Hébrant A, Dom G, Dumont JE, Keutgen X, Fahey TJ III, Maenhaut C, Detours V. A general method to derive robust organ-specific gene expression-based differentiation indices: application to thyroid cancer diagnostic. Oncogene 10:1038, 2012.
7. Beninato T, Kleiman DA, Scognamiglio T, Fahey TJ III, Zarnegar R. Tract recurrence of a follicular thyroid neoplasm following transaxillary endoscopic thyroidectomy. Thyroid 22:214-7, 2012.
8. Keutgen XM, Filicori F, Crowley MJ, Wang Y, Scognamiglio T, Hoda R, Buitrago D, Cooper D, Zeiger MA, Zarnegar R, Elemento O, Fahey TJ III. A panel of four miRNAs accurately differentiates malignant from benign indeterminate thyroid lesions on fine needle aspiration. Clin Cancer Res 18:2032-8, 2012.
9. Keutgen XM, Buitrago D, Filicori F, Kundel A, Elemento O, Fahey TJ III, Zarnegar R. Calcimimetics versus parathyroidectomy for treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism: retrospective chart analysis of a prospective database. Ann Surg 255:981-5, 2012.
10. Filicori F, Stock C, Schweitzer AD, Keutgen XM, Lagratta MD, Zarnegar R, Fahey TJ III. Three-dimensional CT volumetry predicts outcome of laparoscopic splenectomy for splenomegaly: retrospective clinical study. World J Surg 37:52-8, 2013.
11. Rich BS, Moo TA, Mark S, Scognamiglio T, Pecker MS, Sobol I, LaRocca GM, Fahey TJ III. Sympathetic paraganglioma in a patient with unrepaired tetralogy of Fallot: a case report and review of the literature. J Clin Endo Metab 98: 7-12. 2013.
12. Cabot JC, Lee CR, Brunaud L, Kleiman DA, Chung WY, Fahey TJ 3rd, Zarnegar R. Robotic and endoscopic transaxillary thyroidectomies may be cost prohibitive when compared to standard cervical thyroidectomy: a cost analysis. Surgery 152:1016-24, 2012.
13. Gottfried-Blackmore A, Chan J, Caputo TA, Fahey TJ, Pasmantier MW, Gupta D, Frey MK. Recurrent skeletal muscle and abdominopelvic low-grade leiomyosarcoma. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 120: 289-90, 2013.
14. Kleiman DA, Sporn MJ, Beninato T, Metz Y, Crawford C, Fahey TJ III, Zarnegar R. Early referral of r24-h esophageal pH monitoring may prevent unnecessary treatment with acid-reducing medications. Surg Endosc 27:1302-9, 2013.
15. Kleiman DA, Sporn MJ, Beninato T, Crowley MJ, Nguyen A, Uccelli A, Scognamiglio T, Zarnegar R, Fahey TJ III. Preoperative BRAF (V600E) mutation screening is unlikely to alter initial surgical treatment of patients with indeterminate thyroid nodules: A prospective case series of 960 patients. Cancer 110:5999-6003, 2013.