Eric Kuo, MD
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
ColumbiaDoctors - 300 Frank Burr Blvd
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell
- Amerigroup of New Jersey
- AmeriHealth of New Jersey
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
- QualCare
- Quality Health Management
- RiverSpring
- TRICARE
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Eric Kuo, MD
Eric J. Kuo, MD is a board certified endocrine surgeon and Assistant Professor of Surgery who is skilled in the surgical treatment of thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal disease.
Dr. Kuo has had the unique opportunity to train with a variety of national and international leaders in the field of endocrine surgery. After obtaining his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine, Dr. Kuo completed his general surgery residency at the University of California, Los Angeles before completing his fellowship training in Endocrine Surgery at Columbia University, where he was recruited to stay on as faculty.
Dr. Kuo's clinical interests are in the surgical treatment of thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal disease, including minimally invasive thyroid and parathyroid surgery, retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy and robotic adrenalectomy. His philosophy towards patient care includes compassion, shared decision making, and technically excellent surgery.
Dr. Kuo's research interests include clinical outcomes and health services research, clinical informatics, and surgical education. His work has been published in high impact journals including Thyroid, JAMA Surgery, and Annals of Surgery and he has presented his work at national meetings including the American Thyroid Association and American Association of Endocrine Surgeons annual meetings.
Expertise
Adrenal and Pituitary Disease
Adrenal Cancer
Adrenal Disorder
Adrenal Gland Biopsy
Adrenal Gland Disorders
Adrenal Incidentaloma
Adrenal Laparoscopic Surgery
Adrenal Mass
Adrenal Surgery
Adrenal Tumor
Adrenalectomy
Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer (ATC)
Endocrine Cancer
Endocrine Disorders
Endocrine Tumor
Goiter
Graves’ Disease
Hyperaldosteronism
Hyperparathyroidism
Hyperthyroidism
Men 1 (Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1)
Men 2 (Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2)
Minimally Invasive Parathyroid Surgery
Multinodular Goiter
Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
Neuroendocrine Tumor
Overactive Thyroid
Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Paraganglioma
Parathyroid Cancer
Parathyroid Disease
Parathyroid Neoplasm
Parathyroid Surgery
Pheochromocytoma
Primary Aldosteronism
Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Recurrent Thyroid Cancer
Surgical Oncology
Thyroid Biopsy
Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid Disease
Thyroid Fine Needle Biopsy
Thyroid Goiter
Thyroid Lobectomy
Thyroid Mass
Thyroid Nodule
Thyroid Removal
Thyroid Surgery
Thyroid Tumor
Thyroidectomy
Total Thyroidectomy
Toxic Thyroid Nodule
Education
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
Internship: UCLA
Medical School: Yale University School Of Medicine
Residency: University Of California At Los Angeles
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Education
- Medical School: Yale University School Of Medicine
- Residency: University Of California At Los Angeles
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
- Internship: UCLA
Awards & Honors
- Deans List, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2005-2009
- E. Chester Ridgway Trainee Grant, American Thyroid Association, Victoria, British Columbia, 2017
- Outstanding Student Teaching Award, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
- Phi Beta Kappa, Junior, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
- The Association for Academic SurgeryNovartis Research Award, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 2014
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Surgery