CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
161 Fort Washington Avenue
Suite 829
New York, NY 10032
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About Jennifer Hong Kuo, MD
Dr. Jennifer H. Kuo is a board-certified surgeon-scientist nationally recognized for her expertise in thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal surgery. She is a high-volume, minimally invasive surgeon specializing in advanced techniques such as transoral thyroidectomy and robotic adrenalectomy, and is an internationally recognized leader in ultrasound-guided percutaneous ablation of thyroid nodules. Among the earliest adopters of radiofrequency ablation (RFA), microwave ablation (MWA), ethanol ablation, and nanosecond pulsed field ablation (nsPFA) in the United States, she founded and leads Columbia University's Interventional Endocrinology program, one of the nation's first, most comprehensive,...
Board Certifications
- Surgery
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
- Alcohol Ablation of Thyroid Cyst
- Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer (ATC)
- Cushing's Syndrome
- Disorder of Adrenal Gland
- Endocrine Cancer
- Endocrine Disorders
- Endocrine Tumor
- Goiter
- Graves' Disease
- Graves’ Disease
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Medullary Thyroid Cancer (MTC)
- Men 1 (Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1)
- Men 2 (Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2)
- Metastasis to Adrenal Gland
- Metastatic Thyroid Cancer
- Minimally Invasive Parathyroid Surgery
- Multinodular Goiter
- Needle Thyroid Biopsy
- Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
- Neuroendocrine Tumor
- Overactive Thyroid
- Parathyroid Cancer
- Parathyroid Disease
- Parathyroid Neoplasm
- Parathyroid Surgery
- Pheochromocytoma
- Primary Aldosteronism
- Primary Hyperparathyroidism
- Recurrent Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Biopsy
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Disease
- Thyroid Fine Needle Biopsy
- Thyroid Goiter
- Thyroid Lobectomy
- Thyroid Mass
- Thyroid Nodule
- Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation
- Thyroid Removal
- Thyroid Rfa
- Thyroid Surgery
- Thyroid Tumor
- Thyroidectomy
- Total Thyroidectomy
- Toxic Thyroid Nodule
- Ultrasound Guidance For Fine Needle Aspiration of Thyroid
Education
- Internship: University of California Davis Medical Center
- Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Surgery at CUMC
- Director, Endocrine Surgery Research Program
- Director, Interventional Endocrinology Program
- Program Director, Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Program
- Vice Chair for Informatics, Department of Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Education
- Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Internship: University of California Davis Medical Center
Awards & Honors
- Society of Asian Academic Surgeons-Association of Women Surgeons Visiting Professorship Award, 2020
- Kenneth A. Forde, MD Junior Faculty Award, 2019
- Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar (EWIMS), 2019
- Top Doctors Award, 2019
- The Leading Physicians in the World: Top Endocrine Surgeon, 2018-19
- Super Doctors Rising Stars Award, 2016-2019
- Super Doctors Award, 2020
Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Surgery at CUMC
- Director, Endocrine Surgery Research Program
- Director, Interventional Endocrinology Program
- Program Director, Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Program
- Vice Chair for Informatics, Department of Surgery
Board Certifications
- surgery