Thyroid RFA in HOUSTON: Dr. Cristina Boccalandro

Dr. Boccalandro began her medical career as an Amazon jungle doctor, serving the indigenous Yanomami Indians. Fast forward to today and she's providing the thyroid RFA procedure in Houston, Texas. In this video, you'll hear more from Dr. Boccalandro about her experience in treating patients with this leading edge technology that allows patients to save their thyroid from surgery.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:03 Dr. Boccalandro's experience as an Amazon jungle doctor
03:07 Discussing thyroid RFA with Dr. Boccalandro
04:06 How thyroid ultrasound helps with diagnosis
04:35 Dr. Boccalandro's discovery of thyroid RFA
05:16 Dr. Boccalandro's RFA successes
06:27 Mentoring other physicians in thyroid RFA
07:40 North American Society of Interventional Endocrinologists
08:04 Insurance reimbursement of thyroid RFA
09:19 Starting a non-profit organization to support patients with thyroid nodules
10:12 The satisfaction of being able to provide thyroid RFA
11:30 There aren't enough doctors saving thyroids
12:45 Being conservative with older patients
14:55 A little bit of my thyroid nodule story
16:45 Discussing thyroid RFA
18:27 Follow up after thyroid RFA/Educating the medical community
19:50 Misinformation about thyroid RFA

Dr. Cristina Boccalandro's websites:
https://www.thyroidrfacenterforexcell...
https://www.txendocrine.com/doctors/d...

Dr. Cristina Boccalandro on LinkedIn:
  / cristina-boccalandro-07284547  

Dr. Cristina Boccalandro on Facebook:
  / drcristinaboccalandro  

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