Adrenal Tumor, Disease and Surgery Q&A with Dr. Carling - June 2024 Edition

Every few months, Dr. Carling of the Carling Adrenal Center at the Hospital for Endocrine Surgery hosts a Facebook Live Q&A. He answers questions on all things adrenal glands, adrenal disease and adrenal surgery.

Check it out for answers from a world expert on many of your burning questions regarding the adrenals.

Follow the Carling Adrenal Center on Facebook to be notified of our next Live Q&A so you can participate.

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Dr. Carling is the most experienced adrenal surgeon in the United States, and by far the world's most knowledgeable surgeon-scientist when it comes to adrenal gland function and disease, adrenal tumors and cancer, and all forms of adrenal gland surgery. Dr. Carling has more experience with advanced minimally invasive adrenal and endocrine operations than any surgeon in the United States. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Carling is a significant member of both the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) and the International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES).

More about him here: https://www.adrenal.com/tobias-carling


00:12 Introduction to Carling Adrenal Center and Q&A session
01:48 Tests to diagnose adrenal diseases
05:00 Possibility of having Cushing and pheochromocytoma simultaneously
07:00 Managing incidental adrenal adenomas without symptoms
09:19 Bilateral hyperplasia vs bilateral hyperaldosteronism explained
13:51 Effects of adrenalectomy on fitness and recovery time
16:57 Cardiac effects of adrenal tumors and atrial fibrillation
25:09 Partial adrenalectomy and managing bilateral adrenal tumors