Loan Repayment Award, NIH
(2010)
2nd Renewal LRP award
Loan Repayment Award, NIH
(2008)
1st Renewal LRP award
Junior Faculty Poster Award, UCD Department of Medicine Research Day
(2007)
Research Poster Award
Loan Repayment Award, NIH
(2006)
Initial Loan Repayment Award
Research Interests
Evaluation and management of thyroid nodules and treatment of aggressive thyroid cancer
Publications
Mehra S, Tuttle RM Md, Bergman DA, Bernet V, Brett EM, Cobin R, Doherty G, Klopper J, Lee SL, Machac J, Milas M, Mechanick JI, Orloff LA, Randolph G, Ross DS, Smallridge RC, Terris DJ, Tufano R, Alon E, Clain J, Dos Reis LL, Scherl S, Urken ML. Improving the Quality of Thyroid Cancer Care: How Does the Thyroid Cancer Care Collaborative Cross the Institute of Medicine's Quality Chasm?. Thyroid. 2014 Feb 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24512449
Urken ML, Milas M, Randolph GW, Tufano R, Bergman D, Bernet V, Brett EM, Brierley JD, Cobin R, Doherty G, Klopper J, Lee S, Machac J, Mechanick JI, Orloff LA, Ross D, Smallridge RC, Terris DJ, Clain JB, Tuttle M. A review of the management of recurrent and persistent metastatic lymph nodes in well differentiated thyroid cancer: A multifactorial decision making guide created for the Thyroid Cancer Care Collaborative. Head Neck. 2014 Jan 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24436291
Alexander EK, Schorr M, Klopper J, Kim C, Sipos J, Nabhan F, Parker C, Steward DL, Mandel SJ, Haugen BR. Multicenter clinical experience with the Afirma gene expression classifier. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Jan;99(1):119-25. PubMed PMID: 24152684
Smallridge RC, Copland JA, Brose MS, Wadsworth JT, Houvras Y, Menefee ME, Bible KC, Shah MH, Gramza AW, Klopper JP, Marlow LA, Heckman MG, Von Roemeling R. Efatutazone, an oral PPAR-? agonist, in combination with paclitaxel in anaplastic thyroid cancer: results of a multicenter phase 1 trial. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Jun;98(6):2392-400. PubMed PMID: 23589525
Professional Memberships
American Thyroid Association (ATA) , Member
The Endocrine Society , Member
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), Member