Today’s guest is Dr. Ryan Neilan, an otolaryngologist/head and neck surgeon practicing in Houston, Texas. He is the Chairman of the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Division at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center. He has been honored as a Vitals “Top 10 Doctor” and received both the “Patients’ Choice Award” and the “Compassionate Doctor Recognition.” His peers have repeatedly selected Ryan as a “Texas Super Doctors, Rising Star.” Clinically he sees the breadth of general Otorhinolaryngology, utilizing multiple advanced and minimally invasive techniques. He is the Director of Interventional Endocrinology at Texas ENT Specialists and is the first Head & Neck Surgeon in Texas to offer in-office Radiofrequency Ablation treatment for thyroid nodules.Contact Dr. Ryan Neilan9301 Pinecroft Dr. Suite 150Shenandoah, TX 77380(281) 362-1368https://www.texasent.com/providers/ryan-neilan/Timestamps:00:00 Episode Teaser00:44 Podcast intro01: 26 Dr. Ryan Neilan intro02:18 I met Dr. Neilan at Johns Hopkins02:50 Dr. Neilan discovered RFA through a patient!05:20 Educating Primary Care Providers about RFA08:04 Dr. Neilan's medical background14:18 Training for RFA17:30 Dr. Neilan's clinical experience with RFA20:30 Dr. Neilan will treat small thyroid cancer with RFA25:00 North American Guidelines for Thyroid RFA27:40 Insurance coverage/CPT billing code29:09 Comparing cost of RFA to thyroid surgery31:50 Recovery from RFA compared to thyroid surgery33:18 Treating multiple thyroid nodules38:01 Monopolar and bipolar RFA electrodes38:55 RFA follow up after thyroid cancer👉RFA Guidelines:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443588/Disclaimer: None of the statements made in this or any other video by "Its me Jen again" should be considered medical advice. 👉Find a thyroid thermal ablation provider: https://www.saveyourthyroid.org/ 👉Join our FB community, Save Your Thyroid: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saveyourthyroidnonsurgical/ 👉Donate to the Save Your Thyroid community via our fiscal sponsor ThyCa: https://civi.thyca.org/donate/ *Please send an email to donations@thyca.org and let them know your donation is for SYT. 👉Follow me on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ZbeDCU 👉Subscribe to my Substack: https://itsmejenagain.substack.com/ 👉Follow me on IG/FB for more patient focused information (I'm a patient too!): FB: https://www.facebook.com/itsmejenagain IG: https://www.instagram.com/itsme_jenagain/ 👉Subscribe to this channel, Its me Jen again: / itsmejenagain 👉If you value this content, please consider donating to my efforts to spread this message: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/itsmejenagain #advocate #nonprofit #saveyourthyroid #thyroidnodule #thyroidcancer #thyroidsurgery #nonsurgical #thermalablation #thyroidectomy #patient #advocate #itsmejenagain #thyroidrfa #otolaryngology #ENT #surgeon #JohnsHopkinsMedicine Music Credits: No attribution required
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