Interventional Endocrinology

Doctors at NYU Langone’s Thyroid Program are experts in interventional endocrinology—using minimally invasive treatments to manage a variety of thyroid conditions. We create a personalized treatment plan to ensure that you have the best possible outcome.

While medications are useful for many thyroid conditions, we also offer advanced interventional thyroid procedures to manage thyroid nodules and cancers. These nonsurgical approaches, which leave little or no scarring, include radiofrequency ablation, nanosecond pulsed field ablation (nsPFA), thyroid artery embolization, and alcohol ablation.

We also use the latest approaches to perform remote access surgeries, which are scar-reducing or scarless procedures.

Leaders in Interventional Endocrinology Treatment

Our team of doctors is at the forefront of developing and using interventional endocrinology treatments.

These nonsurgical procedures can treat thyroid conditions that were previously only managed with surgery or radioactive iodine ablation, which damage healthy thyroid tissue and increase the risk of hypothyroidism. Patients who develop hypothyroidism require a daily dose of thyroid hormone. We use safe and effective interventional procedures because they help preserve healthy thyroid tissue and protect and restore thyroid function.

Pioneers in Radiofrequency Ablation for Thyroid Nodules

Our doctors were the first in New York City to offer thyroid radiofrequency ablation, or RFA, a technology that delivers heat to destroy large, noncancerous thyroid nodules that press on surrounding structures or cause undesirable bulging in the neck. We also use RFA to destroy nodules that cause hyperthyroidism.

Our team of experts may recommend RFA to treat some thyroid cancers or thyroid cancer that has come back in nearby lymph nodes.

Trailblazers in Nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation

We are among the first doctors in New York area to offer nanosecond pulsed field ablation for the treatment of toxic thyroid nodules that cause hyperthyroidism. This highly precise treatment delivers short electrical pulses that break down unwanted thyroid tissue and preserves surrounding healthy structures.

Experts in Thyroid Artery Embolization

Thyroid artery embolization interrupts blood flow and shrinks an extremely enlarged thyroid, also known as a goiter. A goiter can sometimes grow below the collarbone, protrude into the chest, or cause the neck to swell. We were among the first and are still one of only a handful of medical centers in the United States to offer this procedure.

Specialists in Ethanol Ablation

We may offer ethanol (alcohol) ablation to treat fluid-filled thyroid nodules, also known as cysts. This procedure may also be used to destroy lymph nodes containing cancer cells that have spread from the thyroid.