Meet the Thyroid and Endocrine Surgery Team

Alejandro Diaz, MD

Chief, Section of Pediatric Endocrinology
Director, Division of Endocrinology

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Office: West Kendall

Clinical Interests: Management of children with conditions affecting the normal functioning of the thyroid gland, thyroid cancer, abnormal growth, early or late pubertal development, adrenal disorders, disorders of sex development and diabetes.

Adriana Carrillo Iregui, MD

Medical Director, Diabetes Program

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, metabolic disorders, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and thyroid cancer.

Carmen L Bustamante Escobar, MD

Director, Obesity Program
Director, Thyroid Cancer Program

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Office: Pinecrest

Clinical Interests: Turner syndrome, disorders of sex development (DSD), childhood obesity, pediatric thyroid conditions and thyroid cancer

Fuad Alkhoury, MD

Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program

Primary Office: Miami

Practice Name: Miami Associates in Pediatric Surgery, PA

Additional Offices: Aventura, Miami

Clinical Interests: Thyroid and endocrine surgery, Hepatobiliary and intra-thoracic pathology, neonatal and fetal medicine with focus on minimally invasive approach, pediatric robotic surgery

Ricardo Restrepo, MD

Pediatric Interventional Radiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: All types of vascular anomalies (birthmarks), such as hemangiomas and vascular malformations.

Carole D Brathwaite, MD

Primary Office: Miami

Practice Name: MCH Pathologists, PA

Clinical Interests: thyroid cancer

Ziad A Khatib, MD

Vice President of the Medical Staff
Neuro Oncology Program

Primary Office: Miami

Practice Name: Kidz Medical Services, Inc.

Clinical Interests: Pediatric brain tumors, neuro-oncology, pediatric cancer treatment, chemotherapy, glioma

Matthew David Hall, MD

Radiation Oncologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: cancer treatments with radiation therapy, minimizing long-term side effects.

Omar Beckett, DO

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Offices: West Kendall, Weston

Clinical Interests: Obesity and neonatal hypoglycemia

Luis E Gonzalez-Mendoza, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Office: Pinecrest

Clinical Interests: Diabetes

Andrea Granados, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Offices: Pinecrest, Weston

Clinical Interests: Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD)

Juan D Mejia Otero, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Primary Office: Boynton Beach

Clinical Interests: Puberty disorders, adrenal disorders and bone disease

Pedro A Pagan Banchs, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Pituitary disorders, bone mineral disorders, endocrine late effects of cancer treatment and diabetes.

Jonanlis Ramirez Alcantara, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Primary Office: Palm Beach Gardens

Additional Office: Palm City

Clinical Interests: Obesity, thyroid disorders, adrenal insufficiency, growth disorders and diabetes

Joshua W Tarkoff, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Offices: Miami Beach, West Kendall

Clinical Interests: endocrine disorders, obesity, type 1 and 2 diabetes, puberty and growth disorders.