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 effecs.


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