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Benjamin C. James, M.D.

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SUNY Binghamton University, Binghamton NYBA06/2004Biology
Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey PAMD04/2008Medicine
Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey PA06/2013General Surgery
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL06/2014Endocrine Surgery
The University of Chicago, Chicago, ILMS06/2015Masters of Public Health Sciences
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL06/2015Endocrine Surgery Research Fellowship

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Available: 04/05/22, Expires: 06/01/23

My research is aimed at ultimately understanding and decreasing the burden associated with the surgical treatment of thyroid cancer. This evaluation encompasses both the surgical impact and financial impact of the treatment of thyroid cancer. Additionally, my lab is currently conducting studies evaluating the glycomic profile of thyroid cancer tissue compared to benign tissue with the goal of creating a tool to adequately differentiate thyroid cancer nodules from benign thyroid nodules.


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  1. Uppal N, Collins R, James B. Thyroid nodules: Global, economic, and personal burdens. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023; 14:1113977. PMID: 36755911; PMCID: PMC9899850.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  2. Broekhuis JM, James BC. Delays in Surgery for Differentiated Thyroid Carcinomas: How Long Is Reasonable, and What Questions Remain? J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 01 17; 108(2):e23-e24. PMID: 36317658.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  3. Broekhuis JM, James BC, Grogan RH. Scarless Surgery: Clinical Indications for Transoral Endocrine Surgery and Implications for Pathologists. Surg Pathol Clin. 2023 Mar; 16(1):163-166. PMID: 36739163.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  4. Chen JJ, Gompers A, Evenson A, James BC, Royce C. Surgical Adaptation of the Situation Awareness Rating Technique (S-SART): Assessing Situational Awareness Among Medical Students. J Surg Educ. 2023 Feb; 80(2):216-227. PMID: 36270915.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  5. Broekhuis JM, Chaves N, Chen HW, Drake FT, James BC. Disparities in Time to Surgeon Evaluation Among Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism. Surgery. 2023 Jan; 173(1):103-110. PMID: 36198492.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  6. Collins RA, DiGennaro C, Beninato T, Gartland RM, Chaves N, Broekhuis JM, Reddy L, Lee J, Deimiller A, Alterio MM, Campbell MJ, Lee YJ, Khilnani TK, Stewart LA, O'Brien MA, Alvarado MVY, Zheng F, McAneny D, Liou R, McManus C, Dream SY, Wang TS, Yen TW, Alhefdhi A, Finnerty BM, Fahey TJ, Graves CE, Laird AM, Nehs MA, Drake FT, Lee JA, McHenry CR, James BC, Pasieka JL, Kuo JH, Lubitz CC. Limited disease progression in endocrine surgery patients with treatment delays due to COVID-19. Surgery. 2023 Jan; 173(1):93-100. PMID: 36210185; PMCID: PMC9420726.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
  7. Broekhuis JM, Chaves N, Chen HW, Drake FT, James BC. Are patients with limited English proficiency less likely to undergo parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyoidism? Am J Surg. 2022 Jun 08. PMID: 35717203.
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  8. Uppal N, Cunningham Nee Lubitz C, James B. The Cost and Financial Burden of Thyroid Cancer on Patients in the US: A Review and Directions for Future Research. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 06 01; 148(6):568-575. PMID: 35511135.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  9. Broekhuis JM, Chaves N, Chen HW, Cloonan DJ, Sacks BA, James BC. Association Between Size of Dominant Candidate Lesion on Four-Dimensional CT and Four-Gland Hyperplasia among Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 08 01; 235(2):332-339. PMID: 35839411.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  10. Krumeich LN, Roses RE, Kuo LE, Lindeman BM, Nehs MA, Tavakkoli A, Parangi S, Hodin RA, Fraker DL, James BC, Wang TS, Solórzano CC, Lubitz CC, Wachtel H. ASO Visual Abstract: Survival After Adrenalectomy for Metastatic Lung Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 04; 29(4):2580-2581. PMID: 35094187.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  11. Broekhuis JM, James BC, Cummings RD, Hasselgren PO. Posttranslational Modifications in Thyroid Cancer: Implications for Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Classification, and Treatment. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Mar 22; 14(7). PMID: 35406382; PMCID: PMC8996999.
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  12. Li C, Broekhuis J, James BC. Authors' reply to: "Comments on long-term voice changes after thyroidectomy: Results from a validated survey". Surgery. 2022 05; 171(5):1443. PMID: 35181125.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  13. Chaves N, Rodriguez MJ, Broekhuis JM, Chen HW, Bain PA, James BC. Quality of Life in Patients with Benign Non-Toxic Goiter After Surgical Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World J Surg. 2022 05; 46(5):1093-1104. PMID: 35075521.
    Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  14. Krumeich LN, Roses RE, Kuo LE, Lindeman BM, Nehs MA, Tavakkoli A, Parangi S, Hodin RA, Fraker DL, James BC, Wang TS, Solórzano CC, Lubitz CC, Wachtel H. Survival After Adrenalectomy for Metastatic Lung Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Apr; 29(4):2571-2579. PMID: 34989938.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  15. Wachtel H, Roses RE, Kuo LE, Lindeman BM, Nehs MA, Tavakkoli A, Parangi S, Hodin RA, Fraker DL, James BC, Carr AA, Wang TS, Solórzano CC, Lubitz CC. Adrenalectomy for Secondary Malignancy: Patients, Outcomes, and Indications. Ann Surg. 2021 12 01; 274(6):1073-1080. PMID: 32427760.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  16. Uppal N, Lubitz C, James B. Medical Debt in the US From 2009 to 2020. JAMA. 2021 11 09; 326(18):1873. PMID: 34751715.
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  17. Raje P, Broekhuis JM, Sacks BA, James BC. Diagnostic Impact of Adrenal Vein Sampling in Adrenal Cushing's Syndrome. J Surg Res. 2021 12; 268:660-666. PMID: 34481219.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  18. Li C, Lopez B, Fligor S, Broekhuis JM, Maeda A, Duncan S, Chen HW, Choudhary A, Budwani S, Hasselgren PO, Mowschenson P, Mallur PS, James BC. Long-term voice changes after thyroidectomy: Results from a validated survey. Surgery. 2021 12; 170(6):1687-1691. PMID: 34344524.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  19. Higgins S, James BC, Sacks B, Mowschenson P, Nishino M, Hasselgren PO. Can Cytologic and Sonographic Features Help Prevent Overtreatment of Bethesda V Thyroid Nodules? J Surg Res. 2021 12; 268:112-118. PMID: 34298210.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  20. Fligor SC, Lopez B, Uppal N, Lubitz CC, James BC. ASO Visual Abstract: Time to Surgery and Thyroid Cancer Survival in the United States. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Jul; 28(7):3566. PMID: 33768401.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  21. Broekhuis JM, Chen HW, Maeda AH, Duncan S, Grogan RH, James BC. Public Perceptions of Transoral Endocrine Surgery and their Influence on Choice of Operative Approach. J Surg Res. 2021 11; 267:56-62. PMID: 34130239.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  22. Broekhuis JM, Li C, Chen HW, Chaves N, Duncan S, Lopez B, Maeda AH, Hasselgren PO, Mowschenson P, James BC. Patient-Reported Financial Burden in Thyroid Cancer. J Surg Res. 2021 10; 266:160-167. PMID: 34000639.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  23. Fligor SC, Li C, Hamaguchi R, William J, James BC. Decreasing Surgical Management of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in the United States. J Surg Res. 2021 08; 264:444-453. PMID: 33848844.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  24. Fligor SC, Lopez B, Uppal N, Lubitz CC, James BC. Time to Surgery and Thyroid Cancer Survival in the United States. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Jul; 28(7):3556-3565. PMID: 33768394.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  25. Fligor SC, Lubitz CC, James BC. ASO Author Reflections: Does Timely Surgery Matter in Papillary Thyroid Cancer? Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Jul; 28(7):3567. PMID: 33755830; PMCID: PMC7986143.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  26. Kent TS, Freischlag J, Minter R, Hawn M, Al-Refaie W, James BC, Eskander M, Chu D. Overcoming a Hostile Work and Learning Environment in Academic Surgery-Tools for Change at Every Level. J Surg Res. 2020 08; 252:281-284. PMID: 32439143.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  27. Roth EM, Lubitz CC, Swan JS, James BC. Patient-Reported Quality-of-Life Outcome Measures in the Thyroid Cancer Population. Thyroid. 2020 10; 30(10):1414-1431. PMID: 32292128.
    Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  28. McKinley SK, Cassidy DJ, Mansur A, Saillant N, Ghosh A, Evenson A, Askari R, Haynes A, Cho N, James BC, Olasky J, Rangel E, Petrusa E, Phitayakorn R. Identification of Specific Educational Targets to Improve the Student Surgical Clerkship Experience. J Surg Res. 2020 10; 254:49-57. PMID: 32408030.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  29. James BC, Angelos P, Grogan RH. Transoral endocrine surgery: Considerations for adopting a new technique. J Surg Oncol. 2020 Jul; 122(1):36-40. PMID: 32334445.
    Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  30. Barrows CE, Belle JM, Fleishman A, Lubitz CC, James BC. Financial burden of thyroid cancer in the United States: An estimate of economic and psychological hardship among thyroid cancer survivors. Surgery. 2020 02; 167(2):378-384. PMID: 31653488.
    Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  31. Roth EM, Barrows CE, Nishino M, Sacks B, Hasselgren PO, James BC. Papillary thyroid cancer with extrathyroidal extension of desmoid-type fibromatosis. A case report of an aggressive presentation of an uncommon pathologic entity. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2019; 63:5-9. PMID: 31499326; PMCID: PMC6734537.
    Citations: 3     
  32. DeLacey S, Liu Z, Broyles A, El-Azab SA, Guandique CF, James BC, Imel EA. Hyperparathyroidism and parathyroidectomy in X-linked hypophosphatemia patients. Bone. 2019 10; 127:386-392. PMID: 31276850.
    Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  33. Nagarur A, McEvoy JW, Hirsh DA, James BC. Words Matter: Removing the Word Pimp from Medical Education Discourse. Am J Med. 2019 12; 132(12):e813-e814. PMID: 31103647.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  34. James BC, Timsina L, Graham R, Angelos P, Haggstrom DA. Changes in total thyroidectomy versus thyroid lobectomy for papillary thyroid cancer during the past 15 years. Surgery. 2019 07; 166(1):41-47. PMID: 30904172.
    Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  35. Calvillo-Ortiz R, Raven KE, Castillo-Angeles M, Watkins AA, Barrows CE, James BC, Boyd CG, Critchlow JF, Kent TS. Using Individual Clinical Evaluations to Assess Residents' Clinical Judgment; Feasibility and Residents' Perception. J Surg Educ. 2018 Nov; 75(6):e31-e37. PMID: 30292453.
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  36. James BC, Mitchell JM, Jeon HD, Vasilottos N, Grogan RH, Aschebrook-Kilfoy B. An update in international trends in incidence rates of thyroid cancer, 1973-2007. Cancer Causes Control. 2018 05; 29(4-5):465-473. PMID: 29623496.
    Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  37. James BC, Aschebrook-Kilfoy B, White MG, Applewhite MK, Kaplan SP, Angelos P, Kaplan EL, Grogan RH. Quality of life in thyroid cancer-assessment of physician perceptions. J Surg Res. 2018 06; 226:94-99. PMID: 29661295.
    Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  38. Loehrer AP, Murthy SS, Song Z, Lubitz CC, James BC. Association of Insurance Expansion With Surgical Management of Thyroid Cancer. JAMA Surg. 2017 Aug 01; 152(8):734-740. PMID: 28384780; PMCID: PMC5831462.
    Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  39. Belle JM, Vasilottos N, Nebesio TD, James BC. Pediatric toxic polycystic thyroid. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Jul 26; 30(7):781-784. PMID: 28672775.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  40. Belle JM, Vasilottos N, Nebesio TD, James BC. Pediatric toxic polycystic thyroid. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Jun 16. PMID: 28693124.
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  41. Jafari A, Campbell D, Campbell BH, Ngoitsi HN, Sisenda TM, Denge M, James BC, Cordes SR. Thyroid Surgery in a Resource-Limited Setting. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 03; 156(3):464-471. PMID: 28025932.
    Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  42. Applewhite MK, White MG, James BC, Abdulrasool L, Kaplan EL, Angelos P, Grogan RH. Ultrasonic, bipolar, and integrated energy devices: comparing heat spread in collateral tissues. J Surg Res. 2017 01; 207:249-254. PMID: 28341269.
    Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:Animals
  43. Lodewijk L, Kluijfhout WP, Kist JW, Stegeman I, Plukker JT, Nieveen van Dijkum EJ, Bonjer HJ, Bouvy ND, Schepers A, de Wilt JH, Netea-Maier RT, van der Hage JA, Burger JW, Ho G, Lee WS, Shen WT, Aronova A, Zarnegar R, Benay C, Mitmaker EJ, Sywak MS, Aniss AM, Kruijff S, James B, Grogan RH, Brunaud L, Hoch G, Pandolfi C, Ruan DT, Jones MD, Guerrero MA, Valk GD, Borel Rinkes IH, Vriens MR. Characteristics of contralateral carcinomas in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer larger than 1 cm. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2016 May; 401(3):365-73. PMID: 27013326.
    Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  44. Applewhite MK, James BC, Kaplan SP, Angelos P, Kaplan EL, Grogan RH, Aschebrook-Kilfoy B. Quality of Life in Thyroid Cancer is Similar to That of Other Cancers with Worse Survival. World J Surg. 2016 Mar; 40(3):551-61. PMID: 26546191.
    Citations: 47     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  45. James BC, Aschebrook-Kilfoy B, Cipriani N, Kaplan EL, Angelos P, Grogan RH. The Incidence and Survival of Rare Cancers of the Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, and Pancreas. Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 Feb; 23(2):424-33. PMID: 26467460.
    Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  46. Aschebrook-Kilfoy B, James B, Nagar S, Kaplan S, Seng V, Ahsan H, Angelos P, Kaplan EL, Guerrero MA, Kuo JH, Lee JA, Mitmaker EJ, Moalem J, Ruan DT, Shen WT, Grogan RH. Risk Factors for Decreased Quality of Life in Thyroid Cancer Survivors: Initial Findings from the North American Thyroid Cancer Survivorship Study. Thyroid. 2015 Dec; 25(12):1313-21. PMID: 26431811.
    Citations: 28     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  47. White MG, James BC, Nocon C, Nagar S, Kaplan EL, Angelos P, Grogan RH. One-hour PTH after thyroidectomy predicts symptomatic hypocalcemia. J Surg Res. 2016 Apr; 201(2):473-479. PMID: 27020834; PMCID: PMC4812830.
    Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  48. James BC, Kaplan EL, Grogan RH, Angelos P. What's in a Name? Providing Clarity in the Definition of Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy: Reply. World J Surg. 2015 Nov; 39(11):2842-3. PMID: 26330240.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  49. James BC, Kaplan EL, Grogan RH, Angelos P. What's in a name?: Providing clarity in the definition of minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. World J Surg. 2015 Apr; 39(4):975-80. PMID: 25446489.
    Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  50. James BC, Nagar S, Tracy M, Kaplan EL, Angelos P, Scherberg NH, Grogan RH. A novel, ultrarapid parathyroid hormone assay to distinguish parathyroid from nonparathyroid tissue. Surgery. 2014 Dec; 156(6):1638-43. PMID: 25456968.
    Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  51. James BC, Hwang JL, Grogan RH, Kaplan EL, Sarne D, Angelos P. Leontiasis ossea caused by long-standing hyperparathyroidism secondary to chronic renal failure. Surgery. 2014 Dec; 156(6):1644-6. PMID: 25244968.
    Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  52. Kulaylat AN, Kenning EM, Chesnut CH, James BC, Schubart JR, Saunders BD. The profile of successful applicants for endocrine surgery fellowships: results of a national survey. Am J Surg. 2014 Oct; 208(4):685-9. PMID: 25048570; PMCID: PMC4639920.
    Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  53. Bhayani NH, Enomoto LM, James BC, Ortenzi G, Kaifi JT, Kimchi ET, Staveley-O'Carroll KF, Gusani NJ. Multivisceral and extended resections during pancreatoduodenectomy increase morbidity and mortality. Surgery. 2014 Mar; 155(3):567-74. PMID: 24524390.
    Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  54. Green MJ, Masters R, James B, Simmons B, Lehman E. Do gifts from the pharmaceutical industry affect trust in physicians? Fam Med. 2012 May; 44(5):325-31. PMID: 23027114.
    Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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