Nancy L. Cho, MD, Appointed Section Chief of Endocrine Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

NANCY L. CHO, MD
Section Chief, Endocrine Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery
Associate Clerkship Director, Harvard Medical School Core Surgery Rotation
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Cho received her AB from Harvard University and MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed residency training in general surgery and fellowship training in endocrine surgery at the Brigham. She is an associate surgeon in the division and an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cho also serves as associate clerkship director for the Surgery Clerkship at the Brigham.

Her clinical interests include endocrine diseases of the thyroid/parathyroid glands and melanoma. Her current research focuses on investigating gender disparities in academic surgery, including award recognition, operative experience, conference speakers and society leadership. Dr. Cho has also published extensively on clinical outcomes in endocrine surgery to optimize delivery of patient care and improve surgical practices. She currently serves on committees for the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons and the Association for Academic Surgery.