Thyroid Artery Embolization Episodes

Anne Moeller had a multinodular goiter the size of a grapefruit that had grown significantly after two pregnancies, causing a severely deviated trachea and increasing pressure on her airway. With a thyroidectomy already scheduled, she stumbled across information about non-surgical thyroid treatments just weeks before her surgery date — and everything changed. In this episode, Anne shares how she went from knowing nothing about alternatives to surgery, to becoming her own most informed advocate. She walks us through her research process, how she found the Save Your Thyroid community, and why she ultimately chose thyroid artery embolization (TAE) with Dr. Juan Camacho over surgery. Anne also opens up about what the procedure was actually like as a patient, her gradual recovery, and how her thyroid function has remained stable throughout. As someone based in the UK navigating a healthcare system where TAE is only just emerging, her story offers a unique international perspective on wha…

In this episode of Save Your Thyroid, Jennifer sits down with Tosin, a patient whose routine checkup revealed a complex multinodular goiter that had quietly grown down into his chest. Facing a highly invasive sternotomy to remove the mass and the prospect of lifelong medication, Tosin leaned into his curiosity and began searching for alternatives. His journey led him from Houston to Florida to undergo Thyroid Artery Embolization (TAE) with Dr. Juan Camacho. Tosin shares the realities of his diagnosis, what it feels like to undergo TAE, the temporary side effects of recovery, and the incredible news that his goiter shrank by over 80% in just six months—allowing him to keep his thyroid completely intact and fully functional.

Most people are told that if a thyroid goiter is "too large" or has "dived" into the chest, the only option is a total thyroidectomy—often involving a sternotomy (cracking the chest bone) to reach the tissue. In today’s episode, I sit down with Matthew Ashby, who faced exactly this crossroads. Matthew shares his powerful journey of navigating a massive multinodular goiter, the "silent" symptoms that began to impact his breathing, and how he successfully avoided major surgery by choosing Thyroid ...

How This Nonsurgical Treatment Can Shrink Massive Goiters (Dr. Juan Camacho)

Today’s guest is Professor Saim Yilmaz, an interventional radiologist practicing in Istanbul and Antalya, Turkey. Throughout his 40 year medical career, Professor Yılmaz has worked exclusively in this unique specialty, treating patients with multiple image-guided, minimally invasive treatments. He is a pioneer of nonsurgical thyroid treatments. In 2018, Prof. Yilmaz founded Varisson Interventional Radiology Clinics where he leads a team of 5 doctors and 19 staff. He speaks English, French and German. In today’s conversation, we will focus primarily on 2 nonsurgical thyroid procedures for the treatment of thyroid nodules and cancers: Cryoablation and Embolization.

Today’s guest returns to the podcast for a third time, Dr. Emad Kandil, an endocrine surgeon with a passion for helping patients shrink thyroid nodules and cancers using various nonsurgical, thyroid-sparing techniques. Dr. Kandil is the Chief of General, Endocrine and Oncological Surgery at Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans, Louisianna. In today's discussion, we'll cover topics such as his adoption of microwave ablation, thyroid embolization, the benefits of combination therapy, an...

Dr. Ralph Tufano and Dr. Juan Camacho collaborate to bring multiple thyroid nodule treatment options to Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System. These include: Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) Echolaser Ablation (LA/PLA) Microwave Ablation (MWA) Cryoablation Thyroid Arterial Embolization (TAE) Traditional thyroid surgery Scarless thyroid surgery (and just added) Nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation (nsPFA) This episode is a great resource to give general guidance on when each of the nonsurgical tr...

Kathy shares her experience with thyroid arterial embolization (TAE), a non-surgical procedure that can be used to treat large thyroid nodules, toxic (hormone producing) thyroid nodules, and Graves disease. Kathy now shares her experience with thyroid embolization and the importance of preserving the thyroid gland with the Save Your Thyroid patient advocacy community, emphasizing the need for patients to do their own research and advocate for themselves. This episode is a great resource to give...

Today’s guest is Dr. Juan Camacho, an interventional radiologist at Radiology Associates of Florida/Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System. Trained at Emory University, he has worked in renowned academic institutions for the past 10 years. Dr. Camacho has a clinical and research focus in locoregional therapies for the treatment of benign and malignant tumors, and developed the IR ENT service line in collaboration with Endocrinology and Surgical services in the institutions where he has served. Duri...

Today’s guest is Dr. Juan Camacho, an interventional radiologist at Radiology Associates of Florida/Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System. Trained at Emory University, he has worked in renowned academic institutions for the past 10 years. Dr. Camacho has a clinical and research focus in locoregional therapies for the treatment of benign and malignant tumors, and developed the IR ENT service line in collaboration with Endocrinology and Surgical services in the institutions where he has served. Duri...