(Episode #71) HOUSTON Surgeon adopts Thyroid RFA: Dr. Ryan Neilan
Today’s guest is Dr. Ryan Neilan, an otolaryngologist/head and neck surgeon practicing in Houston, Texas. He is the Chairman of the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Division at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center. He has been honored as a Vitals “Top 10 Doctor” and received both the “Patients’ Choice Award” and the “Compassionate Doctor Recognition.” His peers have repeatedly selected Ryan as a “Texas Super Doctors, Rising Star.” Clinically he sees the breadth of general Otorhinolaryngology, utilizing multiple advanced and minimally invasive techniques. He is the Director of Interventional Endocrinology at Texas ENT Specialists and is the first Head & Neck Surgeon in Texas to offer in-office Radiofrequency Ablation treatment for thyroid nodules. Contact Dr. Ryan Neilan 9301 Pinecroft Dr. Suite 150 Shenandoah, TX 77380 (281) 362-1368 https://www.texasent.com/providers/ryan-neilan/ Timestamps: 00:00 Episode Teaser 00:44 Podcast intro 01: 26 Dr. Ryan Neilan intro 02:18 I met Dr. Neilan at Johns Hopkins 02:50 Dr. Neilan discovered RFA through a patient! 05:20 Educating Primary Care Providers about RFA 08:04 Dr. Neilan's medical background 14:18 Training for RFA 17:30 Dr. Neilan's clinical experience with RFA 20:30 Dr. Neilan will treat small thyroid cancer with RFA 25:00 North American Guidelines for Thyroid RFA 27:40 Insurance coverage/CPT billing code 29:09 Comparing cost of RFA to thyroid surgery 31:50 Recovery from RFA compared to thyroid surgery 33:18 Treating multiple thyroid nodules 38:01 Monopolar and bipolar RFA electrodes 38:55 RFA follow up after thyroid cancer 👉RFA Guidelines: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443588/ Disclaimer: None of the statements made in this or any other video by "Its me Jen again" should be considered medical advice. 👉Find a thyroid thermal ablation provider: https://www.saveyourthyroid.org/ 👉Join our FB community, Save Your Thyroid: https://www.facebook.com/groups/saveyourthyroidnonsurgical/ 👉Donate to the Save Your Thyroid community via our fiscal sponsor ThyCa: https://civi.thyca.org/donate/ *Please send an email to donations@thyca.org and let them know your donation is for SYT. 👉Follow me on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ZbeDCU 👉Subscribe to my Substack: https://itsmejenagain.substack.com/ 👉Follow me on IG/FB for more patient focused information (I'm a patient too!): FB: https://www.facebook.com/itsmejenagain IG: https://www.instagram.com/itsme_jenagain/ 👉Subscribe to this channel, Its me Jen again: / itsmejenagain 👉If you value this content, please consider donating to my efforts to spread this message: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/itsmejenagain #advocate #nonprofit #saveyourthyroid #thyroidnodule #thyroidcancer #thyroidsurgery #nonsurgical #thermalablation #thyroidectomy #patient #advocate #itsmejenagain #thyroidrfa #otolaryngology #ENT #surgeon #JohnsHopkinsMedicine Music Credits: No attribution required
