
Vivek Sant, MD
@viveksantmd
Endocrine surgeon. Surgical AI enthusiast. Engineer. Sailing aficionado. Alum @Harvard @ColumbiaMed @NYULangone @UCLASurgeryRes
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UCLA General Surgery Residency Program UCLA Surgery brought the party with their latest BehindTheKnife CLINICAL CHALLENGE on thyroid cancer. Michael Yeh Masha Livhits James Wu Rivfka Shenoy, MD, MS behindtheknife.org/podcast/clinic…

With Vivek Sant, MD and Dr Kepal Patel NYU Langone Health helping to dominate various things.

Our newest pod, challenging thyroid cancer cases with special guest Dr. Kepal Patel from NYU! Spoiler alert he uses nerve monitoring UCLA General Surgery Residency Program American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Michael Yeh Masha Livhits Vivek Sant, MD Rivfka Shenoy, MD, MS Max Schumm

Intrathymic #parathyroid adenoma, missed at initial surgery. With apologies to pathology… 🥴 Assoc4AcademicSurgery SAGES is in Tampa in 2026! VideoEndocrinology @Tom_J_Giordano American Association of Endocrine Surgeons

Congratulations Vivek Sant, MD on completing a successful year, and welcome Dr Na Eun Kim Na Eun Kim from BMC Surgery! So proud of our endocrine surgery fellows.


What can be done about the underdiagnosis and undertreatment of primary #hyperparathyroidism? A thread👇 Assoc4AcademicSurgery American Association of Endocrine Surgeons


Our very own PD, Dr. Russell Berman, MD Russell S. Berman, professor and vice chair for education & faculty affairs within the Dept of Surgery, was the recipient of the 2021 GME Program Director of the Year Award from the Educator Community at NYU Grossman School of Medicine NYU Grossman School of Medicine


This study has laid the groundwork for prospective automated surveillance of incidental adrenal nodules to initiate guideline recommended management at our institution Masha Livhits James Wu Michael Yeh Vivek Sant, MD UCLA Health UCLA General Surgery Residency Program

Oh my, feeling a little anxious about this one… in which we discuss how to grow a clinical program, “soft skills,” and navigating the job market after surgical training. Special thanks James Wu Rivfka Shenoy, MD, MS Masha Livhits Max Schumm UCLA General Surgery Residency Program

Hey surgical residents and endocrine surgery fellows - by popular demand, a video on #parathyroid surgery strategy. Four-gland vs limited exploration. Fundamental concepts for all #UCLAEndocrine surgery fellows. SAGES is in Tampa in 2026! BehindTheKnife youtu.be/fq0awhINw3U

Can’t wait to share our results for BETTER CARE-HF tomorrow morning! Saul Blecker Leora Horwitz Lawrence Phillips

So proud of our superstar fellow Chris Carnabatu who did an outstanding job presenting our work at American Association of Endocrine Surgeons! UTSW Surgery UTSW Surgery Residents


Great weekend hosting American Association of Endocrine Surgeons in #DallasTX for #AAES2024 and #endocrinesurgeryuniversity at UTSW Surgery and UTSW EndocrineSurgery Hope everyone made it home safe!


🤰 Women with primary hyperparathyroidism had similar pregnancy rates and no differences in most maternal and neonatal outcomes as women without primary hyperparathyroidism. Read more ⤵️ Vivek Sant, MD @MichaelYehMD EndoMedia Healio Women’s Health & OB/GYN healio.com/news/endocrino…

I am excited to receive a new AHRQ R01 Award today. Through this award, we will use the novel OR Black Box platform data to develop simulation-based training for improving patient safety. UTSW Surgery Herbert Zeh Danny Scott Surgical Safety Technologies #Patientsafety

Our paper "Patient Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes in a Novel Cohort of Primary Hyperparathyroidism" has been selected as the Journal of the Endocrine Society Featured Article this week. Vivek Sant, MD Clinical Informatics Center at UT Southwestern academic.oup.com/jes

Congratulations to Sarah Oltmann MD on her appointment as Chief of the Section of Endocrine Surgery UTSW Surgery . She will be great leader for a great program! Some proud of our past UW Endocrine Surgery fellow!


Avoidable biopsies? Validating artificial intelligence–based decision support software in indeterminate thyroid nodules surgjournal.com/article/S0039-… Important innovative study by Vivek Sant, MD in SURGERY Journal

Outstanding presentation by UTSW Surgery resident Katie Whitehouse Katherine Whitehouse - budding endocrine oncologic surgeon - about AI generated drafts to inbasket messages! American Association of Endocrine Surgeons #AAES2025


Incredible. How could you not vote for Michael Yeh?