James W. Suliburk, M.D., FACS

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James W. Suliburk, M.D., FACS

Professor and Chief, Endocrine Surgery

Phone

832-957-6500

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Positions

Professor and Chief, Endocrine Surgery: Division of Surgical Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine

Medical Director, Ambulatory Surgery Therapeutics (CfAST): Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Member: Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center (Clinic)
: O’Quinn Medical Tower at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center’s McNair Campus
1919 Old Spanish Trail
Houston, TX 77054
United States
Phone: (832) 957-6500
Fax: (713) 610-4597
endocrinesurgery@bcm.edu
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Education

NIH T32 Research Fellowship from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston: Houston, Texas United States

MD from University of Oklahoma College Of Medicine: 06/2001 - Oklahoma City, OK United States

General Surgery Residency from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston: Houston, Texas United States

Endocrine Surgery Fellowship from Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney: St. Leonards, Sydney Australia

Certifications

Board Certified: American Board of Surgery

Honors & Awards

2020 Top Doctor: General Surgery: Houstonia Magazine

Patient Care Innovation Grant Career Development Award: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (08/2014 - 12/2017)

Chief Resident Award as Most Outstanding Faculty: Baylor College of Medicine (06/2016 - 06/2016)

Rising Star Award: Baylor College of Medicine

Norton Rose Fulbright Educational Grant: Academy of Distinguished Educators

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation: Baylor College of Medicine

That's the Way! Award: An award given by Baylor in recognition of exceptional patient service due to feedback from patients.; Baylor College of Medicine

National Surgical Forum Research Award in Clinical Outcomes, Patient Safety and Quality: American College of Surgeons

NIH Extramural Research Loan Repayment Program Award: NIH

Outstanding Basic Science Research Award: American College of Surgeons - South Texas Chapter

AΩA National Medical Honor Society

Academy of Master Surgeons: American College of Surgeons

Best Team Player Award: Baylor Faculty Group Practice

Le2023 Leadership and Innovation Award: Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Professional Interests

Endocrine surgery
Parathyroid surgery
Thyroid surgery
Goiter
Adrenal Surgery
Thyroid Nodules
Graves Disease
Hyperparathyroidism
Pheochromocytoma
Papillary, medullary and follicular thyroid cancer
Paraganglioma
Hyperaldosteronism
Cushing’s Syndrome
Familial endocrine disease

Professional Statement

Dr. James Suliburk is a board-certified surgeon specializing in the treatment of tumors of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal gland in Houston and the surrounding area (Bryan-College Station, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and Beaumont). As an international expert fellowship-trained high volume endocrine surgeon, he specializes in the care of patients with thyroid nodules, goiter, Graves’ disease, thyroid cancer, hyperparathyroidism, adrenal masses, pheochromocytoma, Cushing’s, and Conn’s diseases. His advanced surgical expertise includes minimally invasive parathyroidectomy and thyroidectomy, traditional thyroidectomy, central, selective, and modified radical neck dissection, laparoscopic adrenalectomy, and traditional laparoscopic adrenalectomy. He cares for patients through the Baylor Thyroid and Parathyroid Center at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center as well as Ben Taub Hospital.

In addition to a busy clinical practice, Dr. Suliburk has also works within a collaborative research program at Ben Taub Hospital and Baylor St. Luke’s CHI Medical Center that offers opportunities in translational science, clinical outcomes, and mobile technology development/innovation. The research comes from the establishment of comprehensive and multidisciplinary treatment. His research program at Ben Taub Hospital and Baylor St. Luke’s CHI Medical Center offers opportunities in translational science, clinical outcomes, and mobile technology development/innovation. The research comes from the establishment of comprehensive and multidisciplinary treatment pathways within the endocrine surgical programs at Ben Taub Hospital and Baylor Clinic. In addition Dr. Suliburk works with other colleagues within Baylor College of Medicine to actively seek and develop state of the art treatments for hemorrhagic shock severely injured trauma patients. Translational research opportunities include development of novel molecular markers and therapeutic targets in endocrine surgical disease (thyroid cancer, hyperthyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, and adrenal tumors), as well as metabolic markers of the endocrine response in severely injured major trauma patients.