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Richard T. Kloos MD

Richard T. Kloos MD
Professor - ClinicalCollege of Medicinerichard.kloos@osumc.edu
446 McCampbell Hall 1581 Dodd Drive Columbus OH 432101296
Phone:614-292-3800Fax: 614-292-1550
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General Research Interest

Thyroid cancer

Research Description

multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional basic, translational, and clinical research of the causes, treatments, and optimal monitoring of patients with thyroid cancer.

Transinstitutional Work

Professor Kloos is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the American Thyroid Association, the leading organization focused on thyroid biology and the prevention and treatment of thyroid disorders through excellence and innovation in research, clinical care, education, and public health.  Dr Kloos has established many thyroid cancer collaborations across the world and has lectured extensively on thyroid cancer throughout the North America and abroad. He has served on several expert panels for the ATA and NCCN that have created thyroid cancer clinical guidelines for differentiated, medullary, and anaplastic thyroid cancer that have influenced the education and care of countless patients and professionals.

Current Publications

  • Kloos RT, Valle LA, Sipos JA, Porter K, Ringel MD, Khawaja R, Gorodeski Baskin RLIn thyroidectomized patients with thyroid cancer, a serum thyrotropin of 30 μU/mL after thyroxine withdrawal is not always adequate for detecting an elevated stimulated serum thyroglobulin.Thyroid 23(2) 185-93 2/1/2013
  • Alexander EK, Kennedy GC, Baloch ZW, Cibas ES, Chudova D, Diggans J, Friedman L, Kloos RT, Livolsi VA, Mandel SJ, Raab SS, Rosai J, Steward DL, Walsh PS, Wilde JI, Zeiger MA, Lanman RB, Haugen BRPreoperative diagnosis of benign thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology.N Engl J Med 367(8) 705-15 8/23/2012
  • Brandt MP, Kloos RT, Shen DH, Zhang X, Liu YY, Jhiang SMMicro-single-photon emission computed tomography image acquisition and quantification of sodium-iodide symporter-mediated radionuclide accumulation in mouse thyroid and salivary glands.Thyroid 22(6) 617-24 6/1/2012
  • Carling T, Carty SE, Ciarleglio MM, Cooper DS, Doherty GM, Kim LT, Kloos RT, Mazzaferri EL Sr, Peduzzi PN, Roman SA, Sippel RS, Sosa JA, Stack BC Jr, Steward DL, Tufano RP, Tuttle RM, Udelsman RAmerican Thyroid Association design and feasibility of a prospective randomized controlled trial of prophylactic central lymph node dissection for papillary thyroid carcinoma.Thyroid 22(3) 237-44 3/1/2012
  • Gudmundsson J, Sulem P, Gudbjartsson DF, Jonasson JG, Masson G, He H, Jonasdottir A, Sigurdsson A, Stacey SN, Johannsdottir H, Th Helgadottir H, Li W, Nagy R, Ringel MD, Kloos RT, de Visser MC, Plantinga TS, den Heijer M, Aguillo E, Panadero A, Prats E, Garcia-Castaño A, De Juan A, Rivera F, Walters GB, Bjarnason H, Tryggvadottir L, Eyjolfsson GI, Bjornsdottir US, Holm H, Olafsson I, Kristjansson K, Kristvinsson H, T Magnusson O, Thorleifsson G, Gulcher JR, Kong A, Kiemeney LA, Jonsson T, Hjartarson H, Mayordomo JI, Netea-Maier RT, de la Chapelle A, Hrafnkelsson J, Thorsteinsdottir U, Rafnar T, Stefansson KDiscovery of common variants associated with low TSH levels and thyroid cancer risk.Nat Genet 44(3) 319-22 1/22/2012
  • Shen R, Liyanarachchi S, Li W, Wakely PE, Saji M, Huang J, Nagy R, Farrell T, Ringel MD, de la Chapelle A, Kloos RT, He HMicroRNA signature in thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology applied to "atypia of undetermined significance" cases.Thyroid 22(1) 9-16 1/1/2012
  • Carling T, Carty SE, Ciarleglio MM, Cooper DS, Doherty G, Kim LT, Kloos RT, Mazzaferri E, Peduzzi PN, Roman S, Sippel RS, Sosa JA, Stack BC, Steward D, Tufano R, Tuttle RM, Udelsman RAmerican Thyroid Association (ATA) - Design and Feasibility of a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Prophylactic Central Lymph Node Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.Thyroid in press 12/9/2011
  • Jendrzejewski J, Tomsic J, Lozanski G, Labanowska J, He H, Liyanarachchi S, Nagy R, Ringel MD, Kloos RT, Heerema NA, de la Chapelle ATelomere length and telomerase reverse transcriptase gene copy number in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96(11) E1876-80 11/1/2011