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Ralph P. Tufano, MD, MBA

Clinical Professor
The Florida State University School of Medicine, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System
Sarasota, FL, United States

Dr. Tufano has served as the Charles W. Cummings MD Endowed Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 2012-2021. Dr. Tufano has served as the department’s Director of the Division of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery since 2011 and the American Head and Neck Society accredited fellowship in Endocrine Surgery. He has served on the Board of the American Thyroid Association (ATA). He was also instrumental in the establishment of the Surgical Affairs Committee for the ATA and served as its inaugural co-chair. He is also the recent past chair of the American Academy of Otolaryngology’s Endocrine Surgery Committee and has served on the American Head and Neck Society’s Endocrine Section Board. He has authored over 260 peer-reviewed papers, more than 40 textbook chapters and 2 textbooks related to the management of thyroid and parathyroid diseases. His research interests include novel directed therapies for the treatment of thyroid and parathyroid diseases, clinical outcomes research including transoral thyroid and parathyroid surgery, and determining the value propositions for thyroid and parathyroid surgical care episodes. After 21 years at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Dr. Tufano joined the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System in 2021 to direct the First Physicians Group Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Endocrine Center that consists of a dedicated Thyroid and Parathyroid Center and Head and Neck Cancer Center. He also serves as the First Physicians Group's Director of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery programs across the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System.

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