Mr F. Fausto Palazzo

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  • Title: Mr
  • Forenames: F. Fausto
  • Surname: Palazzo
  • Gender: Male
  • Primary Medical Qualifications: State Exam
  • Date of registration: 23/07/1992
  • GMC number: 3623565

Areas of Expertise

  • General surgery

    Specialist Areas

    • Thyroid surgery
    • Parathyroid surgery
    • Endocrine surgery
    • General surgery

    Special Interests

    • Minimally invasive surgery
    • Laproscopic endocrine surgery
    • Adrenal disease

Practices

Qualifications

  • Professional College: Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • Qualification: FRCS - Fellow Royal College of Surgeons
  • Date of award: 1997
  • Professional College: Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • Qualification: FRCS (GenSurg) - Specialist Fellowship in General Surgery
  • Date of award: 2002
  • Other degree or qualification: University of London
  • Qualification: Master of Surgery (MS)
  • Date of award: 2002

Languages Spoken

  • Italian (Fluent - Second Language)
  • French (Conversational)

Professional profile

Trained in general surgery on Addenbrooke's and North London rotations.
Endocrine research St Bartholomew's Hospital - Master of Surgery 2002.
3 years specialist endocrine surgical training at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney Australia (TS Reeve Internat. Clin. Fellow)
La Timone, Marseille, France (Brit. Assoc. of Endoc. Surg Travelling Fellow)

Other contributions to the NHS

Chair of North West London Thyroid Cancer Working Group

Professional affiliations and memberships

  • Fellow Royal College Surgeons of England
  • Member International Association of Endocrine Surgeons
  • Member European Association of Endocrine Surgeons
  • Executive Member British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons

Research interests

Thyroid cancer. Parathyroid and adrenal disease &surgery.
Re-operative parathyroid surgery

Summary of recent publications

Published over 50 peer reviewed papers and 80 conference abstracts on all aspects of endocrine surgery

Text Books

  • Author(s): FF Palazzo & K Meeran, Title: A Guide to Cancer Genetics in Clinical Practice , Chapter: Multiple E, Year: 2009, Publisher: tfm
  • Author(s): J Gough & FF Palazzo, Title: Endocrine Surgery, Chapter: Presentati, Year: 2009, Publisher: Springer

Volumes

  • Thyroidectomy - 100 (January 2004 - January 2009)

Audit / Outcomes

  • British Association of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgeons National Audit : January 2005 - January 2009