Clinical Practice

As an Endocrine (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal) surgeon, Professor Stan Sidhu performs more than 500 elective thyroid, parathyroid, salivary gland, and adrenal operations per year. He is a thyroid surgeon who offers total thyroidectomy for patients with multinodular goitre and Graves’ disease, total thyroidectomy and central and lateral neck dissection for patients with papillary and medullary thyroid cancer, and minimally invasive thyroidectomy for patients with atypical nodules and toxic nodules. All patients undergoing thyroidectomy will routinely have neuro-monitoring of the recurrent and external laryngeal nerves. Currently 1/1000 patients only have permanent voice change following thyroid surgery (published data) due to meticulous technique and advanced neuromonitoring technology. This is a significant advance for singers, teachers, corporate speakers and other voice professionals.

With vast experience as an Endocrine (thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal) surgeon, Professor Sidhu specialises in minimally invasive (keyhole) parathyroidectomy for patients with sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism and keyhole adrenal surgery utilising either laparoscopic or retroperitoneal endoscopic access for patients with small functional adrenal tumours. Open adrenalectomy and retroperitoneal lymph node surgery is undertaken for adrenal cancers and malignant phaeochromocytoma. Patients with salivary gland tumours are offered parotidectomy and submandibular gland resection plus neck dissection if required.

Professor Sidhu works as an Visiting Medical Officer surgeon at Royal North Shore and Hornsby hospitals.

Education

After obtaining his medical degree with Honours at Sydney University, he completed his General Surgery Fellowship in Sydney and then undertook his International Endocrine Surgery Fellowship in Belfast, Northern Ireland. On return to Sydney, he completed a doctoral thesis examining the molecular genetics of Adrenocortical Tumours. His extensive research and practice has made him a world recognised Academic Endocrine Surgeon (thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal  specialist). Following the completion of his PhD he was appointed to Royal North Shore and Hornsby Hospitals.

Mentorship

As an eminent thyroid specialist, Professor Sidhu trains and educates medical students and residents and has also mentored over 40 surgeons as Fellows in Endocrine Surgery, as surgeons obtaining their General Surgery Fellowship and as surgeons undertaking a doctoral thesis in Thyroid and Adrenal molecular biology research.

Research and Publications

Professor Stan Sidhu is a Senior researcher within the Thyroid and Adrenal research group, Cancer Genetics within the Kolling Institute of Medical Research. He is a former holder of a NSW Cancer Institute Clinical Research Fellowship and current holder of a Sydney Medical School Foundation Fellowship. He and his post-doctoral scientists and doctoral students have been successful at obtaining National Health and Medical Research Council, NSW Cancer Institute,  Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Endeavour Foundation and University of Sydney scholarships and grants.

He has senior or co-authored over 170 original peer reviewed publications in clinical and scientific journals and invited book chapters. He and his trainees have given more than 200 presentations at state, national and international meetings focusing on surgical education, clinical outcomes research and the molecular biology of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal cancer.

Professor Sidhu in the News

Academic Serendipity

Professor Sidhu speaks at Yale University – Read article

Press Release

EnGeneIC begins Phase 1 tailored-EDV trial for advanced solid tumour – Read article

 Special Interests and Appointments:

  • Professor University of Sydney Endocrine Surgical Unit
  • President, Section of Endocrine Surgery Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  • President, Australian and New Zealand Endocrine Surgeons
  • Council, International Association of Endocrine Surgeons
  • Member, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
  • Member, American Association of Academic Surgeons
  • Charter member, Society of Translational Oncology
  • Endocrine Section Editor, The Oncologist
  • Editorial Board Member, Annals of Surgery
  • Former NSW Cancer Institute Clinical Research Fellow
  • Sydney Medical School Foundation Research Fellow

Social

Professor Stan Sidhu is married with 4 children. Stan is not just a thyroid specialist, he is also a cricket enthuasist! He is heavily involved with cricket at the Lane Cove Cricket Club and the North Shore Representative Association.  He is a Cricket Australia level 2 coach and is immensely proud of  his three sons who have represented NSW at primary school level cricket and continued into the NSW Cricket academy system.