Robert Udelsman

16.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
153 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Robert Udelsman is a scholar working on Surgery, Nephrology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Udelsman has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Surgery, 66 papers in Nephrology and 63 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Robert Udelsman's work include Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (66 papers), Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery (51 papers) and Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (30 papers). Robert Udelsman is often cited by papers focused on Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (66 papers), Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery (51 papers) and Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (30 papers). Robert Udelsman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Italy. Robert Udelsman's co-authors include Patricia Donovan, Tobias Carling, Shonni J. Silverberg, Lori J. Sokoll, Nikki J. Holbrook, John T. Potts, John P. Bilezikian, Toby A. Gordon, Julie Ann Sosa and Neil R. Powe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert Udelsman

152 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Importance of Surgeon Experience for Clinical and Eco... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2014 2016 2002 2009 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Importance of Surgeon Experience for Clinical and Economic Outcomes From Thyroidectomy
    1998 813 citations Robert Udelsman et al. Annals of Surgery profile →
  2. Guidelines for the Management of Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Summary Statement from the Fourth International Workshop
    2014 799 citations Robert Udelsman et al. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism profile →
  3. The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Guidelines for Definitive Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism
    2016 770 citations Robert Udelsman et al. profile →
  4. Summary Statement from a Workshop on Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Perspective for the 21st Century
    2002 526 citations Robert Udelsman et al. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism profile →
  5. Consensus Statement on the Terminology and Classification of Central Neck Dissection for Thyroid Cancer
    2009 426 citations Robert Udelsman et al. Thyroid profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Udelsman United States 53 5.8k 5.5k 3.6k 2.2k 1.8k 153 11.5k
Leigh Delbridge Australia 56 5.7k 1.0× 2.1k 0.4× 5.7k 1.6× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 293 10.4k
Dolores Shoback United States 55 3.1k 0.5× 4.3k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 150 10.0k
Göran Åkerström Sweden 56 2.6k 0.4× 4.6k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 4.2k 1.9× 2.3k 1.3× 293 11.5k
Claudio Marcocci Italy 64 3.0k 0.5× 5.0k 0.9× 6.8k 1.9× 2.7k 1.2× 2.2k 1.3× 342 16.6k
Östen Ljunggren Sweden 52 1.6k 0.3× 3.2k 0.6× 2.7k 0.8× 2.3k 1.1× 2.4k 1.4× 222 10.9k
Michael W. Yeh United States 46 2.9k 0.5× 1.6k 0.3× 2.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 844 0.5× 210 7.0k
Jens Bollerslev Norway 53 2.0k 0.3× 1.5k 0.3× 2.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 280 10.0k
Donald W. Bowden United States 59 2.0k 0.3× 3.2k 0.6× 2.7k 0.8× 522 0.2× 3.7k 2.1× 359 14.7k
David Goltzman Canada 82 2.9k 0.5× 3.7k 0.7× 1.8k 0.5× 6.9k 3.2× 2.8k 1.6× 410 21.0k
Karl Insogna United States 66 1.4k 0.2× 3.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 5.2k 2.4× 1.9k 1.1× 237 15.1k

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All Works

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Smith, Stephen M., Muhammad S. Ahmed, Tobias Carling, et al.. (2021). Impact of Transoral Endoscopic Vestibular Approach Thyroidectomy on Pathologic Assessment. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 146(7). 879–885. 3 indexed citations
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Udelsman, Robert, et al.. (2019). Volume–outcome relationship in parathyroid surgery. Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 33(5). 101287–101287. 24 indexed citations
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Udelsman, Robert, Angkoon Anuwong, Adriana D. Oprea, et al.. (2016). Trans-oral Vestibular Endocrine Surgery. Annals of Surgery. 264(6). e13–e16. 69 indexed citations
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Lebastchi, Amir H., John E. Aruny, Patricia Donovan, et al.. (2015). Real-Time Super Selective Venous Sampling in Remedial Parathyroid Surgery. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 220(6). 994–1000. 27 indexed citations
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Schuster, Kevin M., et al.. (2014). Continuous glucose monitoring in the surgical intensive care unit. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 76(3). 798–803. 21 indexed citations
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Udelsman, Robert, Göran Åkerström, Carlo Biagini, et al.. (2014). The Surgical Management of Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 99(10). 3595–3606. 175 indexed citations
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Udelsman, Brooks V. & Robert Udelsman. (2013). Surgery in Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Extensive Personal Experience. Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 16(1). 54–59. 25 indexed citations
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Virk, Renu K., Pei Hui, Avīnash Prasad, et al.. (2013). Tall Cell Variant of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Clinicopathologic Features with BRAF V600E Mutational Analysis. Thyroid. 23(12). 1525–1531. 36 indexed citations
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Leder, Steven B., Patricia Donovan, Heather Warner, et al.. (2013). Laryngeal Physiology and Voice Acoustics Are Maintained After Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy. Annals of Surgery. 257(5). 968–970. 6 indexed citations
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Cromer, M. Kyle, Lee F. Starker, Murim Choi, et al.. (2012). Identification of Somatic Mutations in Parathyroid Tumors Using Whole-Exome Sequencing. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 97(9). E1774–E1781. 107 indexed citations
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Hui, Pei, Avīnash Prasad, Renu K. Virk, et al.. (2012). Papillary thyroid carcinomas with and without BRAF  V600E mutations are morphologically distinct. Histopathology. 60(7). 1052–1059. 52 indexed citations
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Udelsman, Robert & Patricia Donovan. (2006). Remedial Parathyroid Surgery. Annals of Surgery. 244(3). 471–479. 61 indexed citations
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VanHouten, Joshua, David L. Rimm, Jorge Dotto, et al.. (2006). Hypercalcemia of Malignancy due to Ectopic Transactivation of the Parathyroid Hormone Gene. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 91(2). 580–583. 49 indexed citations
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Westra, William H. & Robert Udelsman. (2000). Frozen Section for Identifying Tissue Type During Parathyroid Exploration. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 24(1). 158–158. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Herbert, Lori J. Sokoll, & Robert Udelsman. (1999). Outpatient minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: A combination of sestamibi-SPECT localization, cervical block anesthesia, and intraoperative parathyroid hormone assay. Surgery. 126(6). 1016–1022. 273 indexed citations
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Takiyama, Yumi, Motoyasu Saji, Douglas P. Clark, et al.. (1997). Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Microsatellite Analysis of Fine-Needle Aspirations from Hürthle Cell Neoplasms. Thyroid. 7(6). 853–857. 4 indexed citations
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Holbrook, Nikki J. & Robert Udelsman. (1994). 22 Heat Shock Protein Gene Expression in Response to Physiologic Stress and Aging. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 26. 577–593. 25 indexed citations
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