<p>Dr. Gary Clayman is the Founder and Surgeon in Chief of the Clayman Thyroid Center and Chief Medical Officer of the Hospital For Endocrine Surgery, Tamp Florida.&nbsp; Dr. Clayman previously served as the Distinguished Chair of Head and Neck Surgery and Professor of Surgery in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Texas, during his tenure at that institution from 1989-2016.&nbsp; He also served as the Director of the Head and Neck Cancer Program and Medical Director for Health Care Providers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center until his departure.&nbsp; Dr. Clayman remains a lifetime Professor Emeritus of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.</p><p>After earning his dental and medical degrees, he completed a combined surgery and Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery residency at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.&nbsp; Dr. Clayman was promoted to Professor of Surgery in 2000 and awarded his Distinguished Chair of Surgery in 2003 at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. From 2003, until his departure in 2016, Dr. Clayman also served as the Chief of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery at MD Anderson, as well.</p><p>Dr. Clayman lectures nationally and internationally on the surgical management of thyroid malignancies.&nbsp; He created the website www.thyroidcancer.com for the education of patients and their families.&nbsp; He is actively involved in basic, translational, and clinical research in thyroid cancer.&nbsp; Dr. Clayman has received more than 35 honors and awards.&nbsp; he has also authored more than 225 peer-reviewed publications and serves on the editorial board of several international journals.&nbsp; Dr. Clayman has consistently been named annually to America&#39;s Top Doctors by Casel Connolly, Best Doctors in America, and U. S. News and World Report since the inception of these recognitions began.</p><p>Dr. Clayman has only performed thyroid surgery for over 23 years and is arguably one of the most experienced thyroid surgeons globally having successfully performed more than 15,000 of them.</p>