title: The current situation of Endocrine Surgery in Latin America.
abstract: The management of patients with surgical endocrine diseases requires a multidisciplinary team of endocrinologists, radiologists, pathologists and surgeons. As the incidence of surgical endocrine disorders has increased, Endocrine Surgery has emerged as a recognized specialty within general surgery. The number of endocrine surgeons has gradually increased worldwide, however, different from Europe and North America, the specialty has not developed enough in Latin America. We have conducted an extensive research throughout the continent in order to quantify how many trained endocrine surgeons were practicing, how many training programs exist, where we are today and where are we going in the future.
authors.affiliation: 1 Endocrine Surgeon, Instituto de Cancerología las Américas (IDC) and Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellin, Colombia ; 2 Head & Neck Surgeon, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellin, Colombia ; 3 Endocrine Surgeon, Instituto de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubiran, México DF, México.
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dueñas
authors.affiliation: 1 Endocrine Surgeon, Instituto de Cancerología las Américas (IDC) and Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellin, Colombia ; 2 Head & Neck Surgeon, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellin, Colombia ; 3 Endocrine Surgeon, Instituto de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubiran, México DF, México.
authors.forename: Carlos Simón
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Duque
authors.affiliation: 1 Endocrine Surgeon, Instituto de Cancerología las Américas (IDC) and Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellin, Colombia ; 2 Head & Neck Surgeon, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellin, Colombia ; 3 Endocrine Surgeon, Instituto de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubiran, México DF, México.
authors.forename: Miguel Francisco
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Herrera
keywords: Endocrine surgery; Latin America; development; training