Although hyperparathyroidism is quite uncommon, with the average surgeon performing only one parathyroid operation every 2 years or so for hyperparathyroidism, the Norman Parathyroid Center performs parathyroid operations exclusively--an average of 12 parathyroid surgeries per day--far more than any other surgeon, hospital, or clinic in the world. This is almost 1800 parathyroid operations per year, consulting on about 15% of all parathyroid patients in the US every year, and performing about 75% of all the parathyroid operations performed in Florida every year. The reason for this very high degree of specialization is that Dr Norman was the developer of minimally invasive radioguided parathyroid surgery in the mid 1990's, and since that time patients with hyperparathyroidism come from all over the US, and even from countries from around the world to have Dr Norman and his partner Dr Politz perform their parathyroid surgery.  Drs Norman and Politz work closely with what is unquestionably the world's best nuclear radiology team, performing more hyperparathyroid Sestamibi scans than any other institution world-wide (and developing many of the techniques used for this study). This level of volume and dedication to parathyroid disease has made the treatment of hyperparathyroidism a highly specialized field. Our expertise has made parathyroid surgery a very straightforward, routine outpatient procedure that usually takes about 17 minutes! "Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door". This is clearly what has happened to our practice. Nobody can do what we do.

Note: Don't let the fact that we treat so many patients with hyperparathyroidism and perform so many parathyroid operations make you think that we don't treat our patients well. We do! In fact, every patient is given Dr Norman's and Dr Politz's home telephone numbers and cell phone numbers so they have access to them when ever they want/need. We don't use an answering service--our patients can call us at any time. 

You Can Have Drs Norman/Politz Perform Your Parathyroid Surgery

Parathyroid surgery is very delicate surgery and the outcomes (cure rate and complication rate) are directly correlated with your surgeon's experience. Dr Norman and Dr Politz do not perform breast biopsies, gallbladder removals, hernia repairs, or perform abdominal surgery.  Parathyroid surgery is the only operation we do. And, about 15% of the surgeries we do are on people who have already had an unsuccessful parathyroid operation by a surgeon with little experience (we do between 1 and 4 re-operations every day). Don't be one of those patients who has to have several operations! Click Here to read more about how to become our patient, and read our statistics for our past 9000 parathyroid patients (cure rate 99.75%, average operating time about 18.6 minutes, essentially 100% go home between 1 and 2.5 hours, no surgical complications, 1 inch or less incision, etc.). Of the very few patients that we don't cure at the time of their first quick operation, we have cured all but 6 of them with a second mini operation. Thus, for our last 9,500+ patients, we have cured all but 6 an overall cure rate of 99.9%. 

Read what our patients from all over the US say about their parathyroid surgery experience at the Norman Parathyroid Center: Click Here

The Norman Parathyroid Center tracks all hyperparathyroidism patients for several years following their parathyroid surgery. All laboratory data and surgical findings from every patient are entered into a large computer database maintained by a full time data entry employee. This is by far the largest database of parathyroid patients in the world. Thus we can use the information gained from many thousands of previous parathyroid patients as a comparison tool for all new patients. This allows us to predict who needs surgery and who is most likely to benefit from surgery. It helps us predict who will have one bad parathyroid gland and who may have more than one. This type of information helps the surgeons perform quick operations that have an extremely high cure rate. It also helps us avoid operating on people who don't need an operation! We take pride in publishing our parathyroid procedures and surgical results in some of the worlds most highly regarded medical publications. We publish major articles on hyperparathyroidism and the treatment of parathyroid disease every few months. Our team has been recognized as a top 20 hospital in Endocrinology and a top 10 hospital in Neck Surgery again in 2008 by US News and World Reports.

For information on the best way to contact us about possibly having Dr Norman and Politz take care of your hyperparathyroidism, see our page that outlines the different ways to phone / fax / email our staff, or submit a patient profile online--CLICK HERE.

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We perform all our operations at Tampa General Hospital, in a special area designated for parathyroid patients. Tampa General Hospital  has been named US News and World Reports' "America's Best Hospitals" for a number of years. In 2008 our hospital was selected in 7 different medical specialties, including "head and neck surgery" and "endocrinology".