Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Chair of the Department of Surgery and Director of Endocrine Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Carmen C. Solórzano, MD, FACS, is Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Chair of the Department of Surgery and Director of Endocrine Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. She holds the John L. Sawyers Chair in Surgical Sciences. She is a graduate of the University of Florida General Surgery program and completed a Surgical Oncology fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Solórzano actively teaches Endocrine and Surgical Oncology. Her clinical research interests include the use of robotic techniques for adrenal tumors, the use of light-based technology to detect endocrine tumors and nerves, surgeon-performed ultrasound for endocrine tumors, the surgical management of parathyroid and thyroid disease including cancer, and the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors and MEN syndromes. Dr. Solórzano has published more than two hundred articles and book chapters. She serves in the editorial boards of the Annals of Surgical Oncology, the Journal of Surgical Oncology, JACS, and the World Journal of Surgery. She is editor of Annals of Surgical Oncology Endocrine Tumor Section. Dr. Solórzano served as President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES) and Governor for the American College of Surgeons (ACS). She is President of the Tennessee Chapter ACS, Chair of the Society of Surgical Oncology Program Committee, member of the American Thyroid Association Thyroid Nodules Guidelines writing Task Force, member of the steering committee for the ABS complex thyroid and parathyroid Focus Practice Designation and is an Examiner for the American Board of Surgery Certifying Examination.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
7:50 AM - 8:15 AM MST
Friday, March 6, 2026
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM MST