Education

• MD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1999
• Residency, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI, 1999-2006
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Endocrine Surgery Research Lab, 2001-2003
• Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery, University of California- San Francisco, CA, 2006-2007

Dr. Sippel is the Surgery Clerkship Director

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Sippel is certified by the American Board of Surgery. She specializes in endocrine surgery, treating diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. She utilizes several minimally invasive techniques to treat endocrine disorders (minimally invasive parathyroidectomy, laparoscopic adrenalectomy, focused exploration for recurrent thyroid cancer). She has a special interest in treating patients with recurrent thyroid cancer.

Dr. Sippel provides a wide range of services including Adrenalectomy, Laparoscopic, Adrenalectomy, Open, Adrenal Surgery, Central Neck Dissection, Endocrine Surgery, Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA), Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy, Minimally Invasive Radioguided Parathyroidectomy (MIRP), Modified Radical Neck Dissection, Neck Ultrasound, Parathyroid Surgery, Resection Of Substernal Goiter, Subtotal Parathyroidectomy, Thyroidectomy, Thyroid Lobectomy, Thyroid Surgery, and Total Thyroidectomy.

Research Interests

Dr. Sippel conducts translational research at the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research program investigates the development and treatment of endocrine tumors with a special interest in thyroid cancer. She also conducts clinical research working on improving the care and outcomes of patients with endocrine tumors.

Dr. Chen's Lab

Recent Publications

• American Thyroid Association Design and Feasibility of a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Prophylactic Central Lymph Node Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.
  Carling T, Carty SE, Ciarleglio MM, Cooper DS, Doherty GM, Kim LT, Kloos RT, Mazzaferri EL, Peduzzi PN, Roman SA, Sippel RS, Sosa JA, Stack BC, Steward DL, Tufano RP, Tuttle RM, Udelsman R
  Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association 2012 Feb 7.
  [PubMed ID: 22313454]
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• Late presentation of tracheal rupture after thyroidectomy - a case report and literature review.
  Mazeh H, Suwanabol PA, Schneider DF, Sippel RS
  Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 2012 Jan 31; ():1-12.
  [PubMed ID: 22297061]
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• Preoperative Ultrasound Findings Predict the Need for Repeat Surgery in Papillary Thyroid Cancer.
  Poehls JL, Chen H, Sippel RS
  Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 2012 Jan 31; ():1-24.
  [PubMed ID: 22297052]
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• False-negative fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules cannot be attributed to sampling error alone.
  Yu XM, Patel PN, Chen H, Sippel RS
  American journal of surgery 2012 Jan 25.
  [PubMed ID: 22284047]
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• Validation of the "Perrier" Parathyroid Adenoma Location Nomenclature.
  Mazeh H, Stoll SJ, Robbins JB, Sippel RS, Chen H
  World journal of surgery 2012 Jan 21.
  [PubMed ID: 22270982]
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