Louise Davies, MD, MS is a professor jointly appointed in the Division of Endocrine Surgery in the Department of Surgery and in the Division of Head & Neck Surgical Oncology in the Department of Otolaryngology. Her clinical practice focus is thyroid and parathyroid disease and cancers of the head and neck.
Dr. Davies is best known for her work defining the problem of overdiagnosis in thyroid cancer. In recent years, she has focused on mitigating harm that can come from overdiagnosis, working to develop evidence to support informed patient and physician decision making. Her research also focuses on population health issues, including such issues as thyroid monitoring after nuclear accidents and the recovery of the healthcare system after the pandemic.
Prior to joining the Department of Surgery, Dr. Davies worked at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, in the Department of Surgery and at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and at the White River Junction VA Medical Center, where she was section chief of Otolaryngology and senior faculty in the VA Outcomes Group, a multidisciplinary research collective.