Miami Cancer Institute Welcomes Surgeon Neeta Erinjeri, M.D., to its Endocrine Neoplasia Institute

MIAMI, FL – November 27, 2018 – Surgical oncologist Neeta Erinjeri, M.D., has joined Miami Cancer Institute, a part of Baptist Health South Florida and the state’s only member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance. Dr. Erinjeri specializes in the surgical treatment of the endocrine system, which includes the thyroid, parathyroids, pituitary, adrenals, hypothalamus, pineal body, reproductive organs and pancreas. She is trained in advanced surgical techniques and minimally invasive approaches that can be performed through small incisions, reducing scarring, pain and recovery time for patients. She joins the team that comprises the Endocrine Neoplasia Institute at Miami Cancer Institute, led by Robert Udelsman, M.D., internationally recognized oncologic surgeon and the Institute’s chief of Endocrine Surgery.  

Dr. Erinjeri earned her medical degree at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing, MI. She completed an internship and residency in general surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, in New Haven, CT. She also completed a fellowship in endocrine surgery at Yale University School of Medicine. While at Yale, she was a member of the Women in Surgery Committee, Section of Surgical Education.

Dr. Erinjeri soon will earn Board certification in general surgery from the American Board of Surgery. She is a member of several professional surgical societies. 

“We are pleased to welcome Dr. Erinjeri to Miami Cancer Institute’s team of cancer care experts and look forward to her contributions to the Endocrine Neoplasia Institute,” said Michael J. Zinner, M.D., chief executive officer and executive medical director of the Institute. “In line with our multidisciplinary approach to cancer care, she will collaborate with Institute radiologists, endocrinologists, pathologists and medical oncologists to provide coordinated, individualized care to patients with disorders and diseases of the endocrine system.”  

About Miami Cancer Institute
Miami Cancer Institute is a next generation cancer center known for its leading clinical care, compassionate patient experience, clinical research and state-of-the-art technology – including the first proton therapy center in South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the only radiation oncology program in the world with each of the latest radiation therapies in one place. The Institute offers a robust roster of prominent physicians established in the community, in addition to renowned cancer experts, clinical researchers and genomic scientists recruited from the nation’s top cancer centers. As Florida’s only member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Alliance, Miami Cancer Institute is part of a deep and functional collaboration that affords patients access to innovative treatments right here at home and ensures the standards of care developed by our multidisciplinary disease management teams match those at MSK. Heralded nationally as one of the new “hybrid” cancer centers of the future, Miami Cancer Institute represents the next generation of cancer centers in the country, combining well-established, high-quality community-based cancer care with the best of an academic cancer center – offering patients innovative clinical trials tied to research and genomics and the recruitment of disease-specific surgeons, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists who are experts in their fields. For more information, visit MiamiCancerInstitute.com.

Miami Cancer Institute part of Baptist Health South Florida, the largest healthcare organization in the region, with 10 hospitals (Baptist Hospital, Baptist Children’s Hospital, Bethesda Hospital East, Bethesda Hospital West, Doctors Hospital, Fishermen’s Community Hospital, Homestead Hospital, Mariners Hospital, South Miami Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital), more than 40 physician practices, 50 outpatient and urgent care facilities, Baptist Health Medical Group, Baptist Health Quality Network and internationally renowned centers of excellence spanning across Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. A not-for-profit organization supported by philanthropy and committed to our faith-based charitable mission of medical excellence, Baptist Health has more than 19,500 employees and more than 3,000 affiliated physicians. Baptist Health South Florida has been recognized by Fortune as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America and by Ethisphere as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. For more information, visit BaptistHealth.net/newsroom and connect with us on Facebook at facebook.com/BaptistHealthSF and on Twitter and Instagram @BaptistHealthSF.

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