About the
Russell Center

About Dr. Jon Russell

Dr Jon Russell is one of the most experienced and innovative thyroid and parathyroid surgeons in the world. In addition to having the safest surgical outcomes, he provides innovative treatment options that help you recover faster and achieve a better quality of life.

After a decade building the thyroid and parathyroid surgery program at Johns Hopkins, Dr Jon Russell founded the Russell Center for Endocrine Health. Here, we offer the innovation that made Dr Russell the nation's leader in surgical outcomes with a concierge-like practice setting that places you at the center of everything we do.
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Training & Academic Foundation
Dr Russell completed his surgical training at the Cleveland Clinic, followed by advanced fellowship training at Johns Hopkins. His academic contributions include over 200 published books, papers, and chapters, cited thousands of times by surgeons worldwide. His credentials tell only part of the story.

Surgical Volume & Mastery
The numbers matter. Dr Russell has performed thousands of thyroid and parathyroid operations - a volume that transforms technical skills into surgical mastery. When you choose the Russell Center, you're choosing a surgeon who has refined every aspect of these procedures through repetition, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. This experience translates directly to:
- Lower complication rates
- Better aesthetic outcomes
- Faster recovery times
- Preservation of voice and calcium function
- Results that meet our exacting standards

Innovation & Leadership
Dr Russell introduced transoral "scarless" thyroid surgery (TOETVA) to the Western Hemisphere, establishing the technique that now allows patients to avoid visible neck scars entirely. Recognizing that patients deserve both optimal health and aesthetic confidence, Dr Russell developed Thyroid RejuvenationTM - a signature approach combining thyroid or parathyroid surgery with neck rejuvenation procedures. Pioneeering parathyroid protection devices, ThyroplasticsTM, scarless surgery, and non-surgical innovations are all available to you when you choose the Russell Center.  
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Professional Recognition
- 2024 President, North American Society for Interventional Thyroidology (NASIT)
- Member, American Thyroid Association Guidelines Committee (2025- )
- Chair, Publications Committee, American Thyroid Association (2021-2023)
- Director, Johns Hopkins Thyroid Tumor Center (2019-2024)
- Director, Division of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery, Johns Hopkins (2020-2024)
- Certified Complex Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery AAO-HNS (one of only 100 surgeons in USA)
- Chair, Technology Subcommittee, American Head and Neck Society
- Member, Advanced Training Council, American Head and Neck Society
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- Trained hundreds of surgeons from around the world in advanced surgical techniques
- Hundreds of papers, chapters, books, lectures, invited courses, etc.

Dr Russell founded the Russell Center for Endocrine Health to offer you the most advanced techniques in a more compassionate setting. Here, you have personalized and direct access to one of the most experienced minimally-invasive surgeons in the world, in a setting crafted specifically to obtain excellent outcomes.