George Robert Nahas, DO

Robert Udelsman, M.D., MBA, FACS, FACE, is chief of endocrine surgery and director of the Endocrine Neoplasia Institute at Miami Cancer Institute, a world-class cancer center, part of Baptist Health South Florida. He is renowned for his innovative and highly successful surgical approach for performing parathyroid and thyroid operations. He has dedicated much of his career to the development of minimally invasive endocrine procedures, performing more than 7,000 thyroid and 6,000 parathyroid procedures. He was one of the first in the world to pioneer minimally invasive parathyroidectomy and the first in the U.S. to perform thyroid and parathyroidectomies via the mouth, avoiding visible scarring on the neck. He also was an early adopter of laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Dr. Udelsman served as the William H. Carmalt professor of surgery and oncology and chair of surgery at Yale University School of Medicine. Prior to joining Miami Cancer Institute, he was surgeon-in-chief at Yale-New Haven Hospital and leader of the Endocrine Cancer Disease Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital, both in New Haven, Conn. Dr. Udelsman is board certified in surgery. He completed his medical training at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., and his surgical residency and chief residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. He also completed three fellowships: surgical oncology at the National Cancer Institute; endocrinology at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; and gastrointestinal surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Udelsman’s clinical research results have appeared in more than 400 publications. He has been honored with numerous awards and is a member of 30 national and international professional societies and seven scientific journal editorial boards. At the Miami Cancer Institute he has developed a robust endocrine center focused on the management of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal disease.

Meghan Crawley, M.D., is a head and neck surgical oncologist at Miami Cancer Institute, a part of Baptist Health South Florida. Dr. Crawley specializes in head and neck surgery and reconstruction. She has extensive experience in robotic surgical techniques and facial nerve reanimation for patients who require reconstruction of facial function. Dr. Crawley joined Miami Cancer Institute from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where she completed a fellowship in head and neck oncology and microvascular reconstructive surgery. Her research has been featured in several peer-reviewed publications, including Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, The Laryngoscope, Diabetes Care, Gastroenterology and the Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology. In 2017, she was awarded the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery’s Humanitarian Travel Grant for mission work in Haiti. During this medical mission trip, Dr. Crawley treated patients with advanced thyroid disease and oral cavity tumors. Dr. Crawley’s approach to patient care is to treat patients the way she would want herself or her family members to be treated. Having experienced caring for a loved one with cancer, she understands the stress and anxiety that comes with diagnosis, treatment and care. She hopes to be a strong support for her patients and their families. When she is not treating patients, Dr. Crawley enjoys long-distance running, paddle boarding, skiing, hiking, cooking and traveling.

Marcio Fagundes, M.D., is a Board-certified radiation oncologist with Miami Cancer Institute, a part of Baptist Health South Florida. He has extensive experience in proton therapy - the most advanced cancer treatment in the world – and has conducted significant research. Dr. Fagundes has presented research results showing the advantages of proton therapy for prostate cancer, breast cancer and head and neck cancer at numerous meetings of the Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group and the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncologists – two professional associations to which he belongs. He also has published dozens of articles in peer reviewed journals, including Journal of Clinical Oncology, International Journal of Particle Therapy and International Journal of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Fagundes received his medical degree from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and completed a radiation oncology residency at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital – Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. He also completed a fellowship in radiation oncology at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston. He gained teaching experience as an assistant professor of radiation oncology at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, and currently trains his peers on an innovative treatment protocol for prostate cancer. Before joining Miami Cancer Institute, Dr. Fagundes was medical director of the Provision Center for Proton Therapy in Knoxville, Tennessee.