Meet Steven Waguespack, M.D.
Steven G. Waguespack, M.D.
Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, Division of Internal Medicine
About Dr. Waguespack
Dr. Steven Waguespack is a Professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. A native of Louisiana, Dr. Waguespack graduated summa cum laude from Loyola University in New Orleans, where he also participated in the presidential scholars honor program. He graduated with honors, including junior induction into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston (now known as the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School). Dr. Waguespack completed training in internal medicine/pediatrics followed by a combined adult and pediatric endocrinology fellowship at the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis. He maintains board certification in both subspecialties. Consistently recognized as one of "America's Top Doctors for Cancer" in endocrinology, his major clinical and research interests are thyroid cancer, pituitary tumors, and hereditary syndromes of endocrine neoplasia. At MD Anderson, where he has been on faculty since 2002, Dr. Waguespack enjoys providing endocrine care to patients of all ages.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Professor, Department of Pediatrics Patient Care, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Professor (Adjunct), Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, The University of Texas John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Thyroid Cancer, Pituitary Tumors, Hereditary Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes (MEN1, MEN2, VHL, familial paraganglioma syndromes), and Pediatric Endocrine Tumors
For a full list of Dr. Waguespack's publications, please copy and paste the following link into your browser:
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Clinical Interests
Thyroid Cancer, Pituitary Tumors, Hereditary Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes (MEN1, MEN2, VHL, familial paraganglioma syndromes), and Pediatric Endocrine Tumors
For general clinic information and referrals, please visit the Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders' contact information webpage at:
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
1994 | The University of Texas Medical School at Houston (now known as the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)), Houston, TX, USA, MD, Medicine |
1990 | Loyola University, New Orleans, LA, USA, BS, Biology |
Postgraduate Training
1998-2002 | Fellowship, Adult and Pediatric Endocrinology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN |
1994-1998 | Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine/ Pediatrics, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN |
Board Certifications
2003 | Pediatric Endocrinology |
2002 | Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism |
Honors & Awards
2016 | Faculty Excellence in Patient Care Award, Division of Internal Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2013 | Division of Internal Medicine Clinical Leadership Award, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2012 | Compassionate Doctor Recognition |
2009 | Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism |
2005 | Fellow, American College of Endocrinology |
2002 | Richard B. Schnute Award in recognition of outstanding compassion, professionalism, and clinical care as exemplified by Dr. Schnute, Indiana University School of Medicine |
1994 | Walter G. Sterling Award for Excellence, University of Texas Medical School at Houston |
1990 | The Ruth & Lee Faust Award for outstanding academic achievement by a graduate in biological sciences, Loyola University |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Al-Ward R, Brondani VB, Sawani S, Potter CL, Xu G, Waguespack SG, Varghese J, Habra MA, Lu Y, Jimenez C. High-Specific-Activity 131I-MIBG for the Treatment of Advanced Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma. Clin Nucl Med 49(7):610-620, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38630996.
- Hensley SG, Hu MI, Bassett RL, Ying AK, Zafereo ME, Perrier ND, Busaidy NL, Hyde SM, Grubbs EG, Waguespack SG. Pediatric Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Clinical Presentations and Long-term Outcomes in 144 Patients Over Six Decades. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38441533.
- Maniakas A, Sullivan A, Hu MI, Busaidy NL, Cabanillas ME, Dadu R, Waguespack SG, Fisher SB, Graham PH, Gross ND, Grubbs EG, Perrier ND, Wang JR, Gunn B, Garden AS, Megahed R, Navuluri S, Li X, Williams MD, Zafereo M. Decreasing utilization for postoperative radiation therapy in locoregionally advanced medullary thyroid cancer. Head Neck 46(2):328-335, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38009416.
- Clemente-Gutierrez U, Pieterman CRC, Lui MS, Yamashita TS, Tame-Elorduy A, Huang BL, Shirali AS, Erstad DJ, Lee JE, Fisher SB, Graham PH, Grubbs EG, Waguespack SG, Ng CS, Perrier N. Beyond the 3 P's: Adrenal involvement in MEN1. Endocr Relat Cancer 31(2), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38108666.
- Balderrama-Brondani V, Griffin AM, Owen TJ, Merriman KW, Chahla BB, Varghese J, Jimenez C, Waguespack SG, Graham PH, Perrier ND, Fisher SB, Karam JA, Shah AY, Campbell M, Hassan MM, Habra MA. Incidence and Geographical Distribution of Adrenocortical Carcinoma: Retrospective Analysis of a State Cancer Registry. Endocr Pract 30(1):25-30, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37858722.
- Daniels AB, Tirosh A, Huntoon K, Mehta GU, Spiess PE, Friedman DL, Waguespack SG, Kilkelly JE, Rednam S, Pruthi S, Jonasch EA, Baum L, Chahoud J, International VHL Surveillance Guidelines Consortium. Guidelines for surveillance of patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease: Consensus statement of the International VHL Surveillance Guidelines Consortium and VHL Alliance. Cancer 129(19):2927-2940, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37337409.
- Robertson IJ, Gregory TA, Waguespack SG, Penas-Prado M, Majd NK. Recent Therapeutic Advances in Pituitary Carcinoma. J Immunother Precis Oncol 6(2):74-83, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 37214211.
- Jimenez C, Ma J, Roman Gonzalez A, Varghese J, Zhang M, Perrier N, Habra MA, Graham P, Waguespack SG. TNM Staging and Overall Survival in Patients with Pheochromocytoma and Sympathetic Paraganglioma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 108(5):1132-1142, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36433823.
- Contrera KJ, Gule-Monroe MK, Hu MI, Cabanillas ME, Busaidy NL, Dadu R, Waguespack SG, Wang JR, Maniakas A, Lai SY, Diersing J, Kwon M, Grubbs EG, Subbiah V, Williams MD, Zafereo ME. Neoadjuvant Selective RET Inhibitor for Medullary Thyroid Cancer: A Case Series. Thyroid 33(1):129-132, 2023. PMID: 36503246.
- Landry JP, Clemente-Gutierrez U, Pieterman CRC, Chiang YJ, Waguespack SG, Jimenez C, Habra MA, Halperin DM, Fisher SB, Graham PH, Perrier ND. Management of adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting neuroendocrine tumors and the role of bilateral adrenalectomy in ectopic Cushing syndrome. Surgery 172(2):559-566, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35437162.
- Daher M, Varghese J, Gruschkus SK, Jimenez C, Waguespack SG, Bedrose S, Altameemi L, Bazerbashi H, Naing A, Subaiah V, Campbell MT, Shah AY, Zhang M, Sheth RA, Karam JA, Wood CG, Perrier ND, Graham PH, Lee JE, Habra MA. Temporal Trends in Outcomes in Patients with Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Multidisciplinary Referral Center Experience. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 107(5):1239-1246, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35092681.
- Waguespack SG, Drilon A, Lin JJ, Brose MS, McDermott R, Almubarak M, Bauman J, Casanova M, Krishnamurthy A, Kummar S, Leyvraz S, Oh DY, Park K, Sohal D, Sherman E, Norenberg R, Silvertown JD, Brega N, Hong DS, Cabanillas ME. Efficacy and safety of larotrectinib in patients with TRK fusion-positive thyroid carcinoma. Eur J Endocrinol 186(6):631-643, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35333737.
- Waguespack SG, Tewari SO, Busaidy NL, Zafereo ME. Larotrectinib Before Initial Radioactive Iodine Therapy in Pediatric TRK Fusion-Positive Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Time to Reconsider the Treatment Paradigm for Distantly Metastatic Disease?. JCO Precis Oncol 6:e2100467, 2022. PMID: 35420905.
- Waguespack SG. Beyond the "3 Ps": A critical appraisal of the non-endocrine manifestations of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 13:1029041, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36325452.
- Banik GL, Shindo ML, Kraimer KL, Manzione KL, Reddy A, Kazahaya K, Bauer AJ, Rastatter JC, Zafereo ME, Waguespack SG, Chelius DC, Quintanilla-Dieck L. Prevalence and Risk Factors for Multifocality in Pediatric Thyroid Cancer. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 147(12):1100-1106, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34734994.
- Shirali AS, Pieterman CRC, Lewis MA, Hyde SM, Makawita S, Dasari A, Thosani N, Ikoma N, McCutcheon IE, Waguespack SG, Perrier ND. It's not a mystery, it's in the history: Multidisciplinary management of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. CA Cancer J Clin 71(5):369-380, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34061974.
- Nguyen H, Shah K, Waguespack SG, Hu MI, Habra MA, Cabanillas ME, Busaidy NL, Bassett R, Zhou S, Iyer PC, Simmons G, Kaya D, Pitteloud M, Subudhi SK, Diab A, Dadu R. Immune checkpoint inhibitor related hypophysitis: diagnostic criteria and recovery patterns. Endocr Relat Cancer 28(7):419-431, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33890870.
- Nies M, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R, Bassett RL, Yedururi S, Zafereo ME, Cabanillas ME, Sherman SI, Links TP, Waguespack SG. Distant metastases from childhood differentiated thyroid carcinoma: clinical course and mutational landscape. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 106(4):e1683-e1697, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33382403.
- Pieterman CRC, Hyde SM, Wu SY, Landry JP, Chiang YJ, Christakis I, Grubbs EG, Fisher SB, Graham PH, Waguespack SG, Perrier ND. Understanding the clinical course of genotype-negative MEN1 patients can inform management strategies. Surgery 169(1):175-184, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32703679.
- Bancos I, Atkinson E, Eng C, Young WF, Neumann HPH, International Pheochromocytoma and Pregnancy Study Group. Maternal and fetal outcomes in phaeochromocytoma and pregnancy: a multicentre retrospective cohort study and systematic review of literature. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 9(1):13-21, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33248478.
- Majd N, Waguespack SG, Janku F, Fu S, Penas-Prado M, Xu M, Alshawa A, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Raza SM, McCutcheon IE, Naing A. Efficacy of pembrolizumab in patients with pituitary carcinoma: report of four cases from a phase II study. J Immunother Cancer 8(2), 2020. PMID: 33427689.
- Wu SY, Chiang YJ, Fisher SB, Sturgis EM, Zafereo ME, Nguyen S, Grubbs EG, Graham PH, Lee JE, Waguespack SG, Perrier ND. Risks of Hypoparathyroidism After Total Thyroidectomy in Children: A 21-Year Experience in a High-Volume Cancer Center. World J Surg 44(2):442-451, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31686157.
- Santos-Pinheiro F, Penas-Prado M, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Waguespack SG, Mahajan A, Brown P, Shah K, Fuller GN, McCutcheon I. Treatment and long-term outcomes in pituitary carcinoma: a cohort study. Eur J Endocrinol 181(4):397-407, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31349217.
- Castinetti F, Waguespack SG, Machens A, Uchino S, Hasse-Lazar K, Sanso G, Else T, Dvorakova S, Qi XP, Elisei R, Maia AL, Glod J, Lourenço DM, Valdes N, Mathiesen J, Wohllk N, Bandgar TR, Drui D, Korbonits M, Druce MR, Brain C, Kurzawinski T, Patocs A, Bugalho MJ, Lacroix A, Caron P, Fainstein-Day P, Borson Chazot F, Klein M, Links TP, Letizia C, Fugazzola L, Chabre O, Canu L, Cohen R, Tabarin A, Spehar Uroic A, Maiter D, Laboureau S, Mian C, Peczkowska M, Sebag F, Brue T, Mirebeau-Prunier D, Leclerc L, Bausch B, Berdelou A, Sukurai A, Vlcek P, Krajewska J, Barontini M, Vaz Ferreira Vargas C, Valerio L, Ceolin L, Akshintala S, Hoff A, Godballe C, Jarzab B, Jimenez C, Eng C, Imai T, Schlumberger M, Grubbs E, Dralle H, Neumann HP, Baudin E. Natural history, treatment, and long-term follow up of patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B: an international, multicentre, retrospective study. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 7(3):213-220, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30660595.
- Jaber T, Waguespack SG, Cabanillas ME, Elbanan M, Vu T, Dadu R, Sherman SI, Amit M, Santos EB, Zafereo M, Busaidy NL. Targeted Therapy in Advanced Thyroid Cancer to Resensitize Tumors to Radioactive Iodine. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 103(10):3698-3705, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30032208.
- Iyer PC, Cabanillas ME, Waguespack SG, Hu MI, Thosani S, Lavis VR, Busaidy NL, Subudhi SK, Diab A, Dadu R. Immune-Related Thyroiditis with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Thyroid 28(10):1243-1251, 2018. PMID: 30132401.
- Romero Arenas MA, Rich TA, Hyde SM, Busaidy NL, Cote GJ, Hu MI, Gagel RF, Gidley PW, Jimenez C, Kupferman ME, Peterson SK, Sherman SI, Ying A, Bassett RL, Waguespack SG, Perrier ND, Grubbs EG. Recontacting Patients with Updated Genetic Testing Recommendations for Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma and Pheochromocytoma or Paraganglioma. Ann Surg Oncol 25(5):1395-1402, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29427212.
- Kraft IL, Akshintala S, Zhu YJ, Lei H, Derse-Anthony C, Dombi E, Steinberg SM, Lodish M, Waguespack SG, Kapustina O, Fox E, Balis FM, Merino MJ, Meltzer PS, Glod J, Shern JF, Widemann BC. Outcomes of Children and Adolescents with Advanced Hereditary Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Treated with Vandetanib. Clin Cancer Res 24(4):753-765, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29187393.
- Dekker BL, Newbold KL, Führer D, Waguespack SG, Handkiewicz-Junak D, Links TP, European Initiative on Collaboration on Paediatric Thyroid Cancer. Survey on Paediatric Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Care in Europe. Horm Res Paediatr 89(1):58-62, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29151082.
- Pena I, Clayman GL, Grubbs EG, Bergeron JM, Waguespack SG, Cabanillas ME, Dadu R, Hu MI, Fellman BM, Li Y, Gross ND, Lai SY, Sturgis EM, Zafereo ME. Management of the lateral neck compartment in patients with sporadic medullary thyroid cancer. Head Neck 40(1):79-85, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29044788.
- AbdelBaki MS, Waguespack SG, Salceda V, Jones J, Stapleton SL, Baskin DS, Okcu MF. Significant response of pituitary carcinoma to carboplatin, leucovorin and fluorouracil chemotherapy: a pediatric case report and review of the literature. J Neurooncol 135(1):213-215, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28667593.
- Khan MI, Clayman GL, Waguespack SG. VISUAL VIGNETTE. Endocr Pract 23(9):1160, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28448755.
- Cote GJ, Evers C, Hu MI, Grubbs EG, Williams MD, Hai T, Duose DY, Houston MR, Bui JH, Mehrotra M, Waguespack SG, Busaidy NL, Cabanillas ME, Habra MA, Luthra R, Sherman SI. Prognostic Significance of Circulating RET M918T Mutated Tumor DNA in Patients With Advanced Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 102(9):3591-3599, 2017. PMID: 28911154.
- Voss RK, Feng L, Lee JE, Perrier ND, Graham PH, Hyde SM, Nieves-Munoz F, Cabanillas ME, Waguespack SG, Cote GJ, Gagel RF, Grubbs EG. Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma in MEN2A: ATA Moderate or High-Risk RET Mutations Do Not Predict Disease Aggressiveness. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 102(8):2807-2813, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28609830.
- Khan MI, Dellinger RP, Waguespack SG. Electrolyte Disturbances in Critically Ill Cancer Patients: An Endocrine Perspective. J Intensive Care Med 33(3):147-158, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28535742.
- Xu JY, Murphy WA, Milton DR, Jimenez C, Rao SN, Habra MA, Waguespack SG, Dadu R, Gagel RF, Ying AK, Cabanillas ME, Weitzman SP, Busaidy NL, Sellin RV, Grubbs E, Sherman SI, Hu MI. Bone Metastases and Skeletal-Related Events in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 101(12):jc20162815, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27662441.
- Xu JY, Grubbs EG, Waguespack SG, Jimenez C, Gagel RF, Sosa JA, Sellin RV, Dadu R, Hu MI, Trotter CS, Jackson M, Rich TA, Hyde SM, Sherman SI, Cote GJ. Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Associated with Germline RET(K666N) Mutation. Thyroid 26(12):1744-1751, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27673361.
- Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Cachia D, Waguespack SG, Crane CH, Mahajan A, Brown PD, Nam JY, McCutcheon IE, Penas-Prado M. Radiotherapy with concurrent temozolomide for the management of extraneural metastases in pituitary carcinoma. Pituitary 19(4):415-21, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27106209.
- Francis GL, Waguespack SG, Bauer AJ, Angelos P, Benvenga S, Cerutti JM, Dinauer CA, Hamilton J, Hay ID, Luster M, Parisi MT, Rachmiel M, Thompson GB, Yamashita S, American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force. Management Guidelines for Children with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Pediatric Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid 25(7):716-59, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25900731.
- Wells SA, Asa SL, Dralle H, Elisei R, Evans DB, Gagel RF, Lee N, Machens A, Moley JF, Pacini F, Raue F, Frank-Raue K, Robinson B, Rosenthal MS, Santoro M, Schlumberger M, Shah M, Waguespack SG. Revised American Thyroid Association Guidelines for the Management of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma. Thyroid 25(6):567-610, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25810047.
- Raman S, Grimberg A, Waguespack SG, Miller BS, Sklar CA, Meacham LR, Patterson BC. Risk of Neoplasia in Pediatric Patients Receiving Growth Hormone Therapy - A Report from the Pediatric Endocrine Society Drug and Therapeutics Committee. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 100(6):jc20151002, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25839904.
- Falchook GS, Millward M, Hong D, Naing A, Piha-Paul S, Waguespack SG, Cabanillas ME, Sherman SI, Ma B, Curtis M, Goodman V, Kurzrock R. BRAF Inhibitor Dabrafenib in Patients with Metastatic BRAF-Mutant Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid 25(1):71-7, 2015. PMID: 25285888.
- Verma J, McCutcheon IE, Waguespack SG, Mahajan A. Feasibility and outcome of re-irradiation in the treatment of multiply recurrent pituitary adenomas. Pituitary 17(6):539-45, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24272035.
- Rich TA, Feng L, Busaidy N, Cote GJ, Gagel RF, Hu M, Jimenez C, Lee JE, Perrier N, Sherman SI, Waguespack SG, Ying A, Grubbs E. Prevalence by Age and Predictors of Medullary Thyroid Cancer in Patients with Lower Risk Germline RET Proto-Oncogene Mutations. Thyroid 24(7):1096-106, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24617864.
- Dadu R, Devine C, Hernandez M, Waguespack SG, Busaidy NL, Hu MI, Jimenez C, Habra MA, Sellin RV, Ying AK, Cote GJ, Sherman SI, Cabanillas ME. Role of salvage targeted therapy in differentiated thyroid cancer patients who failed first-line sorafenib. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 99(6):jc20133588, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24628550.
- Romero Arenas MA, Morris LF, Rich TA, Cote GJ, Grubbs EG, Waguespack SG, Perrier ND. Preoperative multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 diagnosis improves the surgical outcomes of pediatric patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. J Pediatr Surg 49(4):546-50, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24726110.
- Shawa H, Elsayes KM, Javadi S, Morani A, Williams MD, Lee JE, Waguespack SG, Busaidy NL, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R, Jimenez C, Habra MA. Adrenal ganglioneuroma: features and outcomes of 27 cases at a referral cancer centre. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 80(3):342-7, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24033606.
- Morris LF, Harris RS, Milton DR, Waguespack SG, Habra MA, Jimenez C, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R, Lee JE, Perrier ND, Grubbs EG. Impact and timing of bilateral adrenalectomy for refractory adrenocorticotropic hormone-dependent Cushing s syndrome. Surgery 154(6):1174-83; discussion 1183-4, 2013. PMID: 24383115.
- Carhill AA, Cabanillas ME, Jimenez C, Waguespack SG, Habra MA, Hu M, Ying A, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R, Gagel RF, Sherman SI, Busaidy NL. The Non-investigational Use of Tyrosine Kinase inhibitors in Thyroid Cancer: Establishing a Standard for Patient Safety and Monitoring. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 98(1):31-42, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23185034.
- Morris LF, Waguespack SG, Edeiken-Monroe BS, Lee JE, Rich TA, Ying AK, Warneke CL, Evans DB, Perrier ND, Grubbs EG. Ultrasonography Should Not Guide the Timing of Thyroidectomy in Pediatric Patients Diagnosed with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndrome 2A through Genetic Screening. Ann Surg Oncol 20(1):53-9, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22890595.
- Morris LF, Waguespack SG, Warneke CL, Ryu H, Ying AK, Anderson BJ, Sturgis EM, Clayman GL, Lee JE, Evans DB, Grubbs EG, Perrier ND. Long-Term Follow- Up Data May Help Manage Patient and Parent Expectations for Pediatric Patients Undergoing Thyroidectomy. Surgery 152(6):1165-71, 2012. PMID: 23158186.
- Clayman GL, Agarwal G, Edeiken BS, Waguespack SG, Roberts DB, Sherman SI. Long-term outcome of comprehensive central compartment dissection in patients with recurrent/persistent papillary thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid 21(12):1309-16, 2011. PMID: 22136266.
- Ejaz S, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R, Busaidy NL, Hu MI, Waguespack SG, Jimenez C, Ying AK, Cabanillas M, Abbara M, Habra MA. Cushing syndrome secondary to ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience. Cancer 117(19):4381-9, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21412758.
- Khan MI, Habra MA, McCutcheon IE, Nogueras-González GM, Devin JK, Busaidy NL, Levine NB, Lindstrom W, Kagan D, Jimenez C, Waguespack SG. Random postoperative day 3 cortisol as a predictor of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis integrity after transsphenoidal surgery. Endocr Pract 17(5):1-25, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21454228.
- Ayala-Ramirez M, Feng L, Johnson MM, Ejaz S, Habra MA, Rich T, Busaidy N, Cote GJ, Perrier N, Phan A, Patel S, Waguespack SG, Jimenez C. Clinical Risk Factors for Malignancy and Overall Survival in Patients with Pheochromocytomas and Sympathetic Paragangliomas: Primary Tumor Size and Primary Tumor Location as Prognostic Indicators. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96(3):717-25, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21190975.
- Jasim S, Ying AK, Waguespack SG, Rich TA, Grubbs EG, Jimenez C, Hu MI, Cote G, Habra MA. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B with a RET proto-oncogene A883F mutation displays a more indolent form of medullary thyroid carcinoma compared with a RET M918T mutation. Thyroid 21(2):189-92, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21186952.
- Stephen MD, Zage PE, Waguespack SG. Gonadotropin-Dependent Precocious Puberty: Neoplastic Causes and Endocrine Considerations. Int J Pediatr Endocrinol (*article selected and evaluated by the Faculty of 1000) 2011(Article ID 184502):184502, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21603196.
- Grubbs EG, Waguespack SG, Rich TA, Xing Y, Ying AK, Evans DB, Lee JE, Perrier ND. Do the recent American Thyroid Association (ATA) Guidelines accurately guide the timing of prophylactic thyroidectomy in MEN2A?. Surgery 148(6):1302-10, 2010. PMID: 21134565.
- Amhaz HH, Chamoun RB, Waguespack SG, Shah K, McCutcheon IE. Spontaneous involution of Rathke cleft cysts: is it rare or just underreported?. J Neurosurg 112(6):1327-32, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19929199.
- Cabanillas ME, Waguespack SG, Bronstein Y, Williams MD, Feng L, Hernandez M, Lopez A, Sherman SI, Busaidy NL. Treatment with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: the M. D. Anderson Experience. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95(6):2588-95, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20392874.
- Waguespack SG, Rich T, Grubbs E, Ying AK, Perrier ND, Ayala-Ramirez M, Jimenez C. A Current Review of the Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Pediatric Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95(5):2023-37, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20215394.
- Waguespack SG, Williams MD, Clayman GL, Herzog CE. The Successful Use of Sorafenib to Treat Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. Thyroid 19(4):407-12, 2009. PMID: 19355831.
- Jimenez C, Cabanillas ME, Santarpia L, Jonasch E, Kyle KL, Lano EA, Matin SF, Nunez RF, Perrier ND, Phan A, Rich TA, Shah B, Williams MD, Waguespack SG. Use of the Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Sunitinib in a Patient with von Hippel-Lindau Disease: Targeting Angiogenic Factors in Pheochromocytoma and other von Hippel-Lindau Disease-related Tumors. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (*Cover Illustration) 94(2):386-91, 2009. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 19017755.
- Wray CJ, Rich TA, Waguespack SG, Lee JE, Perrier ND, Evans DB. Failure to recognize multiple endocrine neoplasia 2b: more common than we think?. Ann Surg Oncol 15(1):293-301, 2008. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17963006.
- Shaw SA, Camacho LH, McCutcheon IE, Waguespack SG. Transient Hypophysitis after Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte-Associated Antigen 4 (CTLA4) Blockade. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92(4):1201-2, 2007. PMID: 17409339.
- Waguespack SG, Hui SL, Dimeglio LA, Econs MJ. Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis: Clinical Severity and Natural History of 94 Subjects with a Chloride Channel 7 Gene Mutation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92(3):771-8, 2007. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17164308.
- Kouvaraki MA, Shapiro SE, Cote GJ, Lee JE, Yao JC, Waguespack SG, Gagel RF, Evans DB, Perrier ND. Management of pancreatic endocrine tumors in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. World J Surg 30(5):643-53, 2006. PMID: 16680581.
- Lora MS, Waguespack SG, Moley JF, Walvoord EC. Adrenal ganglioneuromas in children with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2: a report of two cases. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90(7):4383-7, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15827098.
- Busaidy NL, Jimenez C, Habra MA, Schultz PN, El-Naggar AK, Clayman GL, Asper JA, Diaz EM, Evans DB, Gagel RF, Garden A, Hoff AO, Lee JE, Morrison WH, Rosenthal DI, Sherman SI, Sturgis EM, Waguespack SG, Weber RS, Wirfel K, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R. Parathyroid carcinoma: a 22-year experience. Head Neck 26(8):716-26, 2004. PMID: 15287039.
- Yip L, Lee JE, Shapiro SE, Waguespack SG, Sherman SI, Hoff AO, Gagel RF, Arens JF, Evans DB. Surgical management of hereditary pheochromocytoma. J Am Coll Surg 198(4):525-34; discussion 534-5, 2004. PMID: 15051000.
Invited Articles
- Hanafy AK, Mujtaba B, Roman-Colon AM, Elsayes KM, Harrison D, Ramani NS, Waguespack SG, Morani AC. Imaging features of adrenal gland masses in the pediatric population. Abdom Radiol (NY) 45(4):964-981, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31538225.
- Waguespack SG. Thyroid Sequelae of Pediatric Cancer Therapy. Horm Res Paediatr 91(2):1-14, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30541010.
- Castinetti F, Moley J, Mulligan L, Waguespack SG. A comprehensive review on MEN 2B. Endocr Relat Cancer 25(2):T29-T39, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28698189.
- Jackson MA, Rich TA, Hu MI, Perrier ND, Waguespack SG. CDC73-Related Disorders. In: Pagon RA, Adam MP, Ardinger HH, et al., editors. GeneReviews® [Internet], 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Kalkan E, Waguespack SG. Endocrine Tumors Associated with Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Peutz- Jeghers Syndrome and Other Familial Neoplasia Syndromes. Front Horm Res 41:166-181, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23652677.
- Waguespack SG, Rich TA, Perrier ND, Jimenez C, Cote GJ. Management of medullary thyroid carcinoma and MEN2 syndromes in childhood. (Selected as a Medscape CME article). Nat Rev Endocrinol 7(10):596-607, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21862994.
- Khan MI, Waguespack SG, Hu MI. Medical Management of Postsurgical Hypoparathyroidism. Endocr Pract 17 Suppl 1:1-19, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21134871.
- Francis G, Waguespack SG. An Individualized Approach to the Child With Thyroid Cancer. Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism 6(1):85-92, 2011.
- Waguespack SG, Francis G. Initial Management and Follow-up of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Children. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 8(11):1289-1300, 2010. PMID: 21081785.
- Ying AK, Huh W, Bottomley S, Evans DB, Waguespack SG. Thyroid cancer in young adults. Semin Oncol 36(3):258-74, 2009. PMID: 19460583.
Editorials
- Jimenez C, Waguespack SG. Functional imaging for pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma: a step closer to understanding its place in clinical practice. Endocrine 50(1):6-8, 2015. PMID: 26113425.
- Waguespack SG. A perspective from pediatric endocrinology on the hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma syndromes. Thyroid 19(6):543-6, 2009. PMID: 19499985.
Book Chapters
- Pieterman CRC, Waguespack SG. Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes and somatotroph adenomas. In: Gigantism and Acromegaly. 1st. Academic Press (Elsevier), 173-195, 2021.
- Waguespack SG, Fishbein L. Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma, Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, and Hereditary Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes. In: Sperling Pediatric Endocrinology. 5th. Elsevier, 491-527, 2020.
- Mostoufi-Moab S, Venkattramani R, Bauer AJ, Waguespack SG. Chapter 30 Endocrine Tumors. In: Pizzo and Poplack's Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology. 8th. Wolters Kluwer, 811-841, 2020.
- Waguespack SG, Chemaitilly W. Endocrine Sequelae of Central Nervous System Irradiation. In: Radiation Oncology for Pediatric CNS Tumors. 1st. Springer International Publishing, 537-551, 2018.
- Waguespack SG, Wasserman JD. Pediatric Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma. In: Practical Management of Thyroid Cancer. 2nd. Springer International Publishing, 273-294, 2018.
- Bauer AJ, Waguespack SG, Grover A, Francis GL. Thyroid Neoplasia. In: Pediatric Endocrinology A Practical Clinical Guide. 3rd. Springer, 439-476, 2018.
- Waguespack SG, Francis GL. Radionuclide Imaging and Treatment of Children with Thyroid Cancer. In: Thyroid Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management. 3rd. Springer: New York, 475-85, 2016.
- Waguespack SG, Bauer AJ. Follicular Thyroid Cancer: Special Aspects in Children and Adolescents. In: Thyroid Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management. 3rd. Springer: New York, 801-05, 2016.
- Arango ML, Waguespack SG. A Young Child with Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Metastatic Pulmonary Disease: Role of Radioactive Iodine Therapy in Children. In: Thyroid Cancer: A Case-Based Approach. 1st. Springer, 229-236, 2016.
- Grubbs EG, Waguespack SG. Inherited Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Indications and Technique of Early Thyroidectomy. In: Medullary Thyroid Cancer. 1st. Springer International Publishing: Switzerland, 85-94, 2016.
- Waguespack SG. Chapter 506.1 Thyroid Tumors, Chapter 506.5 Adrenal Tumors. In: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th. Elsevier, Inc: Philadelphia, 2015.
- Waguespack SG, Huh W, Bauer AJ. Chapter 36 Endocrine Tumors. In: Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology. 7th. Wolters Kluwer, 919-945, 2015.
- Waguespack SG, Grubbs EG, Hu MI. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2. In: Clinical Genomics: Practical Applications in Adult Patient Care. 1st. McGraw Hill Education, 278-283, 2014.
- Waguespack SG, Ying AK. Pheochromocytoma and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes. In: Pediatric Endocrinology. 4th. Elsevier: Philadelphia, 533-568, 2014.
- Bauer AJ, Waguespack SG, Grover A, Francis GL. Thyroid Neoplasia. In: Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide. 2nd. Humana Press, 319-338, 2013.
- Waguespack SG, Wells SA. Thyroid Carcinoma. In: Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults. Springer Verlag, 259-68, 2007.
- Waguespack SG, Wells S, Ross J, Bleyer A. Thyroid Cancer. In: Cancer epidemiology in older adolescents and young adults 15 to 29 years of age, including SEER incidence and survival: 1975-2000. National Cancer Institute, NIH Pub No 06-5767: Bethesda, MD, 143-54, 2006.
Letters to the Editor
- Waguespack SG, Bauer AJ, Francis GL, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R. Radioactive Iodine for Pediatric Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: Sometimes "Less is More". J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2011.
- Waguespack SG, Rich TA. Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2B in early childhood: long-term benefit of prophylactic thyroidectomy. Cancer 116: 2284, 2010.
Patient Reviews
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