Alexander L. Shifrin, MD, FACS, FACE, FEBS (Endocrine Surgery), ECNU, FISS

THYROID, PARATHYROID, and ADRENAL SURGERY: Office phone (732) 792-5003
MINIMALLY INVASIVE OUTPATIENT THYROID AND PARATHYROID SURGERY
MINIMALLY INVASIVE POSTERIOR RETROPERITONEOSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY
American Board of Surgery Adult Complex Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Focused Practice Designation

Office Address:
Atlantic Health,
CentraState Medical Center,
Marlboro Office:
55 Willow Ln, Suite 101
Englishtown, NJ 07726
Phone (732) 792-5003
Fax (732) 536-0919

Toms River Office:
Toms River Shopping Center
1 Route 37 West
Toms River, NJ 08753

Alexander Shifrin, MD, Surgical Director of Endocrinology at Atlantic Health, CentraState Medical Center in New Jersey.

Dr Shifrin is the First Fellowship-Trained Endocrine Surgeon at Columbia University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York

Dr Shifrin is Board Certified, fellowship-trained Endocrine Surgeon specializing only in the surgery of parathyroid, thyroid, and adrenal glands. One of the first surgeons in the United States to pass the American Board of Surgery certification in the Adult Complex Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Focused Practice Designation. He has been Board-Certified by the American Board of Surgery since 2007. In addition, he is the only U.S. surgeon to have earned certification from the European Board of Endocrine Surgery in 2018 (Endocrine). In 2019, he was elected as the sole U.S. representative to serve as a Board Examiner for the European Board of Endocrine Surgery.

He performs more than 400 minimally invasive thyroid and parathyroid surgeries a year and more than 15 adrenal surgeries a year (posterior laparoscopic approach).

All parathyroid surgeries are performed as minimally invasive surgeries. Dr Shifrin has about a 95 - 99% success rate in finding parathyroid adenoma during the first procedure.

Dr Shifrin established the first Endocrine Surgery Program at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in 2006, where he worked until 2022. The Program then received a designated status of the Center for Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal Diseases and, under Dr. Shifrin's leadership, has gained state and then national and international recognition for clinical excellence in the management of complex endocrine diseases, including thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal problems, and endocrine syndromes (such as MEN 1, MEN 2a and 2b, and others), research and training of residents and students. He was appointed Medical Director of Endocrine Oncology at Hackensack Meridian Health System. In 2022, he was hired by Atlantic Health and CentraState Medical Center as the Surgical Director of Endocrinology to establish a nationally and internationally recognized endocrine surgery program

Dr Shifrin is also a Professor of Surgery at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), and Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology (FACE). He is the first and only US endocrine surgeon to be admitted and successfully pass the European Board Exam in Endocrine Surgery (since no such exam is available in the USA). He was given the title of a Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (FEBS - Endocrine) in 5/2018.
He was awarded the title of Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (FISS) in May 2019 and was among the first elected Fellows of the International Society of Surgery. He is one of only 12 Fellows from the United States and 61 worldwide to hold this distinction.

He is an Elected member of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES), European Society of Endocrine Surgeons (ESES), and International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES). A member of the Endocrine Society and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE). He is Board Certified in Endocrine Neck Ultrasound and Ultrasound Guided Thyroid Biopsy (ECNU) by the American College of Endocrinology (ACE). He was elected as the Vice President of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

Our Center is Dedicated to Serving Patients with Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal Problems.

Our Goal is to Provide Standard of Care and Evidence-Based Medicine!

"The Best Interest of the Patient is the Only Interest to be Considered" (William Mayo, 1910)

Now Available – "Wellness Protection Program: The Thyroid Cancer Survivor Story and Recovery Protocol" by Katie Napoli, MA and Alexander Shifrin, MD, published in 2025

Now Available – "Thyroid Encyclopedia" by Alexander Shifrin, MD and Svetlana Krasnova FNP, published by Balboa Press 4/2022

Now Available – "The Atlas of THYROID Surgery" by Alexander Shifrin, MD, published by Springer

Now Available – "Lange Endocrine Surgery: Clinical Diagnosis and Management" by Alexander Shifrin, MD, and Thomas Fahey, MD published by McGraw Hill in 2025

Books Authored by Dr. Alexander Shifrin

Wellness Protection Program: The Thyroid Cancer Survivor Story and Recovery Protocol by K. Napoli and A. Shifrin

Wellness Protection Program: The Thyroid Cancer Survivor Story and Recovery Protocol is available on Amazon, 215 pages, June 23, 2025, ISBN-13: ‎ 979-8288136207. Katie, a thyroid cancer survivor, shares her deeply personal journey of resilience, growth, and healing. Life’s unpredictable challenges have shaped her identity, and rather than fear these obstacles, she has chosen to embrace them. Her story is not only about battling cancer but about learning how to live fully after treatment—navigating survivorship with strength, purpose, and intention. With the guidance of Dr. Alexander Shifrin, Surgical Director of Endocrinology at Atlantic Health, CentraState Medical Center, Katie’s experience reveals a critical gap in traditional medical care: while physicians focus on diagnosis and active treatment, little structured support exists once the acute phase of care ends. Patients often face an uncertain path alone, needing guidance not only for physical recovery but also for emotional, mental, spiritual, and lifestyle healing. Recognizing this unmet need, Katie and Dr. Shifrin introduce the Wellness Protection Program—an integrative support system designed to accompany patients through every stage of survivorship. This protocol moves beyond conventional medicine, providing a comprehensive approach that includes nutritional guidance, lifestyle modification, mental health support, spiritual care, physical rehabilitation, and ongoing education. Rather than a one-time intervention, it is a lifelong framework to help survivors rebuild, maintain balance, and protect their long-term well-being. The Wellness Protection Program empowers thyroid cancer survivors to regain control over their health, offering structure, community, and hope long after active treatment ends.

Thyroid Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia of Thyroid Disease, Thyroid Conditions and Thyroid Cancer by Alexander Shifrin and Svetlana Krasnova

Published by Balboa Press, 220 pages, April 4, 2022, ISBN-13: ‎ 979-8765225394. Also available on Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.
The Thyroid Encyclopedia is intended to help all patients, and their family members, to understand better thyroid diseases, thyroid cancer, and thyroid problems. The goal of this book is to educate the patient and help them understand all aspects of their disease and treatment process. Most of the time, patients have questions about the interpretation of their test results, the meaning of specific medical terms in their diagnosis, and their treatment plan. A majority of patients who read their own laboratory, radiology, or pathology reports are not familiar with specific medical terminology related to the thyroid gland and thyroid disease. Sometimes, physicians and other health care providers are unavailable to discuss or do not have enough time to explain the patient's diagnosis, test results, or treatment plan in detail. Throughout my about 20 years of practicing thyroidology (treating patients with thyroid diseases), I have realized that there is not enough information presented to patients during their visits and that patients still have multiple questions after leaving their appointments. No designated practice provider can explain and interpret all the specific terminology related to the patient's disease. The idea to educate and to help the patient along throughout their journey and through their cure is the main reason that the Thyroid Encyclopedia came alive.

Lange Endocrine Surgery: Clinical Diagnosis and Management 1st Edition by A. Shifrin MD and T. Fahey MD

Lange Endocrine Surgery: Clinical Diagnosis and Management Amazon, 512 pages, January 7, 2025, ISBN-10: ‎ 1264657145. Packed with 800+ photos and illustrations, including CT scans, MRIs, X-rays, and anatomic renderings, Lange Endocrine Surgery: Clinical Diagnosis and Management delivers high-yield descriptions of the latest diagnostic modalities and management protocols. Designed to foster quick recall of major diagnostic features, it clear, concise presentation of etiology, pathogenesis, clinical findings, differential diagnosis, and medical and surgical treatment. Perfect for board certification review, this comprehensive guide emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to all endocrine surgical conditions to help you determine the best options of care based on the standard of care. This also helps you utilize multidisciplinary expertise available at your institution. Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and pathology are discussed to the extent that they contribute to the ultimate purpose of the book. Lange Endocrine Surgery: Clinical Diagnosis and Management is an unmatched source of information about everything you need to know to treat and manage patients safely and effectively, including:
• Thyroid
• Parathyroid
• Adrenal glands
• Pancreas
• Neuroendocrine tumors
• Pituitary

Atlas of Intraoperative Cranial Nerve Monitoring in Thyroid and Head and Neck Surgery. Springer, 1st Edition by A. Shifrin, MD, A. Deutsch, MD, G. Randolph, MD

Atlas of Intraoperative Cranial Nerve Monitoring in Thyroid and Head and Neck Surgery on Amazon, Publisher: Springer, 119 pages, July 4, 2023, ISBN-10: ‎ 1264657145. This comprehensive atlas is the modern, state-of-the-art guide for intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) and management of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, vagus nerve, and other cranial nerves at risk during thyroid, parathyroid, and modified radical neck dissection surgery. Based on real-time electrophysiologic images, it will assist the surgeon in the decision-making process by incorporating important information related to the identification of the nerves and their functional status, aiding in the interpretation and improvement of the quality of neural monitoring, and reducing inappropriate variations in monitoring technique. Utilization of IONM enables the surgeon to interrogate nerve anatomy and function with immediate quantitative feedback, thereby augmenting surgical training, and importantly, surgical skills and sound anatomic knowledge remain prerequisite and are not supplanted by IONM use. Authored by experts in the field, Atlas of Intraoperative Cranial Nerve Monitoring in Thyroid and Head and Neck Surgery will be the gold-standard text for IONM for endocrine surgeons, otolaryngology surgeons, neurophysiologists, and head and neck surgeons, as well as fellows and residents in these areas.• Familial endocrine syndromes

Atlas of Thyroid Surgery by A. Shifrin

Springer; 1st ed. 2022 edition (May 9, 2022); ISBN-10: ‎3030936724; ISBN-13: ‎978-3030936723; Hardcover or ebook; 516 pages.
This surgical atlas illustrates the various successful thyroid surgery techniques of world-renowned surgeons. Some approaches presented include total thyroidectomy, right thyroid lobectomy, left thyroid lobectomy, minimally invasive approach to thyroidectomy, video-assisted approach to thyroidectomy, and endoscopic approaches, such as the transaxillary approach, bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA), and trans-oral thyroid surgery (TOEVA). The Atlas is intended for a broader audience than publications for other procedures since thyroidectomy is among the most common neck procedures. The Atlas of Thyroid Surgery will help all surgeons caring for patients with thyroid disease minimize complications and perform successful thyroidectomy.

Endocrine Surgery Comprehensive Board Exam Guide 1st ed. 2022 Edition by Alexander Shifrin (Editor), Marco Raffaelli (Editor), Gregory W. Randolph (Editor), Oliver Gimm (Editor)

Springer; 1st ed. 2022 edition (December 14, 2021); ISBN-10: ‎3030847365; ISBN-13: ‎978-3030847364; Hardcover or ebook; 913 pages.
Written by experts in the field, Endocrine Surgery Comprehensive Board Exam Guide is a valuable source of preparation for the Endocrine Surgery examination and brings Endocrine Surgery to a higher level of expertise by helping to raise the standard of training for future endocrine surgeons.
This book was completed with the expectation that it would benefit all European surgeons seeking certification in Endocrine Surgery. Additionally, we hope surgeons from the United States and other non-EU countries will also benefit from this book. There is a need for a specialized book that reviews evidence-based endocrine surgery, aligned with current curriculum standards in the field. The book contains the knowledge expected on the DES board examination. In general, chapters start with a patient’s case followed by questions. The subsequent comprehensive yet concise main text provides all the information needed for a successful DES exam and cites important references. After the patient case and questions, the text goes on to define the condition, outline the standard-of-care approach to establish the diagnosis, perform the diagnostic tests of choice, review evidence-based treatment options, including medical therapy, and prepare for surgery. The chapters conclude with a discussion of follow-up care and long-term outcomes. The topics discussed within this book closely follow the curriculum of the European Board of Surgery Examination.

Endocrine Emergencies by A. Shifrin

Elsevier; 1st edition (August 6, 2021); ISBN-10: ‎032376097X; ISBN-13: ‎978-0323760973; Hardcover or ebook; 368 pages.
Endocrine emergencies are often potentially life-threatening and can be easily overlooked in patients with no history of endocrine disease. Endocrine Emergencies is a practical guide to identification and treatment for today’s clinicians, offering essential coverage of common and serious emergencies related to endocrine metabolic conditions of the thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary, and adrenal glands.

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The Atlas of Parathyroid Surgery by A. Shifrin

June 9, 2020; ISBN: 978-3-030-40755-1; Hardcover or ebook; 151 pages

This Atlas is designed to illustrate different techniques on how to perform successful parathyroidectomy by using traditional four-gland exploration approach and minimally invasive approaches, such as the open minimally invasive approach, video-assisted approach, back-door approach, transoral endoscopic parathyroidectomy approach (TOEPVA), and endoscopic lateral parathyroidectomy approach. In addition, most of the authors provided a video of the same case as it is depicted in the chapter.

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The Atlas of Parathyroid Imaging and Pathology by A. Shifrin, D. Neistadt, P. Thind

June 26, 2020; ISBN: 978-3-030-40958-6; Hardcover or ebook; 251 pages

This book, written by experts in the field, provides a visual demonstration of normal, ectopic locations, and difficult-to-localize of parathyroid adenomas using different modalities, such as Sestamibi scan, SPECT/CT Sestamibi scan, neck ultrasound, MRI, thin-cut CT, and 4D CT scans, in patients with PHPT and to describe parathyroid gland–related pathology.

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Advances in Treatment and Management in Surgical Endocrinology by A. Shifrin

1st Edition, Elsevier, June 2019, ISBN 978-0-323-66195-9. Addresses endocrine diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands as well as familial endocrine syndromes - multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and 2 (MEN). Includes both surgical and non-surgical treatments, and consolidates today's available information on this timely topic into one convenient resource. Click here to purchase from Elsevier, or here from Amazon

The Atlas of Adrenal Surgery by A. Shifrin

Atlas of Adrenal Surgery. 1st ed. Springer, 2019 Edition. ISBN-13: 978-3030017866, ISBN-10: 3030017869, ISBN 978-3-030-01787-3: Hardcover, eBook, and Kindle editions. A new atlas by Dr. Alexander Shifrin is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of-the-art approach to a single surgical procedure - adrenal gland surgery. The atlas illustrates different techniques of adrenalectomy that are performed by different renowned surgeons. It shows several different approaches to adrenalectomy, which include more commonly used anterior lateral adrenalectomy and more advanced newer techniques of posterior retroperitoneoscopic and robotic adrenalectomies. The text includes extensive illustrations and links to videos of all procedures, making this an interactive text. Atlas of Adrenal Surgery is the first single-source to provide information on techniques and outcomes for a diverse group of endocrine surgeons, minimally invasive laparoscopic surgeons, surgical oncologists, urologists, and general surgeons.

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