Board of Directors
Iram Hussain, M.D.
PresidentIram Hussain, M.D. is the current president of NASOIE. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, and has an active role in teaching and training residents and fellows in thyroid disease. Her clinical practice focuses on thyroid dysfunction, nodules and cancer. She started the new service line for radiofrequency ablation of thyroid nodules and neck lesions at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX and is one of the few academic endocrinologists in the country performing these procedures in a university clinic setting.
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Samer Nakhle, MD
Vice PresidentDr. Samer Nakhle is one of the founding members of NASIOE. He is the founder and program director of the first endocrine fellowship program in the State of Nevada. Dr. Nakhle founded Palm Medical Group in 2007 and has grown the practice to the largest endocrinology practice in Nevada. He is an expert in thyroid management and procedures, especially thyroid cancer management and follow-up. He completed radio-frequency ablation training in South Korea in 2018. Dr. Nakhle has been performing and teaching thermal ablation procedures since that time.
Jules Aljammal, MD
Past PresidentDr. Aljammal is a dedicated doctor with a passion for providing the highest standard of medical care for his patients. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, one of the top-rated U.S. academic hospitals, where he trained with national leaders in endocrinology. He is board-certified in endocrinology, with expertise in the evaluation and treatment of thyroid diseases. Dr. Aljammal is also ECNU certified.
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Shahzad Ahmad, MD
TreasurerDr. Shahzad Ahmad is the first endocrinologist to perform an RFA procedure in the USA and has successfully completed over 1000 such procedures with a reported adverse effect profile of less than 0.3%. He also performed the first successful RFA for a toxic thyroid nodule, medullary cancer recurrence, and parathyroid adenoma ever done in North America.
Dr. Ahmad is a founding member of NASOIE, and his work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals. He has a thyroid and parathyroid-focused interventional endocrinology practice in Salt Lake City, Utah
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Agustin Andrade, MD
SecretaryAgustin A. Andrade M.D., ECNU is a founding member and current secretary of NASOIE. He is the Chief of the endocrinology division and a professor at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, Florida. He is also the President of the Miami Endocrine Association.
Dr. Andrade dedicates his practice to the thyroid and parathyroid disorders and perform novel treatments for benign and malignant thyroid nodules. He was the first physician in the united states that performed Percutaneous Laser Ablation. He is the patent owner for thyroid core biopsy needle and biopsy cannula.
