Roy Phitayakorn, MD FACS

Dr. Roy Phitayakorn completed his residency training in general surgery at Case Western Reserve University in 2009 and an endocrine surgery fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in 2011. Dr. Phitayakorn is a Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School (HMS) with a practice in general surgery and endocrine surgery and the first surgeon to be promoted along the Educator pathway in the history of the MGH. Dr. Phitayakorn is also the MGH Department of Surgery Vice Chair of Education where he oversees the medical student (pre-clinical, clinical clerkship, and post-clerkship electives/subinternship), residency (five surgical programs), and fellowship (seven surgical fellowships) programs. He is also the Co-Director of the American College of Surgeons-accredited MGH Surgery Education Research and Simulation Fellowship program and Chair of the HMS Surgery Education Committee. Dr. Phitayakorn has a Master’s degree in Medical Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago (MHPE) and his thesis on phone communication practices won the best thesis award in 2005. Dr. Phitayakorn was an external examination consultant for the American Board of Surgery and developed medical education content for the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Phitayakorn is also a faculty member for several national medical education courses and institutions including the Harvard Macy Institute, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Surgeons as Educators course, the Institute of Medical Simulation, the ACS Surgical Education Principles and Practice course, the ACS Certificate in Applied Surgical Education Leadership, and the Harvard Medical School Training to Teachers Egypt, Mongolia, and China programs. He was inducted into the inaugural class of the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators as a Associate Member in 2018 and promoted to a full member (MAMSE) in 2023.

Endocrine (Gland)

• hyperparathyroidism
• parathyroid cancer
• parathyroid surgery
• thyroid nodules/cancer
• thyroid surgery

Head and Neck

• parathyroid surgery
• thyroid surgery

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

Diagnostic Imaging/procedures

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

• thyroid cancer/nodules

Massachusetts General Hospita

Asst Surgeon

07/2011—Present

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Instructor

10/2008—Present