Mr Peter Truran is a Consultant Specialist High Volume Endocrine Surgeon performing all aspects of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal surgery. He is the head of the endocrine surgery department and lead consultant for thyroid cancer.
Mr Truran has been working as a consultant endocrine and general surgeon in Newcastle since January 2016. He provides specialist elective endocrine surgery and emergency abdominal and trauma surgery.
Having trained in the specialist endocrine surgical units in Newcastle and Sheffield, he became a consultant in Newcastle in 2015. He is a BAETS member, has a Masters of Clinical Research and received a travelling fellowship from the International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES).
Mr Truran is the head of the Endocrine surgery department at Newcastle Hospitals. The department performs over 300 endocrine procedures per year and has consistently had some of the best outcomes in the country.
He is currently the thyroid cancer lead for the trust and the chairperson of the Thyroid Cancer and Endocrine MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team). This highly specialist team of endocrinologists, radiologists, pathologists, specialist nurses and surgeons discuss all new and complex cases to ensure a world class service at Newcastle Hospitals. Mr Truran also chairs the regional link meeting coordinating endocrine surgical care across Sunderland, Cumbria, Gateshead and the whole of Northumbria.
Special interests
Mr Truran has expertise in delivering all aspects of specialist endocrine surgery including paediatric endocrine surgery, advanced thyroid cancer, parathryoidectomy, re-operative surgery, surgery for adrenal cancer and retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy. Mr Truran works in close collaboration with some of the other highly specialist services within Newcastle (Liver and Cardiothoracic surgeons) to deliver complex surgery for patients from the North of England.
Research
Mr Truran has many peer reviewed publications. He is the principal investigator for the IoN trial (Iodine or Not). This randomised trial is investigating the use of radioiodine in low risk thyroid cancer and Newcastle hospitals is the lead recruiter nationally. His other research includes utilising a novel blood test (circulation tumour cells) to detect thyroid cancer cells in the blood. This will hopefully lead to breakthroughs in the diagnosis and management of thyroid cancer.
He is also collaborating with Northumbria University and the Butterfly Thyroid Cancer Trust (the UK’s thyroid cancer charity) to investigate the impact of thyroid cancer, and its treatment, on patients’ quality of life.
Training
Mr Truran has been a faculty member on national thyroidectomy courses and trauma surgery courses. He is an established trainer for junior surgeons and an educational supervisor. The endocrine surgical department also offers a rotating fellowship post under his supervision. This is a great opportunity for surgeons to learn advanced endocrine surgery techniques and management within Newcastle. The whole department is very keen on ensuring that the next generation of endocrine surgeons can provide not just expert surgery but a holistic patient centred approach.
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