Rajshri Gartland, MD, MPH, FACS
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About Dr. Gartland
Rajshri M. Gartland, MD, MPH, FACS is a board-certified, fellowship-trained surgeon at Mass General Brigham (MGB)/Harvard Medical School and is the Senior Director of Cancer Surgery Quality for the MGB Cancer Institute. She has expertise in the surgical treatment of benign and malignant thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal diseases. Dr. Gartland's clinical and research interests focus on the practice and advancement of endocrine surgery, particularly through innovative and minimally-invasive techniques. As Senior Director of Cancer Surgery Quality for MGBCI and Vice Chair of Quality for the MGB Department of Surgery, Dr. Gartland also works with clinical teams across specialties to optimize patient outcomes, make care safer for patients and providers, and improve the way patients experience their diseases, treatment, and interactions with healthcare. Dr. Gartland earned her medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine where she was a Canby Robinson Scholar and was awarded both the Kaufman Prize in Medicine and the H. William Scott, Jr. Society Prize in Surgery. She completed general surgery training at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where she served as Surgical Education Chief Resident, and then finished comprehensive specialty training focused on thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal surgery at MGH and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) as a graduate of the Harvard Combined Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Program. During her training she earned a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard. Dr. Gartland teaches courses at Harvard Medical School and has received national and international recognition for her work. She serves on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Foundation and serves on the American Board of Surgery/American Board of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Adult Complex Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Focused Practice Designation Examination Committee. She is co-editor of the Springer book entitled Endocrine Surgery Clerkship: A Guide for Senior Medical Students.