We are one of the largest centres in the UK for endocrine surgery, which involves operating and treating endocrine glands, ie, the thyroid, the parathyroid, the adrenal and the pancreas.
Our expertise includes surgery and treatment of difficult, complex, recurrent, familiar and malignant endocrine disease. We serve as a tertiary and international referral centre for these conditions, cooperating closely with endocrinology and nuclear medicine, endocrine pathology and cancer genetics.
We also run run a busy thyroid cancer MDT and large outpatient clinics for cancer follow-up. Surgery for cancer of the adrenal and neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas is provided as expert speciality. Therapy is coordinated with and through the neuroendocrine MDT wherever multimodal therapy is needed. King's Endocrine Surgery is a forerunner in endocrine day surgery and minimal access surgery.
What we do
We perform surgery in primary and redo conditions of endocrine glands.
Thyroid: removal of the thyroid or part of it for goitre, Graves disease, thyroid cancer. This includes removal of goitre in the chest and redo thyroid surgery. We have special expertise in comprehensive therapy of thyroid cancer, including neck dissection and chest clearance and treating familiar thyroid cancer conditions such as MEN II at any age.
Parathyroid: removal of diseased parathyroid tissue from neck and chest with special interest in minimal access surgery, redo surgery, and surgery of familiar/hereditary conditions such as MEN I and MEN II or other rare genetic conditions. We have special expertise in secondary hyperparathyroidism (renal patients) and parathyroid autotransplantation.
Adrenals: laparoscopic and open adrenalectomy for adrenal tumours. Multivisceral resection for adrenal cancer. Specific interest in pheochromocytoma, Conn's and Cushing's adenoma and MEN (multiple endocrine neoplasia) and SDH gene mutations.
Pancreas: laparoscopic and open removal of neuroendocrine pancreatic tumours, with specific interest in insulinomas and tumours in MEN I.
Location
Access to outpatient clinics is through Suite 7, first floor in the Golden Jubilee Wing. Clinics are held on Monday and Tuesday afternoons. A joint thyroid cancer clinic takes places on Wednesday afternoon in Suite 3.
Contact details
Directly to the consultant:
Klaus-Martin.Schulte@kch.nhs.uk 020 3299 1925. Fax: 020 3299 3914
Letters should be addressed to:
Mr Klaus-Martin Schulte, MD, FRCS
Consultant of Endocrine Surgery
King's College Hospital NHS Trust
Denmark Hill
London SE5 9RS
Key medical staff
Mr Klaus-Martin Schulte, MD, FRCS
