Dr. Geeta Lal

Dr. Geeta Lal is a board-certified General Surgeon (both USA and Canada) with advanced Fellowship training in Endocrine Surgical Oncology. She is also a tenured Professor of Surgery with a cross-appointment in Pediatrics at a major academic medical center. Dr. Lal has spent the last 20 years practicing Endocrine surgery and has extensive experience in thyroid and parathyroid surgery, including re-operative surgery and pediatric thyroid cancer. She is also involved in teaching surgical residents and medical students, both in the operating room and clinics.

Dr. Lal has served in many different roles throughout her career, including being the Co-Leader of her cancer center’s Endocrine Multidisciplinary Oncology Group and heading an NIH-funded basic science laboratory focused on the role of the Extracellular Matrix 1 (ECM1) gene for many years. She also served as the Associate Chief Quality Officer for the Adult Inpatient Services at her hospital till July 2022. Dr. Lal continues to perform clinical research and has presented and published her work extensively.