
Bryan Watkins Whitfield VI, MD
General SurgeryEndocrine Surgery
Highlights
Languages
- English
Gender
MaleAbout Bryan Watkins Whitfield VI
About the Provider
Dr. Whitfield is a fellowship-trained endocrine surgeon and is a member of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. He is one of the first surgeons in the country to have obtained a Focused Practice Designation (FPD) in Adult Complex Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery (ACTPS). The FPD in ACTPS is a designation awarded by the American Board of Medical Specialties that recognizes diplomates who have focused their practice on the treatment of patients with benign, malignant, functional, and nonfunctional thyroid and parathyroid tumors. This also encompasses the management of patients with locally advanced thyroid cancer, aggressive histologic subtype, and inherited endocrine syndromes. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Whitfield has served as an examination consultant of the Adult Complex Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Focused Practice Designation Examination Committee for the American Board of Surgery.
Certifications and Memberships
- Board Certified, General Surgery
- Member, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
- Member, American College of Surgeons
- Focused Practice Designation, Adult Complex Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, American Board of Medical Specialties
Professional Memberships
- Member, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
- Member, American College of Surgeons
Latest News
- Northside now offers RFA for select thyroid cancer patients - Feb. 02, 2026
- Northside debuts scar-free thyroid nodule treatment - Apr. 23, 2025
Practice Website
Hospital Affiliations
Interpreter Services
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Locations
- Chattahoochee Surgical Group - Cumming
- 980 Sanders Road, Suite 100, Cumming, GA 30041
- Get Directions
- phone: 770-886-1074
- fax: 770-205-4717
- Chattahoochee Surgical Group -Suwanee
- 3340 Paddocks Parkway, Suwanee, GA 30024
- Get Directions
- phone: 770-886-1074
- fax: 770-205-4717
Clinical Interests
- Adrenal incidentalomas
- Cushing’s Syndrome (adrenal aenomas)
- Conn’s Syndrome (aldosteronoma)
- Goiter
- Graves’ disease
- Laparoscopic general surgery
- Paraganglioma
- Parathyroid cancer
- Pheochromocytoma
- Primary hyperparathyroidism
- Radiofrequency Thyroid Ablation
- Secondary hyperparathyroidism
- Thyroid nodules
- Thyroid cancer
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Endocrinology, 2020
- Internship & Residency: Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, General Surgery, 2019
- Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine, 2014
Board Certifications
- Surgery (General Surgery): American Board of Surgery, 2022
Insurance
- Aetna
- Amerigroup: Medicaid product
- BCBS HMO
- BCBS MA HMO
- CareSource Tricare
- Caresource: Marketplace Exchange product
- Caresource: Medicaid product
- Cigna
- ClearSpringHealthEONMedicareAdvantage
- Clover Medicare
- Coventry (via Aetna)
- Devoted Medicare Adv
- HealthSpring_Cigna MA
- Humana
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Multiplan PHCS Beech Street
- Nomi Health
- NovaNet
- NS Health Network
- Oscar Exchange
- Peach State - Ambetter Exchange product
- Peach State: Medicaid product
- Pruitt Health
- QT
- Sonder Medicare
- TRICARE
- United Healthcare
- WellCare: Medicare product via Peach State
Ratings & Reviews
5 out of 5
310 ratingsThe Patient Satisfaction Rating is an average of all responses to the care provider related questions shown below from our survey. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question.
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