Terry C. Lairmore, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Primary Office

Temple Clinic
254-724-7445

Terry C. Lairmore, M.D., F.A.C.S.

  • Vice Chairman for Research
  • Director, Division of Surgical Oncology


Endocrine Cancer, General Surgery, Oncology Surgery

Faculty Rank - Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

Professor of Surgery

Education

  • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, M.D., 1988
  • Baylor University, Waco, TX, B.S., 1984

Specialty Training

  • Resident and Chief Resident in Surgery, Barnes Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1992-1995
  • Senior Registar, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 1994-October 1994
  • Research Fellow, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1989-1992
  • Intern, Barnes Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1988-1989

Scott & White Appointment

May 4, 2005

Board Certification

American Board of Surgery

Publications and Research

  • Cohen MS, Dilley WG, Wells SA Jr, Moley JF, Sicard G, Skinner MK, Norton JA, DeBenedetti MK, Lairmore TC. 
    Long-term functionality of cryopreserved parathyroid autografts: A 13-year prospective analysis. Surgery 138(6):1033-1041, 2005.
  • Cohen MS, Finkelstein SE, Brunt LM, Haberfeld E, Kangrga I, Moley JF, Lairmore TC.
    Outpatient minimally invasive parathyroidectomy utilizing local/regional anesthesia: A safe and effective surgical approach for selected patients. Surgery, 138(4): 681-689, 2005.
  • Dilley WG, Kalyanaraman S, Verma S, Cobb JP, Laramie JM, Lairmore TC.
    Global gene expression in neuroendocrine tumors from patients with the MEN 1 syndrome. Molecular Cancer 4(1): 9, 2005.
  • Lairmore TC, Moley JF.
    Endocrine Pancreatic Tumors. Scandanavian Journal of Surgery 93(4): 311-315, 2004.
  • Doherty GM, Lairmore TC, Moley JF, DeBenedetti M. 
    MEN-1 parathyroid adenoma development over time. World Journal of Surgery 28: 1139-1142, 2004.
  • Lairmore TC, Piersall LD, DeBenedetti MK, Dilley WG, Mutch MG, Whelan AJ, Zehnbauer B.
    Clinical genetic testing and early surgical intervention in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1). Annals of Surgery 239: 637-647, 2004.
  • Lairmore TC.
    Molecular and genetic aspects of nonthyroid endocrine neoplasms: What the general surgeon should know. Problems in General Surgery 20: 1-10, 2003.
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Patient Care Emphasis

Cancer surgery, thyroidectomy, parathyroidectomy, adrenalectomy, resection of sarcomas

Awards

  • Valedictorian and Founder's Medal, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1988
  • Vanderbilt Third Year Surgery Clerkship Award, 1987
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1986
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Baylor University, 1984
  • Summa Cum Laude, Baylor University, 1984

Interests/Hobbies

Music, outdoors, nature photography


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