Frederick T. Drake, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Drake received his Medical Degree from the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, UT and a Master of Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. He completed a residency in General Surgery at University of Washington Medical Center and a Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) in San Francisco, CA.

He is board certified by the America Board of Surgery. His research and clinical interests include: general surgery and endocrine surgery (including surgery for diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands), improving outcomes for common surgical diseases, innovations in surgical education and improving access to surgical care in the developing world.

Publications

  • Published 4/1/2026

    Lincango EP, Vilatuna-Andrango L, Arce-Camposano A, Mena-García C, Figueroa L, Herold S, Zaldumbide M, Pacheco F, Cayambe J, Solis-Pazmino P, Westmoreland TJ, Lew JI, Drake F, Romero-Velez G, Sosa JA, Brito JP. Total Thyroidectomy vs Lobectomy for Sporadic Medullary Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2026 Apr 01; 152(4):400-408. PMID: 41746657.

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  • Published 6/17/2025

    Finnerty BM, Marshall T, Annesi CA, Zarnegar R, Fahey TJ, Long K, Drake FT, Beninato T. Thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin is not associated with aggressive clinicopathologic features in concomitant Graves' disease and papillary thyroid cancer. Am J Surg. 2025 Sep; 247:116487. PMID: 40544641.

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  • Published 3/5/2025

    Beaulieu-Jones BR, Laudon AD, Duraiswamy S, Yang F, Chen E, Flum DR, Lerner K, Evans H, Charboneau A, Simianu VV, Thompson L, Azar F, Valdes V, Narsule C, Sanchez SE, Drake FT. A Multicenter Assessment of the Accuracy of Claims Data in Appendicitis Research. Ann Surg. 2025 Mar 05. PMID: 40040610.

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  • Published 8/17/2024

    Laudon AD, Beaulieu-Jones BR, Gitonga B, Yang FF, Chen E, Flum DR, Lerner K, Evans HL, Thompson L, Azar FK, Charboneau A, Simianu VV, Sanchez SE, Drake FT. Power Has Pitfalls: (In)accuracy of Administrative Data for Nonoperative Management of Appendicitis. J Surg Res. 2024 Oct; 302:428-436. PMID: 39153365.

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  • Published 7/1/2024

    Drake FT, Sanchez SE. Acute Appendicitis-What's Old Is New Again. JAMA Surg. 2024 Jul 01; 159(7):735-736. PMID: 38630482.

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Education

  • University of Utah School of Medicine, MD
  • University of Washington School of Public Health, MPH
  • Princeton University, AB

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