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 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. Read at: PubMed 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. Read at: PubMed 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. Read at: PubMed 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. Read at: PubMed Published 4/17/2024 Woods AP, Feeney T, Gupta A, Knapp PE, McAneny D, Drake FT. Prospective Study of a System-Wide Adrenal Incidentaloma Quality Improvement Initiative. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 May 01; 238(5):961-970. PMID: 38116951. Read at: PubMed View All 99 Publications: View Full Profile in BUMC Websites BU Profile Surgery Faculty Boston Medical Center Provider Profile Twitter Education University of Utah School of Medicine, MD University of Washington School of Public Health, MPH Princeton University, AB View all profiles