University of California San Francisco

Michelle B. Mulder, MD

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Michelle B. Mulder, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology 
Section of Endocrine Surgery
University of California, San Francisco

Address

1600 Divisadero, #B611
San Francisco, CA 94115
United States

ORCID: 0000-0003-0827-6522

Biography

Dr. Michelle Mulder is an endocrine surgeon specializing in the surgical management of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal disorders. She has advanced expertise in minimally invasive approaches, including posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy—a technique she mastered during her UCSF fellowship and subsequently became the first and only surgeon to perform in Nebraska. Her clinical practice encompasses the full spectrum of benign and malignant thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal diseases, including hereditary endocrine syndromes, complex reoperative cases, and advanced minimally invasive approaches such as radiofrequency ablation of thyroid nodules.

Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Dr. Mulder earned her bachelor's degree in biology at Albion College and her medical degree from Wayne State University. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of Miami–Jackson Memorial Hospital, the second-largest public hospital in the United States. During residency, she completed a two-year clinical research fellowship at the Ryder Trauma Center–one of the nation’s busiest trauma and burn centers–where she was awarded a training grant investigating physiologic stress responses in U.S. Army Forward Surgical Teams. Following residency, she completed fellowship training in endocrine surgery at UCSF.

After fellowship, Dr. Mulder joined the faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where she helped establish the state’s highest-volume adrenal surgery program and was actively involved in medical education and clinical research. She has since returned to UCSF, bringing a diverse geographic perspective and currently serves as Associate Program Director for the Endocrine Surgery Fellowship. She is active in the American Thyroid Association and the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. Her academic interests include outcomes in endocrine surgery, improving access to high-volume surgical care, and applying artificial intelligence to enhance surgical decision-making, education, and patient outcomes.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Mulder enjoys running, skiing, tennis, and time with her family in Michigan.

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
Assistant Professor of Endocrine Surgery; Division of Surgical Oncology; Department of Surgery; University of Nebraska Medical Center; Omaha, Nebraska 2025
Clinical Fellow in Endocrine Surgery; Section of Endocrine Surgery; Section of Endocrine Surgery; Division of Surgical Oncology; Department of Surgery; University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, CA 2023
Resident in General Surgery;Department of Surgery;Jackson Memorial Hospital-University of Miami Health System; Miami, FL 2022
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow; Divisions of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Burns; Department of Surgery; Department of Surgery 2019
Wayne State University School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine (MD) Medicine 2015
Albion College Bachelor of Science (BS) Biology 2010

Awards & Honors

Award Conferred By Date
Committee on Trauma: Certificate of Achievement American College of Surgeons Excelsior Surgical Society 2019/2019
1st Place in the Region 13 Committee on Trauma Association of VA Surgeons 2019/2019
Edward M. Copeland Resident Paper Competition-Clinical Science Category 1st and 2nd Place Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons 2019/2019
STAR Research Award Society of Critical Care Medicine 2019/2019
Robert Zeppa Resident Research Award University of Miami 2019/2019
3rd Place Clinical Scholar Research Award University of Miami Miller School of Medicine 2019/2019
Carl A. Moyer Resident Paper Award American Burn Association 2018/2018
Committee on Trauma: Certificate of Achievement American College of Surgeons Excelsior Surgical Society 2018/2018
1st and 3rd Place in the Region 13 Committee on Trauma Association of VA Surgeons 2018/2018
Edward M. Copeland Resident Paper Competition-Clinical Science Category 3rd Place Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons 2018/2018
Excellence in Teaching of US Army FST United States Department of Defense 2018/2018
1st and 2nd Place Clinical Scholar Research Award University of Miami Miller School of Medicine 2018/2018
Distinguished Albion Scholar Award Albion College 2010/2010
Albion College Presidential Scholarship Albion College 2006/2006
Distinguished Athlete Award United States Marine Corps 2006/2006
Scholar-Athlete Award The Michigan High School Athletic Association 2002/2002

Grants and Funding

  • Heart rate complexity and stress in US Army Forward Surgical Teams and Surgical Residents | DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery Non-Faculty Trainee Research Grant | 2018-06-01 - 2019-08-01 | Role: PI
  • Novel Treatment for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury | Naval Medical Research Center | 2015-07-01 - 2017-07-01 | Role: clinical researcher

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 36
  1. The Multi-Institutional Medullary Thyroid Cancer Collaborative Registry: Can a Rare Tumor Registry Accurately Represent the Real-World Patient Population?
    Szabo Yamashita T, Williams-Perez SM, Ehsan S, Mulder M, Kronenfeld D, Huang CY, Zhao H, Merriman K, Peterson SK, Hu MI, Zafereo M, Sosa JA, Grubbs EG| | PubMed
  2. Nerve monitoring in endocrine surgery: Practice patterns differ among surgeons for parathyroidectomy and thyroidectomy.
    Conroy PC, Wilhelm A, Rajwani T, Mulder M, Gosnell J, Shen WT, Duh QY, Roman S, Sosa JA| | PubMed
  3. Magic Pen?-An Innovative Adjunct for Intraoperative Identification of Parathyroid Glands.
    Mulder MB, Duh QY| | PubMed
  4. Somatic and Germline Mutations in Atypical Parathyroid Tumors.
    Ullmann TM, Mulder M, Davis S, Rajwani T, Khanafshar E, Duh QY| | PubMed
  5. Reflecting on Thirty Years of Experience With Active Surveillance for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma.
    Mulder MB, Duh QY| | PubMed
  6. Is Lobectomy as Effective as Total Thyroidectomy in Treating Patients With Intermediate-Risk Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma With Lateral Lymph Node Metastasis?
    Mulder MB, Duh QY| | PubMed
  7. Severe Short Bowel Syndrome: Prognosis for Nutritional Independence Through Management by a Multidisciplinary Nutrition Service and Surgery.
    Yeh DD, Vasileiou G, Mulder M, Byerly S, Ripat C, Byers PM| | PubMed
  8. Telemedicine During COVID-19 Pandemic: Endocrine Surgery Patient Perspective.
    Jeraq MW, Mulder MB, Kaplan D, Lew JI, Farra JC| | PubMed
  9. Commentary: A case of the double rarities.
    Mulder MB, D Angelo OM| | PubMed
  10. Outcomes of same admission cholecystectomy and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for common bile duct stones: A post hoc analysis of an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study.
    Tracy BM, Paterson CW, Kwon E, Mlaver E, Mendoza A, Gaitanidis A, Rattan R, Mulder MB, Yeh DD, Gelbard RB, EAST Retained Common Bile Duct Stones Study Group| | PubMed
  11. Subclinical hypothyroidism in coronary bypass surgery: Clinically significant? Or subclinical after all?
    Mulder MB, Jeraq M| | PubMed
  12. Acute Kidney Injury Risk in Patients Treated with Vancomycin Combined with Meropenem or Cefepime.
    Sussman MS, Mulder MB, Ryon EL, Urrechaga EM, Lama GA, Bahga A, Eidelson SA, Lieberman HM, Schulman CI, Namias N, Proctor KG| | PubMed
  13. Early hypermetabolism is uncommon in trauma intensive care unit patients.
    Byerly S, Vasileiou G, Qian S, Mantero A, Lee EE, Parks J, Mulder M, Pust DG, Rattan R, Lineen E, Byers P, Namias N, Yeh DD| | PubMed
  14. Heart Rate Complexity in US Army Forward Surgical Teams During Pre Deployment Training.
    Mulder MB, Sussman MS, Eidelson SA, Gross KR, Buzzelli MD, Batchinsky AI, Schulman CI, Namias N, Proctor KG| | PubMed
  15. Risk factors for complications after cholecystectomy for common bile duct stones: An EAST multicenter study.
    Tracy BM, Paterson CW, Torres DM, Young K, Hochman BR, Zielinski MD, Burruss SK, Mulder MB, Yeh DD, Gelbard RB, EAST Retained Common Bile Duct Stones Study Group| | PubMed
  16. The Long-term Risk of Venous Thromboembolism After Blunt Splenic Injury Managed by Embolization.
    Mulder MB, Urrechaga EM, Parreco JP, Eidelson SA, Sussman MS, Proctor KG, Namias N, Rattan R| | PubMed
  17. The unborn fetus: The unrecognized victim of trauma during pregnancy.
    Mulder MB, Quiroz HJ, Yang WJ, Lasko DS, Perez EA, Proctor KG, Sola JE, Thorson CM| | PubMed
  18. Exercise-Induced Changes in Compensatory Reserve and Heart Rate Complexity.
    Mulder MB, Eidelson SA, Buzzelli MD, Gross KR, Batchinsky AI, Convertino VA, Schulman CI, Namias N, Proctor KG| | PubMed
  19. Hypercoagulability After Resection of Thoracic Malignancy: A Prospective Evaluation.
    Mulder MB, Proctor KG, Valle EJ, Livingstone AS, Nguyen DM, Van Haren RM| | PubMed
  20. Continuous Indirect Calorimetry in Critically Injured Patients Reveals Significant Daily Variability and Delayed, Sustained Hypermetabolism.
    Vasileiou G, Mulder MB, Qian S, Iyengar R, Gass LM, Parks J, Lineen E, Byers P, Yeh DD| | PubMed
  21. The role of the American Society of anesthesiologists physical status classification in predicting trauma mortality and outcomes.
    Kuza CM, Matsushima K, Mack WJ, Pham C, Hourany T, Lee J, Tran TD, Dudaryk R, Mulder MB, Escanelle MA, Ogunnaike B, Ahmed MI, Luo X, Eastman A, Imran JB, Melikman E, Minhajuddin A, Feeler A, Urman RD, Salim A, Spencer D, Gabriel V, Ramakrishnan D, Nahmias JT| | PubMed
  22. High Rates of Underlying Thyroid Cancer in Patients Undergoing Thyroidectomy for Hyperthyroidism.
    Alvarez AL, Mulder M, Handelsman RS, Lew JI, Farra JC| | PubMed
  23. Use of Predictive Equations for Energy Prescription Results in Inaccurate Estimation in Trauma Patients.
    Vasileiou G, Qian S, Iyengar R, Mulder MB, Gass LM, Parks J, Pust GD, Rattan R, Lineen E, Byers P, Yeh DD| | PubMed
  24. Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis May Lower Accuracy of AUS/FLUS Cytopathology in Surgical Patients.
    Mulder MB, Khazeni KC, Sussman MS, Lew JI, Farrá JC| | PubMed
  25. Predictors of in-hospital mortality in newborn conjoined twins.
    Willobee BA, Mulder M, Perez EA, Hogan AR, Brady AC, Sola JE, Thorson CM| | PubMed
  26. Outcomes of Pediatric Pelvic Fractures: A Level I Trauma Center's 20-Year Experience.
    Mulder MB, Maggart MJ, Yang WJ, Perez EA, Namias N, Sola JE, Proctor KG, Thorson CM| | PubMed
  27. Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes Associated With Augmented Renal Clearance in Trauma Patients.
    Mulder MB, Eidelson SA, Sussman MS, Schulman CI, Lineen EB, Iyenger RS, Namias N, Proctor KG| | PubMed
  28. Electrical Burns During Fruit Harvesting.
    Mulder MB, Gilna GP, Iyengar RS, Quintana OD, Nardiello DC, Kaufman JI, Pizano LR, Namias N, Schulman CI, Proctor KG| | PubMed
  29. A New Pathway to Treat Hemorrhagic Shock?
    Mulder MB, Proctor KG| | PubMed
  30. Blunt Trauma: What Is Behind the Widened Mediastinum on Chest X-Ray (CXR)?
    Vasileiou G, Qian S, Al-Ghamdi H, Pace D, Rattan R, Mulder M, Namias N, Dante Yeh D| | PubMed
  31. Variations in Nationwide Readmission Patterns after Umbilical Hernia Repair.
    Eidelson SA, Parreco J, Mulder MB, Dharmaraja A, Hilton LR, Rattan R| | PubMed
  32. A Significant Proportion of Small Bowel Obstructions Require >48 Hours to Resolve After Gastrografin.
    Mulder MB, Hernandez M, Ray-Zack MD, Cullinane DC, Turay D, Wydo S, Zielinski M, Yeh DD| | PubMed
  33. A survey of the practice and attitudes of surgeons regarding the treatment of appendicitis.
    Yeh DD, Sakran JV, Rattan R, Mehta A, Ruiz G, Lieberman H, Mulder M, Namias N, Zakrison T, Pust GD| | PubMed
  34. Variation in National Readmission Patterns After Burn Injury.
    Eidelson SA, Parreco J, Mulder MB, Dharmaraja A, Kaufman JI, Proctor KG, Pizano LR, Schulman CI, Namias N, Rattan R| | PubMed
  35. Increased risk of fibrinolysis shutdown among severely injured trauma patients receiving tranexamic acid.
    Meizoso JP, Dudaryk R, Mulder MB, Ray JJ, Karcutskie CA, Eidelson SA, Namias N, Schulman CI, Proctor KG| | PubMed
  36. Outcomes After Intramedullary Nailing of Distal Tibial Fractures.
    Kruppa CG, Hoffmann MF, Sietsema DL, Mulder MB, Jones CB| | PubMed