Samuel "Rhett" Long, MD FACS
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About Dr. Long
Dr. Samuel "Rhett" Long is a board-certified endocrine surgeon and assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. He specializes exclusively in surgical conditions of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands, including thyroid cancer, primary, secondary, and tertiary hyperparathyroidism, primary aldosteronism, pheochromocytoma, and benign and malignant adrenal tumors. Dr. Long completed a dedicated fellowship in endocrine surgery at the University of Michigan, one of the highest-volume endocrine surgery programs in the country. His practice in UT Medicine's Surgical Oncology Clinic offers the full spectrum of endocrine surgical care — from straightforward thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy to complex reoperative cases, adrenal tumors, and inherited endocrine cancer syndromes — all within an academic medical center. Dr. Long's approach is built around his expert explanations to his patients. Endocrine conditions are often more complex than patients are first told, and the right treatment depends on details that take time to walk through. He wants every patient to leave their first visit understanding not just what is recommended, but why — what their imaging actually shows, what their lab values mean, and what the realistic options are for their specific situation. For straightforward cases, that conversation is short. For complex ones, it may take two visits before a decision is made together, and that is the right answer, not a delay. Dr. Long is an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care at Dell Medical School, where he is involved in resident education and clinical research in endocrine surgical oncology. He is an active member of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, the American Medical Association, and the Travis County Medical Society.