Whitney Goldner, MD, is Professor of Medicine, Dept of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebr. She served as the Endocrinology Fellowship Director for five years and is currently the Medical Director of the Thyroid and Endocrine Tumor Program at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine. Dr. Goldner earned her BA in Biology at Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill., and her MD at University of Nebraska Medical Center. She did her Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Utah and Endocrinology Fellowship at the University of Iowa.
Dr. Goldner has a clinical and research interest in thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. She started the Thyroid Cancer Collaborative Registry (TCCR) at the University of Nebraska, and now is the PI of the ICaRe2, a multicenter bioinformatics and biospecimen registry for all types of cancer which originated at the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center/University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has served on multiple committees of the Endocrine Society, including the Scientific Education Committee, CEU committee, Clinical Endocrine Education Committee, Trainee committee, and most recently on the Board of Directors. She is also active in the American Thyroid Association and has served as Chair of the Trainee and Early Career Development Committee.