## About

F. Thurston Drake, MD, MPH, FACS, is a board-certified general and endocrine surgeon at Boston Medical Center (BMC), where he serves as Chief of Endocrine Surgery, and at Boston Medical Center – Brighton (BMC Brighton). He is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. He additionally serves as a Commander in the ...  United States Navy Reserve Medical Corps.

Dr. Drake holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and earned his medical degree from the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City. He completed his general surgery residency training at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, and additionally holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of Washington School of Public Health. Dr. Drake subsequently completed a fellowship in Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery at UC San Francisco Medical Center, one of the country’s top programs for this specialty.

Dr. Drake’s interests include improving surgical care for patients who are not English-language proficient.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Surgical Services](/surgery), [Endocrine Surgery](/departments/endocrinology/endocrine-surgery), [Cancer Center](/departments/cancer-center), [Endocrinology](/departments/endocrinology), [Endocrine Tumor Program](/departments/cancer-center/endocrine-tumor-program)
- ### Specialties
    
    Endocrine surgery (including surgery for diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands); general surgery
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.414.8060](tel:617.414.8060)
- ### Primary Location
    
    BMC, Moakley Building  
    [830 Harrison Ave.  
    3rd Floor, Suite 3400  
    Boston, MA 02118](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=830+Harrison+Ave.%2C+Boston%2C+MA+02118)
    
       
    BMC Health (Brighton/Nevins)  
    [11 Nevins St  
    Suite 201  
    Brighton, MA 02135](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=11+Nevins+St%2C+Brighton%2C+MA+02135)
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Associate Professor of Surgery (Surgical Endocrinology), Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Residency
    
    Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 2008–2015
- ### Fellowship
    
    Endocrine Surgery, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Surgery, American Board of Surgery
- ### Education
    
     Medical School: University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 2008
 
 

 

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  ## Affiliations

  ###  ![Boston University](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/busm-new.jpg?itok=gJTsGGU9) 

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