Elio Monsour, MD
Elio Monsour, MD
Specialty: Endocrinology
Program: Endocrine Oncology
Language(s): English
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Overview
Cancer Focus:
Adrenal Cancer, Adrenal Nodule/Mass, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Pituitary Macroadenoma, Pituitary Microadenoma, Pituitary Neoplasm, Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Nodule/MassDr. Elio Monsour is an Assistant Member in the Department of Head and Neck-Endocrine Oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center. Dr. Monsour received his MD degree from the University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Basseterre, St. Kitts. He completed an Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Central Florida, College of Medicine, where he also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Monsour most recently completed an Endocrinology Fellowship at the University of Florida, College of Medicine, where he served as Chief Fellow. Dr. Monsour’s clinical interests include thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer, parathyroid disorders, and adrenal gland tumors. His research interests focus on incorporating augmented intelligence and wearable technologies to improve diagnosis and clinical outcomes of patients with endocrine disorders.
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Publications
- Sanchez LP, Grullon-Polanco L, Otto KJ, McMullen C, Dogra P, Monsour E, Salgado SA, Danan D, Naqvi SM, Wenig BM, Chung CH, Veloski C, Tarasova VD. Patient Redistribution Across Risk Categories in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Using the 2025 Versus 2015 American Thyroid Association Risk Stratification Systems. Endocr Pract. 2026 Sep. Pubmedid: 42679997.
- Monsour E, Dogra P, Giparas S, Westra WH, Voss R, Veloski C. Severe hyperandrogenism and mild autonomous cortisol secretion from a functional lipid-poor adrenal cortical adenoma. JCEM Case Rep. 2026 Apr.4(4):luag059. Pubmedid: 41971635. Pmcid: PMC13069478.
- Monsour E, Ortiz Rocha A, Pathak A, Wu Y, Brito JP, Moser P, Singh Ospina NM. Evaluating the Completeness of Thyroid Nodule Ultrasound Reporting Using Natural Language Processing. Endocrine. 2026 Apr.91(1). Pubmedid: 42043626.
- Pathak A, Yu Z, Paredes D, Monsour EP, Rocha AO, Brito JP, Ospina NS, Wu Y. Extracting Thyroid Nodules Characteristics from Ultrasound Reports Using Transformer-based Natural Language Processing Methods. Amia Annu Symp Proc. 2024 Jan.2023:1193-1200. Pubmedid: 38222394. Pmcid: PMC10785862.
- Monsour E, Badour S, Kadiyala S, Xhikola M. Osteopetrosis of Adulthood: A Condition of Bone Overgrowth. JCEM Case Rep. 2023 Jan.1(1):luac036. Pubmedid: 37908239. Pmcid: PMC10578397.
- Abdelmasih R, Abdelmaseih R, Monsour E, Reed J. Isolated Third Nerve Palsy as a Rare and Solo Presentation of Internal Carotid Artery Dissection in a Young Female - a Surprising Finding in the Angiogram. Cureus. 2021 Mar.13(3):e14035. Pubmedid: 33898121. Pmcid: PMC8059482.
- Monsour E, Rodriguez LM, Abdelmasih R, Tuna K, Abusaada K. Characteristics and outcomes of diabetic patients with acute exacerbation of COPD. J Diabetes Metab Disord. 2021 Jun.20(1):461-466. Pubmedid: 34178851. Pmcid: PMC8212314.
- Hartman EN, Tuna K, Monsour E, Komanduri K, Tarasiuk-Rusek A. Seizure as an Initial Presentation for Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in Undiagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Lupus Nephritis: A Case Report. Cureus. 2020 Sep.12(9):e10195. Pubmedid: 33033673. Pmcid: PMC7532865.
- Monsour EP, Rifai F, Chacko J, Hamza A, Abusaada K. A Rare Case of Severe Hypercalcemia Secondary to Atypical Parathyroid Cystic Adenoma with Negative Sestamibi Scan. Cureus. 2020 Jan.12(1):e6830. Pubmedid: 32175203. Pmcid: PMC7053690.
- Monsour EP, Pothen J, Balaraman R. A Novel Approach to the Treatment of Pembrolizumab-induced Psoriasis Exacerbation: A Case Report. Cureus. 2019 Oct.11(10):e5824. Pubmedid: 31754559. Pmcid: PMC6827694.
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Patient Comments
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Awards and Expertise
Voted top doctor in Endocrinology in Tampa Magazine’s Top Doctors 2025.
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