Medical Director, Endocrinology
Veracyte, Inc.
Dr. Klopper joined Veracyte after serving as the Regional Service Chief for the Department of Endocrinology of Colorado Permanente Medical Group of Kaiser Permanente for four years. His post-graduate medical training included an internal medicine residency, post-doctoral research fellowship and endocrinology fellowship at The University of Colorado School of Medicine, where he joined the faculty in 2006 as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. He focused on thyroid cancer as a translational scientist looking at novel molecular targets for treating advanced thyroid cancer and was an investigator on an early clinical utility study of the original Afirma gene classifier for reducing unnecessary surgeries in thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology. Dr. Klopper was promoted to Associate Professor of Endocrinology and Radiology prior to transitioning to Kaiser in 2015. Nationally, Dr. Klopper was the co-director of the Endocrine Society Introductory Hands-On Thyroid Ultrasound Workshop for five years and has served on the American Thyroid Association board of directors.