Ivona Loncar

Ivona Loncar is a researcher in the Department of Surgery at Erasmus MC, specializing in thyroid cancer management and post-thyroidectomy complications. Her work focuses on clinical protocols for calcium management, thyroid nodule classification, and surgical refinement.

Her research interests center on Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Surgery, and Hypoparathyroidism, with significant contributions to symptom-based calcium management algorithms and molecular diagnostics for indeterminate thyroid nodules. Current projects include multicenter studies on clinical management trends and de-escalation of follow-up protocols for low-risk thyroid cancer.

Recent publications demonstrate strong collaboration with endocrine surgery and oncology teams at Erasmus MC, particularly with researchers like Peeters RP and van Ginhoven TM. Her 2023 doctoral thesis Refinement in thyroid surgery represents a major contribution to surgical technique optimization.