Dr. Fahey is the Johnson and Johnson Professor of Surgery and Vice-Chair for Education in the Department of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is an Attending Surgeon at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, Chief of Endocrine Surgery and the Director of the Endocrine Oncology Program. Dr. Fahey graduated from Duke University Magna Cum Laude, and Cornell University Medical College. He did his surgical residency at The New York Hospital, serving as Administrative Chief Resident. He was a Harvey and Katharine Cushing Fellow in Surgical Physiology, and an American Cancer Society Fellow in Clinical Oncology. In addition, Dr. Fahey was a guest investigator at The Rockefeller University, Laboratory of Medical Biochemistry. He then completed a fellowship in Endocrine and Head and Neck Surgery at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney Australia.
His clinical and research interests lie in the field of endocrine oncology (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and pancreas) and minimally invasive surgery. His articles are widely published in peer-reviewed journals, and he has authored many book chapters. Dr. Fahey belongs to many professional associations, including the American Surgical Association, American College of Surgeons, Society of University Surgeons, American Thyroid Association and American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, where he was honored to serve as Vice-President in 2013 and President in 2020. He holds positions on the editorial board of the International Journal of Endocrine Oncology and the International Journal of Endocrinology, as well as an ad hoc reviewer for Cancer, Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research, International Journal of Cancer, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Surgery, Thyroid and the Annals of Surgery.