About Bucks Thyroid & Endocrine Care
Bucks Thyroid & Endocrine Care was started by Dr. Achilles Paparsenos, a board-certified endocrinologist. Our entire staff’s greatest focus is your experience. This starts from the time you make an appointment and continues to the comfort of our office environment. We will truly get to know you as an individual and will be your partner throughout your healthcare experience. We thrive on this personal approach.
Fields of Expertise:
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Thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer
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Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism
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Parathyroid disease and calcium abnormalities
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Diabetes
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Transgender medicine
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Male hypogonadism
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PCOS, menopause, and female endocrine disorders
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Metabolic bone disease
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Pituitary and adrenal gland disorders
Achilles Paparsenos, M.D.
Physician & Founder of Bucks Thyroid & Endocrine Care
Dr. Achilles Paparsenos grew up in New Jersey, the son of an immigrant father from Greece. He received his Medical Degree at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He later went to New York City where he did his Internal Medicine residency at Beth Israel Medical Center and later his Endocrinology fellowship at St. Vincent Hospital. Afterward he and his wife Jennifer moved to Bucks County. They have two daughters. Dr. Paparsenos practiced Endocrinology in the Philadelphia area for over 8 years before he founded Bucks Thyroid & Endocrine Care here in Yardley.
Dr. P’s main focus is always on the patient’s experience with disease. Listening and understanding his patients is always his first priority. He stays on the cutting edge of endocrine care and uses an evidence-based approach, but he always shares the medical decision making with his patients. For these reasons education is a mainstay of his practice. He has extended this dedication to teaching young doctors in training in the area.
Dr. P is board-certified in endocrinology. Further, he holds an Endocrine Certification in Neck Ultrasonagraphy (ECNU). Beyond his interest in thyroid and parathyroid disease, Dr. P has had special experience in hypogonadism, transgender medicine, and diabetes.
Ayesha Parvez, MD
Endocrinologist
Dr. Parvez grew up in Pakistan, where she completed her medical studies at Peshawar University. She did her internal medicine residency here at Capital Health Center, Trenton NJ. She went on to her endocrinology fellowship at Tufts University School of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield MA. She and her family have since lived here in Yardley with their two children.
Dr. Parvez has experience in all areas of endocrinology and metabolism.
Melissa Rutkin, NP
Melissa grew up in Bucks County and recently returned to start her family.
Melissa earned her Bachelor of Science at Stevenson University in Maryland. She worked as a nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where she worked in multiple specialties and found her passion for endocrinology. As a nurse, Melissa led family-centered education classes for patients newly diagnosed with diabetes and other endocrine conditions. Melissa continued her education with a Master's in Nursing at Duke University, completing an additional specialty training in Endocrinology and graduating with honors. She is now a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner who uses her experience as a nurse to provide holistic plans for her patients. She earned an additional diabetes educator certificate from the American Diabetes Association. Melissa is passionate about creating individualized plans for her patients with diabetes, PCOS, and menopause and empowering them to use lifestyle interventions along with medication to achieve the best outcomes.
