Memorial Sloan Kettering is home to a multidisciplinary team of compassionate experts who specialize in treating lung cancer. The team includes thoracic surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals who focus only on caring for people with lung cancer.
Having doctors and other experts from all of these disciplines on your team ensures that your treatment plan is coordinated and comprehensive. The team meets regularly to review each patient’s case and will work together to develop a personalized treatment plan that is right for you.
Because the number of patients we see in a year is among the highest in the United States, our experts have a very high level of expertise.
Select from the list below to learn more about our lung cancer experts, their education, training, board certifications, publications, and specific areas of clinical expertise.
Surgery

Chief, Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery; Co-Director, Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research; Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller Chair in Lung Cancer; Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery

Director, Quality and Outcomes, Thoracic Surgery Service, Director, Memorial Hospital Step Down Unit, Co-Director, Thoracic Liquid Biopsy Program

Director, Esophageal Surgery Program

Assistant Attending Surgeon

Co-Director, Specialized Advanced Care Unit

Deputy Chief and Attending, Thoracic Service; Vice Chair for Translational Research, Department of Surgery; Co-Director, Mesothelioma Program; Member, Solid Tumors Cell Therapy, Cellular Therapeutics Center; Min H. & Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancer

Assistant Attending Physician

Attending Surgeon

Assistant Attending Surgeon

Min H. and Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancer

Deputy Chief of Clinical Affairs, Thoracic Service

Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship and Residency; Associate Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery

Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Surgery; Miner Family Chair in Intrathoracic Cancers
Minimally Invasive Surgery

Chief, Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery; Co-Director, Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research; Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller Chair in Lung Cancer; Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery

Director, Quality and Outcomes, Thoracic Surgery Service, Director, Memorial Hospital Step Down Unit, Co-Director, Thoracic Liquid Biopsy Program

Director, Esophageal Surgery Program

Assistant Attending Surgeon

Co-Director, Specialized Advanced Care Unit

Deputy Chief and Attending, Thoracic Service; Vice Chair for Translational Research, Department of Surgery; Co-Director, Mesothelioma Program; Member, Solid Tumors Cell Therapy, Cellular Therapeutics Center; Min H. & Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancer

Assistant Attending Physician

Attending Surgeon

Assistant Attending Surgeon

Min H. and Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancer

Deputy Chief of Clinical Affairs, Thoracic Service

Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship and Residency; Associate Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery

Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Surgery; Miner Family Chair in Intrathoracic Cancers
Medical Oncology

Physician Ambassador to China and Asia-Pacific, Bobst International Center; Co-Director, Thoracic Liquid Biopsy Program; Chief Scientific Officer, MSK Direct

Assistant Attending Physician

Associate Attending Physician
Cancer Center Deputy Director; Chief, Thoracic Oncology Service; Co-Director, Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research; Sylvia Hassenfeld Chair in Lung Cancer Research

Associate Attending Physician

Assistant Attending Physician

Assistant Attending Physician

Assistant Attending Physician

Assistant Attending Physician

Chief, Early Drug Development Service

Assistant Attending Physician

Instructor

Hematology/Oncology Site Director, Jamaica Hospital

Assistant Attending Physician

Assistant Attending Physician

Assistant Attending Physician

Assistant Attending Physician

Assistant Attending Physician

Associate Attending Physician

Co-Director, MSK Mesothelioma Program

Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Medicine

Clinical Director, Thoracic Oncology Service

Attending Physician

William and Joy Ruane Chair in Thoracic Oncology

Associate Attending Physician
Radiation Therapy

Lead Service Chief, External Beam Radiotherapy Service: Regional Care Network

Director, Proton Therapy for Thoracic Malignancies

Director of Regional Radiation Oncology Clinical Research

Associate Attending Radiation Oncologist

Director, Thoracic Radiation Oncology; Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Radiation Oncology

Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist

Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist

Associate Program Director and Medical Student Clerkship Director, Radiation Oncology Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Director, Metastatic Program, Department of Radiation Oncology

Director, Radiation Oncology, MSK Bergen

Chief, Radiation Oncology, MSK Westchester & MSK Bergen

Director, Thoracic Radiation Oncology Research

Attending Radiation Oncologist

Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist

Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist

Chief Medical Officer, New York Proton Center

Vice Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee

Co-Director, Inpatient Radiation Oncology Consult (IROC) Service, Department of Radiation Oncology

Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist

Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
Diagnostic Radiology

Vice Chair for Education, Department of Radiology

Associate Attending Radiologist

Associate Attending Radiologist

Director of General Radiology

Assistant Attending Radiologist

Assistant Attending Radiologist
Interventional Radiology

Chief, Interventional Radiology Service; Enid A. Haupt Chair in Clinical Investigation

Director, Interventional Radiology, MSK Westchester

Attending Radiologist

Director, Interventional Radiology Quality Assurance

Director, Interventional Radiology, MSK Monmouth

Assistant Attending Radiologist

Attending Radiologist

Attending Radiologist

Attending Radiologist
Interventional Pulmonology

Section Head, Section of Interventional Pulmonology; Program Director, Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship

Chief, Pulmonary Service

Director, Interventional Pulmonary Outpatient Services; Associate Program Director, Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship; Medical Director, Endobronchial Therapies

Assistant Attending
Social Work
Pathology

Attending Pathologist

Assistant Attending Pathologist

Program Director, Cytopathology Fellowship

Assistant Attending Pathologist

Assistant Attending Pathologist

Director, Thoracic Pathology

Assistant Attending Pathologist