Lung Cancer Surgeons, Doctors & Other Experts

Lung Cancer Surgeons, Doctors & Other Experts

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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.
 

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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
Memorial Sloan Kettering Surgeon David R. Jones
David R. Jones

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

Thoracic surgical oncologist James Isbell
James M. Isbell

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

Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Daniela Molena
Daniela Molena

Director, Esophageal Surgery Program

Matthew Bott
Matthew Bott

Associate Attending Surgeon

Robert J. Downey, MD, FACS
Robert J. Downey

Co-Director, Specialized Advanced Care Unit

Memorial Sloan Kettering Surgeon Prasad S. Adusumilli
Prasad S. Adusumilli

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

Dr. Alexis Chidi
Alexis Chidi

Assistant Attending Surgeon; Co-Director, Lung Cancer Screening Program

Katherine Gray
Katherine Gray

Assistant Attending Physician

Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Gaetano Rocco
Gaetano Rocco

Attending Surgeon

Memorial Sloan Kettering thoracic surgeon Smita Sihag
Smita Sihag

Assistant Attending Surgeon

Manjit S. Bains, MD, FACS
Manjit S. Bains

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

Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Bernard Park
Bernard J. Park

Deputy Chief of Clinical Affairs, Thoracic Service

James Huang, MD
James Huang

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

Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS
Valerie W. Rusch

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

Medical Oncology
Dr. Mark Awad
Mark Awad

Chief, Thoracic Oncology Service

Juliana Eng, MD
Juliana Eng

Assistant Attending Physician

MSK medical oncologist Afsheen Iqbal
Afsheen Iqbal

Associate Attending Physician

Charles Rudin
Charles M. Rudin

Cancer Center Deputy Director; Co-Director, Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research; Sylvia Hassenfeld Chair in Lung Cancer Research

Helena A. Yu, MD
Helena A. Yu

Associate Attending Physician

Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Isabel Preeshagul
Isabel Preeshagul

Assistant Attending Physician

Philip Choi
Philip Choi

Instructor

Rachel Rosenblum
Rachel Rosenblum

Assistant Attending Physician

Alissa Cooper
Alissa J. Cooper

Assistant Attending Physician

Justin Jee
Justin Jee

Instructor

Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Joseph Chan
Joseph Minhow Chan

Assistant Attending Physician

Yonit Lavin
Yonit Lavin

Instructor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Oncologist Fernando C. Santini
Fernando C. Santini

Assistant Attending Physician

Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Adam Schoenfeld
Adam J. Schoenfeld

Assistant Attending Physician

Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Rosa Nouvini
Rosa Nouvini

Site Director, Cancer Program at Jamaica Hospital

Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Michael Offin
Michael D. Offin

Co-Director, Mesothelioma Program; Assistant Attending Physician

Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Kathryn Arbour
Kathryn C. Arbour

Assistant Attending Physician

Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Robert Daly
Robert Daly

Assistant Attending Physician

Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Oncologist Alexander Drilon
Alexander Drilon

Chief, Early Drug Development Service

Jamie E. Chaft, MD
Jamie E. Chaft

Attending Physician

Gregory J. Riely, MD, PhD
Gregory J. Riely

Ning Zhao and Ge Li Chair in Lung Cancer Research; Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Medicine

Paul Paik, Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist
Paul K. Paik

Clinical Director, Thoracic Oncology Service

Kenneth K. Ng, MD
Kenneth K. Ng

Attending Physician

Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Mark Kris
Mark G. Kris

William and Joy Ruane Chair in Thoracic Oncology

Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Oncologist Piro Lito
Piro Lito

Enid A. Haupt Chair in Therapeutic Research

Radiation Therapy
MSK radiation oncologist John Cuaron
John J. Cuaron

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

David Billing

Assistant Attending Physician

Dr. Tafadzwa Chaunzwa
Tafadzwa Lawrence Chaunzwa

Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist Daphna Gelblum
Daphna Y. Gelblum

Director of Regional Radiation Oncology Clinical Research

Richard M. Gewanter, MD
Richard M. Gewanter

Attending Radiation Oncologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Daniel Gomez
Daniel Gomez

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

Daniel Gorovets, Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist
Daniel Gorovets

Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist David Guttmann
David M. Guttmann

Associate Attending Radiation Oncologist

Puneeth Iyengar
Puneeth Iyengar

Director, Metastatic Program, Department of Radiation Oncology

Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Qunicey LaPlant
Quincey LaPlant

Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist

Boris A. Mueller, MD, MPH
Boris A. Mueller

Director, Radiation Oncology, MSK Bergen

Borys R. Mychalczak, MD
Borys R. Mychalczak

Chief, Radiation Oncology, MSK Westchester & MSK Bergen

Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Narek Shaverdian
Narek Shaverdian

Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Jacob Y. Shin
Jacob Y. Shin

Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Charles Simone
Charles B. Simone

Chief Medical Officer, New York Proton Center

Abraham J. Wu, MD
Abraham J. Wu

Vice Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee

Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Divya Yerramilli
Divya Yerramilli

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

Diagnostic Radiology
Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist Michelle Ginsberg
Michelle S. Ginsberg

Executive Vice Chair, Department of Radiology; Director, Cardiothoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology; Vice Chair for Education, Department of Radiology

Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist Corinne Liu
Corinne Liu

Associate Attending Radiologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist and nuclear medicine physician Rosna Mirtcheva
Rosna Mirtcheva

Associate Attending Radiologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist Andrew Plodkowski
Andrew J. Plodkowski

Director of CT and General Radiology

Memorial Sloan Kettering diagnostic radiologist Peter Sawan
Peter Sawan

Assistant Attending Radiologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering nuclear medicine physician Rick Wray
Rick Wray

Assistant Attending Radiologist

Interventional Radiology
Stephen B. Solomon, MD
Stephen B. Solomon

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

Memorial Sloan Kettering interventional radiologist William Alago
William Alago, Jr.

Director, Interventional Radiology, MSK Westchester

Memorial Sloan Kettering interventional radiologist Constantinos T. Sofocleous
Constantinos T. Sofocleous

Attending Radiologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering interventional radiologist Amgad Moussa
Amgad M. Moussa

Director, Interventional Radiology Quality Assurance

Memorial Sloan Kettering interventional radiologist Suken Shah
Suken H. Shah

Director, Interventional Radiology, MSK Monmouth

Memorial Sloan Kettering nuclear medicine physician Rick Wray
Rick Wray

Assistant Attending Radiologist

Joseph P. Erinjeri, MD, PhD
Joseph P. Erinjeri

Director IR at Koch

Anne Covey, MD
Anne Covey

Attending Radiologist

Lynn A. Brody, MD
Lynn A. Brody

Attending Radiologist

Interventional Pulmonology
Robert P. Lee, MD
Robert P. Lee

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

Mohit Chawla, MD, FCCP
Mohit Chawla

Chief, Pulmonary Service

Memorial Sloan Kettering interventional pulmonologist Or Kalchiem-Dekel
Or Kalchiem-Dekel

Assistant Attending

Catherine Oberg
Catherine Oberg

Assistant Attending Physician

Social Work
Emily Baldwin
Emily Baldwin

Clinical Social Worker

Kaitlyn Sanabria
Kaitlyn Sanabria

Clinical Social Worker

Pathology
MSK cytopathologist Natasha Rekhtman
Natasha Rekhtman

Attending Pathologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering pathologist Marina K. Baine
Marina K. Baine

Assistant Attending Pathologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering pathologist Jason Chang
Jason Chang

Assistant Attending Pathologist

Jennifer L. Sauter
Jennifer L. Sauter

Associate Attending Pathologist

William D. Travis, MD
William D. Travis

Director, Thoracic Pathology

Soo-Ryum Yang, Memorial Sloan Kettering Pathologist
Soo-Ryum (Stewart) Yang

Assistant Attending Pathologist