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 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


Co-Director, Specialized Advanced Care Unit

Deputy Chief and Attending, Thoracic Service; Vice Chair for Translational Research, Department of Surgery; Co-Director, Mesothelioma Program; Head, Solid Tumors Cell Therapy, Cellular Therapeutics Center



Min H. & 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


Co-Director, Specialized Advanced Care Unit

Deputy Chief and Attending, Thoracic Service; Vice Chair for Translational Research, Department of Surgery; Co-Director, Mesothelioma Program; Head, Solid Tumors Cell Therapy, Cellular Therapeutics Center


Min H. & 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



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






Chief, Early Drug Development Service









Co-Director, MSK Mesothelioma Program

Vice Chair, Clinical Research, Department of Medicine

Clinical Director, Thoracic Oncology Service


William and Joy Ruane Chair in Thoracic Oncology

Radiation Therapy

Chief for External Beam Radiotherapy, Long Island


Director of Regional Radiation Oncology Clinical Research



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



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


Director, Radiation Oncology, MSK Bergen

Chief, Radiation Oncology, MSK Westchester & MSK Bergen

Director, Thoracic Radiation Oncology Research


Chief of Radiation Oncology, Norwalk Hospital



Chief Medical Officer, New York Proton Center

Director, Metastatic Disease Radiation Oncology Research

Vice Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee

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


Diagnostic Radiology

Vice Chair for Education, Department of Radiology




Director of General Radiology


Interventional Radiology

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

Director, Interventional Radiology, MSK Westchester



Director, Interventional Radiology, MSK Monmouth


Vice-Chair of Operations & Analytics, Department of Radiology


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

Assistant Attending
Social Work
Pathology





Director, Thoracic Pathology

