Memorial Sloan Kettering is home to a multidisciplinary team of compassionate doctors and other experts who specialize in treating salivary gland cancer. The team includes head and neck surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals who focus only on caring for people with head and neck 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 people we see in a year is among the highest in the United States, our care teams have a very high level of expertise. Many of our doctors and other specialists are recognized nationally and internationally for their skill in treating head and neck cancer.
Learn more about our experts in the list below.
Salivary Gland

Assistant Attending Surgeon

William G. Cahan Chair in Surgery

Associate Attending Surgeon

Vice Chair of Clinical Activities, Department of Surgery; Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Surgical Oncology

Attending Surgeon; Vice Chair, Health Information Technology, Department of Surgery

Attending Surgeon

Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Service; Peter G. Cordeiro Endowed Chair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Assistant Director, Hernia and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Program; Director, Plastic Surgery Service Clinical Research Fellowship Program

Assistant Attending Surgeon

Assistant Attending Surgeon

Assistant Attending Physician
Social Work

Clinical Social Worker
Head and Neck Surgery

Surgical Director, Pituitary & Skull Base Tumor Center; Medical Director, Patient Access Services (PAS)

Attending Surgeon

Attending Surgeon; Director, Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery Fellowship Program; Head, Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Immunogenomics

Associate Attending Surgeon

Attending Surgeon

Elliot W. Strong Chair in Head and Neck Oncology

Allan H. Selig Chair

Assistant Attending Surgeon

Chief, Head and Neck Service; Jatin P. Shah Chair in Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology
Radiation Oncology

Director of Regional Radiation Oncology Clinical Research

Attending Radiation Oncologist

Vice Chair, Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Radiation Oncology; Service Chief, Head & Neck Radiation Oncology; Service Chief, Proton Therapy

Chief, External Beam Radiotherapy: Manhattan

Chief, Radiation Oncology, MSK Westchester & MSK Bergen

Associate Director, Genomics Operations, Immunogenomics and Precision Oncology Platform
Medical Oncology

Assistant Attending Physician

Assistant Attending Physician

Regional Care Network (RCN) Medical Site Director at MSK Westchester

Chief, Head and Neck Oncology Service; Associate Attending Physician

Assistant Attending Physician

Assistant Attending Physician

Attending Physician

Attending Physician

Associate Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Strategic Partnerships

Attending Physician
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Assistant Attending Surgeon

William G. Cahan Chair in Surgery

Vice Chair of Clinical Activities, Department of Surgery; Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Surgical Oncology

Attending Surgeon; Vice Chair, Health Information Technology, Department of Surgery

Attending Surgeon

Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Service; Peter G. Cordeiro Endowed Chair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Pathology

Director, Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Clinic

Director, Head and Neck Pathology
Radiology

Head, Pediatric Neuroradiology

Head, Neuroradiology Reporting

Chief, Neuroradiology Service


Director, Head & Neck Imaging, Neuroradiology

Program Director, Neuroradiology Fellowship
Dental

Attending Dentist

Assistant Attending Dentist

Chief, Dental Service

Director, Maxillofacial Prosthetics
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