Memorial Sloan Kettering is home to a multidisciplinary team of compassionate throat cancer doctors, surgeons and other experts. The team includes head and neck surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, dental oncologists, speech and swallowing therapists, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Everyone on the team focuses only on caring for people with head and neck cancer, including throat cancer.
Having experts from all of these disciplines on your team ensures that your throat cancer treatment plan is coordinated and comprehensive. The team meets regularly to review each person’s care. We work together to develop a personalized treatment plan that is right for you.
Because the number of people with throat cancer 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.
Throat Cancer
Assistant Attending Surgeon
William G. Cahan Chair in Surgery
Assistant 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
Surgery
Surgical Director, Pituitary & Skull Base Tumor Center; Medical Director, Patient Access Services (PAS)
Associate Attending Surgeon
Attending Surgeon
Attending Surgeon; Director, Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery Fellowship Program; Head, Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Immunogenomics
Attending Surgeon
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Elliot W. Strong Chair in Head and Neck Oncology
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
Assistant 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
Chief, Head and Neck Oncology Service; Associate Attending Physician
Assistant Attending Physician
Attending Physician
Attending Physician
Associate Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Strategic Partnerships
Attending Physician
Dental
Attending Dentist
Assistant Attending Dentist
Chief, Dental Service
Director, Maxillofacial Prosthetics
Plastic and 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
Assistant Director, Hernia and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Program; Director, Plastic Surgery Service Clinical Research Fellowship Program
Pathology
Director, Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Clinic
Associate Attending Pathologist
Director, Head and Neck Pathology
Attending Pathologist
Chief, Cytology Service
Radiology
Head, Pediatric Neuroradiology
Head, Neuroradiology Reporting
Chief, Neuroradiology Service
Director of Imaging Services, MSK Monmouth
Director, Head & Neck Imaging, Neuroradiology
Program Director, Neuroradiology Fellowship
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