Dr. Ira Dunkel treats pediatric brain tumors, retinoblastoma, melanoma, and Langerhans cell histiocytosis at MSK Kids in New York City, using chemotherapy and clinical trials to help more children thrive.
When you learn your child has a tumor, your world changes in an instant. Dr. Dunkel and the MSK Kids team surround your family with as much heart as science, with more than 30 years of experience caring for children, teenagers, and young adults with brain and eye tumors. From your very first visit, you have a full network of scientists, surgeons, radiation experts, nurses, and child life counselors standing with you, opening new doorways to hope through research and clinical trials you often won’t find anywhere else.
Request an appointment with Dr. Dunkel by calling 646-381-2703 or online.
When you learn your child has a tumor, your world changes in an instant. In that moment, you need a team that surrounds your family with as much heart as they do science.
My name is Dr. Ira Dunkel. I’m a pediatric oncologist at MSK Kids at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. I have spent more than 30 years devoted to caring for children, teenagers, and young adults with brain and eye tumors.
My life’s work has been researching how to make that care better, finding ways to help more children with less side effects. It’s important to me that my patients have as normal a life as possible despite their illness.
In cases where the standard treatments are not good enough, our research and clinical trials provide new options that often aren't available anywhere else.
One of most reassuring things that I can offer you is the depth and breadth of the experts who will care for your child. When you see me, you are getting the input of a whole network of scientists, surgeons, radiation experts, nurses, and child life counselors, all of whom are completely committed to helping you and your child. Our entire team stands with you from the very first visit onward.