Memorial Sloan Kettering is home to a multidisciplinary team of compassionate experts who specialize in treating throat cancer. 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.
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 person’s care. We 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.
Social Work
Surgery
Surgical Director, Pituitary & Skull Base Tumor Center
Associate Director, Immunogenomics and Precision Oncology Platform; Director of Fellowship Training
Elliot W. Strong Chair in Head and Neck Oncology
Director, Laboratory of Epithelial Cancer Biology; Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Skin Cancer Management Program
Chief, Head and Neck Service
Radiation Oncology
Director of Regional Radiation Oncology Clinical Research
Vice Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology; Service Chief, Head & Neck Radiation Oncology; Service Chief, Proton Therapy
Chief, External Beam Radiotherapy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Main Campus
Chief, Radiation Oncology, MSK Westchester & MSK Bergen
Associate Director of Genomics Operations, Immunogenomics and Precision Oncology Platform
Director, Metastatic Disease Radiation Oncology Research
Medical Oncology
Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair
Chief, Head and Neck Oncology Service; Associate Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Strategic Partnerships
Dental
Chief, Dental Service
Director, Maxillofacial Prosthetics
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
William G. Cahan Chair in Surgery
Vice Chair of Clinical Activities, Department of Surgery; Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Surgical Oncology
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
Chief, Cytology Service
Radiology
Chief, Neuroradiology Service
Director, MSKCC 55th Street Radiology
Director of Imaging Services, MSK Monmouth
Director, Head & Neck Radiology
