Head and Neck Cancer Doctors, Surgeons and Other Experts

Memorial Sloan Kettering is home to a team of compassionate experts from different areas who specialize in treating head and neck cancer. This includes head and neck surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, maxillofacial surgeons, dental oncologists, endocrinologists, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, speech and swallowing therapists, and highly trained nurses. All of the healthcare professionals on our team focus only on caring for people with head and neck cancer.

Having experts from all of these disciplines ensures that your treatment plan is coordinated and comprehensive. The team meets regularly to review your progress and is constantly thinking of new ways they can improve your experience.

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.

In addition to the care we provide in Manhattan, our surgeons offer consultations at our outpatient locations in New Jersey, as well as in Westchester County and on Long Island. Other treatments you may need are available at our New Jersey and Long Island locations as well as in New York City.

Learn more about our head and neck doctors in the list below.

Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Richard Wong
Chief, Head and Neck Service; Jatin P. Shah Chair in Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology
MSK head & neck surgeon Marc Cohen
Surgical Director, Pituitary & Skull Base Tumor Center; Medical Director, Patient Access Services (PAS)
Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Jennifer Cracchiolo
Associate Attending Surgeon
Ian Ganly, MD, PhD
Attending Surgeon
Rebecca Gao
Assistant Attending Physician
Babak Givi
Associate Attending Surgeon
Dr. Luc G.T. Morris
Attending Surgeon; Director, Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery Fellowship Program; Head, Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Immunogenomics
Thomas J. Ow, MD, MS
Associate Attending Surgeon
Snehal G. Patel, MD, FRCS
Attending Surgeon
Benjamin R. Roman, MD, MSHP
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Jatin P. Shah, MD, FACS
Elliot W. Strong Chair in Head and Neck Oncology
Ashok R. Shaha, MD, FACS
Allan H. Selig Chair
Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Valeria Silva Merea
Director, Speech and Hearing Center
Kenric Tam
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Brian Untch
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Dr. Michael Wu
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Dr. Nancy Lee
Vice Chair, Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Radiation Oncology; Service Chief, Head & Neck Radiation Oncology; Service Chief, Proton Therapy
Sean McBride, MD, MPH
Chief, External Beam Radiotherapy: Manhattan
Nadeem Riaz, MD, MSc
Associate Director, Genomics Operations, Immunogenomics and Precision Oncology Platform
Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist Daphna Gelblum
Director of Regional Radiation Oncology Clinical Research
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
Assistant Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering Radiation Oncologist Yao Yu
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist, Director of Leptomeningeal Disease
David G. Pfister, MD
Associate Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Strategic Partnerships
MSK medical oncologist Lara Dunn
Assistant Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist James Fetten
Regional Care Network (RCN) Medical Site Director at MSK Westchester; Attending Physician
Alan L. Ho, MD, PhD
Chief, Head and Neck Oncology Service; Associate Attending Physician
Michael Hwang
Assistant Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Anuja Kriplani
Assistant Attending Physician
MSK medical oncologist Loren Michel
Attending Physician
Eric J. Sherman, MD
Attending Physician
Winston Wong, Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncology
Assistant Attending Physician
Joseph M. Huryn, DDS, FAAMP
Chief, Dental Service
Cherry L. Estilo, DMD
Attending Dentist
Jerry L. Halpern, DDS
Assistant Attending Dentist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Maxillofacial Prosthodontist Kenneth L. Kronstadt
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering maxillofacial prosthodontist Joseph Randazzo
Director, Maxillofacial Prosthetics
James A. Fagin, MD
Head of the Division of Subspecialty Medicine
Laura Boucai, MD
Attending Physician
Stephanie Fish, MD
Attending Physician
Samantha Kass Newman
Assistant Attending Physician
Mona M. Sabra, MD
Attending Physician
MSK endocrinologist R. Michael Tuttle
Chief, Endocrinology Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering neurosurgeon Viviane Tabar
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Theresa Feng Chair in Neurosurgery
Cameron W. Brennan, MD
Attending Neurosurgeon
Babak J. Mehrara, MD
Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Service; Peter G. Cordeiro Endowed Chair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Robert J. Allen, Jr., MD
Associate Attending Surgeon
Peter G. Cordeiro, MD, FACS
William G. Cahan Chair in Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic & reconstructive surgeon Michelle Coriddi
Associate Attending Surgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic surgeon Joseph Disa
Vice Chair of Clinical Activities, Department of Surgery; Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Surgical Oncology
Rebecca Gao
Assistant Attending Physician
Francis Graziano
Assistant Attending Physician
Geoffrey E. Hespe
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic surgeon Evan Matros
Attending Surgeon; Vice Chair, Health Information Technology, Department of Surgery
Colleen M. McCarthy, MD, FRCS(C)
Attending Surgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic and reconstructive surgeon Jonas Nelson
Associate Attending Surgeon; Assistant Director, Hernia and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Program; Director, Plastic Surgery Service Clinical Research Fellowship Program
Danielle Rochlin
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic surgeon Farooq Shahzad
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic and reconstructive surgeon Carrie Stern
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Dr. Michael Wu
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Dr. Hidehiko Yoshimatsu
Associate Attending Physician
Ronald A. Ghossein, MD
Director, Head and Neck Pathology
Jean-Marc Cohen, MD
Director, Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Clinic
Snjezana Dogan, MD
Associate Attending Pathologist
Nora Katabi
Attending Pathologist
Oscar Lin, MD, PhD
Chief, Cytology Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering cytopathologist Xiao-Jun Wei
Associate Pathologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering pathologist Bin Xu
Associate Attending Pathologist
Ariadne M. Bach, MD
Director, Ultrasound
Ravinder K. Grewal, MD
Attending Radiologist
Sofia S. Haque, MD
Head, Pediatric Neuroradiology
Vaios Hatzoglou, MD
Head, Neuroradiology Reporting
Andrei I. Holodny, MD
Chief, Neuroradiology Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering neuroradiologist Alicia Meng
Associate Training Director
Director of Imaging Services, MSK Monmouth
MSK nuclear medicine physician Heiko Schöder
Chief, Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service
Hilda E. Stambuk, MD
Director, Head & Neck Imaging, Neuroradiology
Memorial Sloan Kettering neuroradiologist Nathaniel Swinburne
Head, Neuroradiology AI, Director of Radiology Informatics
Memorial Sloan Kettering nuclear medicine physician Rick Wray
Assistant Attending Radiologist
Onur Yildirim, MD
Assistant Attending Radiologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist Vesselin Miloushev
Assistant Attending Radiologist
Estina A. Cain
Clinical Social Worker
Request an Appointment
Call 800-525-2225
We’re available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week