Spine Cancer & Spinal Tumor Surgeons, Doctors & Other Experts

Meet the spine cancer spinal tumor doctors, surgeons and other specialists at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Spine Tumor Center who work together to customize a plan of care that fits your unique needs. Throughout your treatment, you may meet multiple specialists in one day. These meetings ensure that the team has all the necessary information at each stage of your care — diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and follow-up care.

Call the Spine Tumor Center at 212-639-6506 to make an appointment. 

Mark H. Bilsky, MD
William E. Snee Chair; Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs, Neurosurgery; Chief, Multi-Disciplinary Spine Tumor Service
Dr. Christopher Jackson
Assistant Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering neurosurgeon Ori Barzilai
Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Oncology
Dr. Rabih Bou Nassif
Instructor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Neurosurgeon William Christopher Newman
Assistant Attending Neurosurgeon
Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Max Vaynrub
Associate Attending Surgeon
Eric Lis, MD
Director, Neuroradiology IR
Memorial Sloan Kettering neuroradiologist Alicia Meng
Associate Training Director
Memorial Sloan Kettering neuroradiologist Nathaniel Swinburne
Head, Neuroradiology AI, Director of Radiology Informatics
Jamie Tisnado, MD
Program Director, Neuroradiology Fellowship
Edward Avila, Memorial Sloan Kettering neurologist
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Neurology; Co-Director, Neuro Advanced Care Unit
Xi Chen, MD, PhD
Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Program
Sonia K. Sandhu
Associate Attending Physician
Yoshiya (Josh) Yamada, MD
Co-Chief, Multi-Disciplinary Spine Tumor Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Daniel Higginson
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
Adam Schmitt, MD
Associate Attending Radiation Oncologist
Andrew R. Barsky
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
Assistant Attending Physician
MSK radiation oncologist John Cuaron
Lead Service Chief, External Beam Radiotherapy Service: Regional Care Network
Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist Daphna Gelblum
Director of Regional Radiation Oncology Clinical Research
Justin Haseltine
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Atif Khan
Chief, External Beam Radiotherapy: MSK Basking Ridge and MSK Monmouth; Director, Breast Radiotherapy Services
Boris A. Mueller, MD, MPH
Director, Radiation Oncology, MSK Bergen
Borys R. Mychalczak, MD
Chief, Radiation Oncology, MSK Westchester & MSK Bergen
Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Diana Roth O'Brien
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Narek Shaverdian
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Jacob Y. Shin
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Divya Yerramilli
Co-Director, Inpatient Radiation Oncology Consult (IROC) Service, Department of Radiation Oncology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Radiation Oncologist Yao Yu
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist, Director of Leptomeningeal Disease
Melissa Zinovoy, MD
Director of Brain Tumor Clinical Operations
Jyoti Sharma
Assistant Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering Anesthesiologist Jess Brallier
Attending Anesthesiologist
Kenneth H. Cubert, MD
Attending Anesthesiologist
Amitabh Gulati, MD
Director, Chronic Pain
Vinay Puttanniah, MD
Director, Regional Anesthesia and Perioperative Pain Medicine
Lisa Marie Ruppert
Director, Cancer Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering physiatrist Christian Custodio
Associate Director, Cancer Rehabilitation Fellowship Program; Director, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Rotating Residency Program
Request an Appointment
Call 212-639-6506
Available Monday through Friday, to (Eastern time)