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Dr. Luc G.T. Morris

Luc G. T. Morris, MD, MSc, FACS

Head and Neck Surgeon

My Role at MSK

Areas of Expertise

My Specialties

  • Surgery for Cancers of the Head and Neck
  • Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
  • Oral Cancer Surgery
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About Me

What I Do at MSK
  • Attending Surgeon
  • Director, Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery Fellowship Program
  • Head, Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Immunogenomics
Get To Know Me

I am a surgeon who has worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) for more than a decade. My focus is taking care of people who have been diagnosed with cancers of the head and neck such as:

Beyond cancer care, I have expertise in performing procedures for complex airway stenosis (narrowing of the windpipe), and I also provide care for acutely ill patients at Memorial Hospital as a member of the surgical critical care team.

At MSK, we have a team of experts who have devoted their careers to the cure of head and neck cancers and the rehabilitation of people after treatment for these diseases. I will lead your treatment team and work with you to develop the most effective strategy possible.

Recognizing that every person is unique and that there is often more than one “right” approach, I work with my patients to develop a customized plan of treatment. For certain tumors, I perform minimally invasive surgery using endoscopic techniques, which improves outcomes and speeds recovery. For people who have thyroid cancer that is at very low risk of growing and spreading, we have championed and shown the safety and efficacy of active surveillance — which can allow some patients to avoid surgery altogether.

Despite tremendous advances in cancer care, we still have a very long way to go. I am the director of a cancer biology research laboratory at MSK. I lead a team of scientists who are experts in cancer genetics and immunology, and together we carry out investigations that help us better understand how tumors operate, and how we can develop better therapies to end cancer.

Every day at MSK, I am inspired by my patients and their families, and the bravery they did not know they had. I am also very proud of all my teammates on Fred’s Team, with whom I have run more than 10 New York City Marathons to raise money for cancer research at MSK. 

 

My Role at MSK

A head and neck surgeon is a doctor with special training in surgery on the head and neck. This includes the larynx, lips, mouth, nose, salivary glands, and throat.

Areas of Expertise

My Specialties

  • Surgery for Cancers of the Head and Neck
  • Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
  • Oral Cancer Surgery
  • Salivary Tumor Surgery
  • Transoral Surgery of the Larynx and Pharynx
  • Surgery for Tracheal and Subglottic Stenosis
  • Surgery for Melanoma and Skin Cancers
  • Tumors of the Ear Canal and Temporal Bone
Education & Honors

Education

  • MD, New York University School of Medicine
  • MSc, Columbia University

Residencies

  • Head and Neck Surgery, New York University Medical Center

Awards and Honors

  • Castle Connolly: America’s Top Doctor (2024)
  • Castle Connolly: Top Doctors New York Metro Area (2023)
  • Castle Connolly: America's Top Doctors (2023)
  • Castle Connolly: New York Magazine Top Doctors (2018-2023)
  • Catherine and Frederick Adler Junior Faculty Endowed Chair (2014–2019)
  • Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
  • Elected Fellow, Triological Society
  • Translational Innovator Award, American Head and Neck Society
  • Clinical Investigator Award, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Fellowships

  • Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Cancer Genomics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Board Certifications

  • Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

Insurance Information

Understanding your insurance options is an important part of managing your cancer care. We have relationships with many common healthcare providers and plans.

Aetna

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, EPO PPO, POS, Transplant

Aetna Medicare Advantage (MTA retirees only)

In Network Coverage Type
PPO

Anthem BCBS and other BCBS licensee plans

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, EPO, HMO

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Anthem BCBS Health Plus

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

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Anthem Blue Cross Medicare Advantage

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, HMO, DSN

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Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, PPO

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Blue Cross Blue Shield states outside of NY/NJ

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, EPO PPO, POS

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Carrum Health

In Network Coverage Type
Supplemental

Cigna

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, HMO

Connecticare

In Network Coverage Type
POS, EPO, HMO

Emblem

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, EPO, HMO

Offers a qualified health plan from the Health Insurance Marketplace. Call Emblem to learn more.

Emblem Essential

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

Emblem Medicare Advantage (Medicare Choice PPO Network and VIP Prime Network Only)

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, HMO

Empire Essential

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

Empire Plan / NYSHIP (Blue Cross/UnitedHealthcare split plan)

In Network Coverage Type
PPO

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Fidelis

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, EPO

Offers a qualified health plan from the Health Insurance Marketplace. Call Fidelis to learn more.

Fidelis Managed Medicaid & HARP

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

Fidelis Medicare Advantage

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

First Health

In Network Coverage Type
PPO

Healthfirst

In Network Coverage Type
EPO, HMO, PPO, POS

Offers a qualified health plan from the Health Insurance Marketplace. Call Healthfirst to learn more.

Healthfirst Managed Medicaid

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

Healthfirst Medicare Advantage

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, PPO

Healthsmart

In Network Coverage Type
PPO EPO

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey (HMO)

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey (PPO)

In Network Coverage Type
PPO

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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey Omnia Tier I (EPO)

In Network Coverage Type
EPO

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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey Omnia Tier II (EPO)

In Network Coverage Type
EPO

See updates

Horizon Medicare Advantage

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, HMO

Husky CT Medicaid

In Network Coverage Type
State Government

Magnacare

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, EPO

Straight NJ Medicaid

In Network Coverage Type
State Government

Straight NY Medicaid

In Network Coverage Type
State Government

Medicare Part A&B (traditional Medicare)

In Network Coverage Type
Federal Government

Multiplan/Beech Street/PHCS

In Network Coverage Type
Supplemental

MVP

In Network Coverage Type
PPO/OAP

Non-Participating Plans with Out of Network Benefits

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, EPO, HMO

NYC Medicare Advantage Plus for City Employees

In Network Coverage Type
TBD

Oscar

In Network Coverage Type
HMO/EPO

Oxford

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, EPO

World Trade Center Health Program (WTC)

In Network Coverage Type
State Government

Qualcare

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, HMO

Tricare

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, HMO

UMR

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS

United Healthcare

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, HMO

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If you don't have health insurance or are worried that your care may not be fully covered, our financial assistance programs may be able to help.

If you have questions about insurance, call us at 646-497-9176.

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Contact and Location

Dr. Morris sees patients at one location.

Location
New York, NY
David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
530 East 74th Street New York NY 10021
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Colleagues

Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering work as teams, with specialists from all different areas. This allows us to consider all your needs together, and to give you the best possible care.

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Clinical Trials

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Memorial Sloan Kettering's doctors and scientists are constantly developing new treatments for cancer. MSK is typically running hundreds of clinical trials at a given time.

You may be able to participate in a clinical trial even if you are new to MSK. Search our online directory to find trial information and see more about who can participate.

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Research and Publications

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Publications on PubMed

Visit PubMed for a full listing of Dr. Morris’s journal articles. Pubmed is an online index of research papers and other articles from the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

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Disclosures

Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.

MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.

Luc G. T. Morris discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

  • Personal Genome Diagnostics
    Intellectual Property Rights

If you’re a patient at MSK and would like more information about your doctor’s external relationships, please talk with your doctor.

The information published here is a complement to other publicly reported data and is for a specific annual disclosure period. There may be differences between information on this and other public sites as a result of different reporting periods and/or the various ways relationships and financial interests are categorized by organizations that publish such data.

This page and data include information for a specific MSK annual disclosure period (January 1, 2023 through disclosure submission in spring 2024). This data reflects interests that may or may not still exist. This data is updated annually.

Learn more about MSK’s COI policies here. For questions regarding MSK’s COI-related policies and procedures, email MSK’s Compliance Office at [email protected].


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