At Memorial Sloan Kettering, more than 70 colon cancer doctors, surgeons and other experts work with nurses and other healthcare professionals to provide individual care and personal attention at every step of diagnosis and treatment. Our doctors treat a very large number of people with colon cancer. We are recognized worldwide for our expertise. Our team of experts offers the most advanced and comprehensive options for treating colon cancer while preserving your ability to function normally.
Whether you have just been diagnosed with early-stage colon cancer or you have more-advanced disease, we provide treatments that offer the best chance to cure or control cancer.
Learn more about our experts here:
Pathology
Assistant Attending Physician
Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgical oncologist Martin Weiser](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/660/1x1/weiser_clinic_180831_301r_1200x1200_0.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Department of Surgery; Stuart H.Q. Quan Chair in Colorectal Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Julio Garcia-Aguilar](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/18001/image/garcia-aguilar_0-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Chief, Colorectal Service; Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Surgical Oncology
![Surgeon Garrett Nash](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/452/1x1/nash_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Vice Chair for Quality and Safety, Department of Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Emmanouil Pappou](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/147448/1x1/pappou_171107_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Philip B. Paty, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/490/image/paty-philip_0-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Surgeon, Talcott Chair for Clinical Excellence
![J. Joshua Smith, MD, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/105272/1x1/jesse-joshua-smith_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Iris Wei](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/145168/1x1/wei_170721_1200x1200_0.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering colorectal surgeon Maria Widmar](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/181318/1x1/widmar_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Medical Oncology
![David Paul Kelsen, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/326/image/kelsen-david-paul-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Edward S. Gordon Chair in Medical Oncology
![Leonard Saltz, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/546/image/saltz-leonard-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Executive Director for Clinical Value & Sustainability; Head, Colorectal Oncology Section
![Andrew S. Epstein, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/17500/image/epstein-andrew-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![Geoffrey Y. Ku, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/17546/image/geoffrey-ku-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Oncologist Sree B. Chalasani](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/18314/image/sree-chalasani-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![Anna M. Varghese, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/19776/image/varghese-anna-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Oncologist Fiyinfolu Balogun](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/209461/1x1/balogun-fiyinfolu_200818_02_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Louise Connell](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/165988/1x1/connell-louise_181005_14_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Samuel Cytryn](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/292766/1x1/cytryn-samuel-231219-06_rt-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Avni Desai, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/17654/image/desai-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Luis Diaz](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/137116/1x1/diaz-luis-220524-054-v2_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Head of the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology; Grayer Family Chair
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Imane El Dika](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/164074/1x1/el-dika-2c-imane_14_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Michael Foote](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/246988/1x1/foote-michael-220602-01_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Karuna Ganesh](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/133807/1x1/ganesh_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Ping Gu](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/159925/1x1/gu_180619_08_lowres_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Smita Joshi](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/182113/1x1/joshi-smitha_190916_13_1200x1200_0.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Danny Khalil](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/141679/1x1/kahlil_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Medical oncologist Jia Li](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/121903/1x1/li_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Rosa Nouvini](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/175015/1x1/nouvini-rosa_210409_016-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Hematology/Oncology Site Director, Jamaica Hospital
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Maliha Nusrat](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/188545/1x1/nusrat-maliha_191217_14_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![MSK medical oncologist Nitya Raj](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/124600/1x1/raj_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Clinical Director, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service; Medical Site Director, Laurence S. Rockefeller Outpatient Pavilion at 53rd Street
![Marina Shcherba, DO](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/35184/image/shcherba-140813-11-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Ryan Sugarman](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/179542/1x1/sugarman-ryan_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Medical Site Director, MSK Nassau; Medical Director, Strategic Partnerships
![Rona D. Yaeger, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/674/1x1/yeager_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Physician
![Kenneth H. Yu, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/681/image/yu-kenneth-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![Medical oncologist Alice Zervoudakis](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/122686/1x1/zervoudakis_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Clinical Director, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Zsofia Stadler](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/605/1x1/stadler_190123_22_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Clinical Director, Clinical Genetics Service
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Neil Segal](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/568/1x1/segal-neil-211210-009-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Research Director, Division of Gastrointestinal Oncology
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Diane Reidy Lagunes](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/518/1x1/180221-km-msk-lagunes-26r_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Vice Chair of Oncology Operations, Regional Care Network; Past President, MSK Medical Staff; Creator and Host, Cancer Straight Talk Podcast
![David H. Ilson, MD, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/295/image/ilson-david-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Zoe Goldberg](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/236/1x1/goldberg_4116_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Andrea Cercek](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/112/1x1/2017msk_mp_04_colorectal53rd_310.nef.1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Section Head, Colorectal Cancer; Co-Director, Center for Young Onset Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Cancers
![Parisa Momtaz, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/109013/1x1/momtaz_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Medical Director, Strategic Partnerships; Clinical Director, Melanoma Service
Gastroenterology and Preventive Oncology
![Memorial Sloan Kettering gastroenterologist Delia Calo](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/132643/1x1/calo_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering gastroenterologist David Faleck](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/160327/1x1/faleck_180612_10_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director of Inflammatory and Immune-Related Bowel Diseases
![Memorial Sloan Kettering gastroenterologist Hans Gerdes](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/219/1x1/gerdes_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering gastroenterologist Monika Laszkowska](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/201067/1x1/laszkowska-monika_200715_11_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Emmy Ludwig, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/397/image/ludwig-emmy-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Gastroenterologist Arnold Markowitz](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/408/image/markowitz-arnold-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering gastroenterologist Robin Mendelsohn](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/425/1x1/mendelsohn_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Co-Director, Center for Young Onset Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Cancers
![Memorial Sloan Kettering gastroenterologist Makoto Nishimura](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/157636/1x1/nishimura_180423_03_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering gastroenterologist Mark Schattner](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/559/1x1/schattner_180912_13_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Service
![Memorial Sloan Kettering gastroenterologist Pari Shah](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/18020/image/pari-shah-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![Moshe Shike, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/579/image/111107-shike-072-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Physician
Interventional Radiology
![Stephen B. Solomon, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/598/image/solomon-stephenmsk-030113-1051-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Chief, Interventional Radiology Service; Enid A. Haupt Chair in Clinical Investigation
![Memorial Sloan Kettering interventional radiologist William Alago](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/35/1x1/alago-william_191023_12_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Interventional Radiology, MSK Westchester
![Lynn A. Brody, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/91/image/brody-lynn-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Radiologist
![Anne Covey, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/139/image/covey-anne-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Radiologist
![Memorial Sloan Kettering interventional radiologist Suken Shah](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/162142/1x1/shah-suken_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Interventional Radiology, MSK Monmouth
![Robert Siegelbaum](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/583/1x1/siegelbaum-1x1.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Interventional Radiology, MSK Commack
![Memorial Sloan Kettering interventional radiologist Constantinos T. Sofocleous](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/594/image/sofocleous-constantinos-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Radiologist
Radiation Therapy
![MSK radiation oncologist John Cuaron](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/106627/1x1/cuaron_150708_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Lead Service Chief, External Beam Radiotherapy Service: Regional Care Network
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist J. Isabelle Choi](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/183961/1x1/choi-j-isabelle_200122_24-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
![Richard M. Gewanter, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/223/image/gewanter-richard-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Radiation Oncologist
![Carla Hajj, Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/127558/1x1/haji-carla_210616_002-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Program Director and Medical Student Clerkship Director, Radiation Oncology Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
![Puneeth Iyengar](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/282556/1x1/iyengar-puneeth-231108-020_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Metastatic Program, Department of Radiation Oncology
![Borys R. Mychalczak, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/449/image/mychalczak-borys-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Chief, Radiation Oncology, MSK Westchester & MSK Bergen
![Marsha Reyngold, MD, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/34968/image/reyngold-140828-10-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
![MSK radiation oncologist Paul Romesser](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/126850/1x1/romesser_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director of Colorectal and Anal Cancer, Department of Radiation Oncology
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Diana Roth O'Brien](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/207706/1x1/roth-o-brien-diana_200817_10_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
![Radiation oncologist Daniel Shasha](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/145171/1x1/msk5425_daniel_shasha_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Attending Radiation Oncologist
![Abraham J. Wu, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/671/1x1/headshot-2020-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Vice Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee
![Melissa Zinovoy, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/520/1x1/westchester-109ret_1x1.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director of Brain Tumor Clinical Operations
Social Work
![Stephanie Fronduto](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/180388/main_image/fronduto-stephanie-230621-09_rt-1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Clinical Social Worker
![Hadley Maya](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/146014/main_image/maya-hadley_210303_003-1200x800.jpg?h=563f6d91)