The esophageal cancer doctors, surgeons and other specialists at Memorial Sloan Kettering provide individual care and personal attention at every step of your diagnosis and treatment. Our team of experts is a tightly coordinated group of gastroenterologists, medical oncologists, surgeons, pathologists, and nurses with decades of collective experience in caring for people with GERD, Barrett’s esophagus, achalasia, and esophageal cancer.
Whether you have just been diagnosed with early-stage esophageal cancer or your disease is more advanced, we provide treatments that offer the best chance to cure or control your cancer.
Review our list of experts here:
Pathology
Assistant Attending Physician
Surgery
![Thoracic surgical oncologist James Isbell](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/119680/1x1/isbell_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Quality and Outcomes, Thoracic Surgery Service, Director, Memorial Hospital Step Down Unit, Co-Director, Thoracic Liquid Biopsy Program
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Surgeon David R. Jones](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/24778/1x1/jones-david_210903_13_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery; Co-Director, Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research; Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller Chair in Lung Cancer; Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Daniela Molena](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/113272/1x1/molena-daniela_210907_021_1200x1200-1.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Esophageal Surgery Program
![Matthew Bott](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/107103/1x1/bott-matthew_210908_054-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Surgeon
![Benjamin R. Roman, MD, MSHP](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/107026/1x1/roman_zrcphoto150811_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Surgeon Prasad S. Adusumilli](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/29/1x1/adusumill_210823_153_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Deputy Chief and Attending, Thoracic Service; Vice Chair for Translational Research, Department of Surgery; Co-Director, Mesothelioma Program; Member, Solid Tumors Cell Therapy, Cellular Therapeutics Center; Min H. & Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancer
![Manjit S. Bains, MD, FACS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/51/image/bains-manjit-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Min H. and Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancer
![Katherine Gray](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/280131/1x1/gray-katherine-231010-04_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering thoracic surgeon Smita Sihag](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/134731/1x1/sihag_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Ian Ganly, MD, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/213/image/ganly-ian-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Surgeon
![James Huang, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/289/image/huang-james-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship and Residency; Associate Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Bernard Park](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/33856/1x1/park_or_210804_007_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Deputy Chief of Clinical Affairs, Thoracic Service
![Snehal G. Patel, MD, FRCS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/489/image/111103-patel-093-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Surgeon
![Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/538/image/rusch-valerie-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Surgery; Miner Family Chair in Intrathoracic Cancers
Minimally Invasive Surgery
![Thoracic surgical oncologist James Isbell](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/119680/1x1/isbell_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Quality and Outcomes, Thoracic Surgery Service, Director, Memorial Hospital Step Down Unit, Co-Director, Thoracic Liquid Biopsy Program
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Surgeon David R. Jones](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/24778/1x1/jones-david_210903_13_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery; Co-Director, Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research; Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller Chair in Lung Cancer; Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Daniela Molena](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/113272/1x1/molena-daniela_210907_021_1200x1200-1.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Esophageal Surgery Program
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Surgeon Prasad S. Adusumilli](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/29/1x1/adusumill_210823_153_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Deputy Chief and Attending, Thoracic Service; Vice Chair for Translational Research, Department of Surgery; Co-Director, Mesothelioma Program; Member, Solid Tumors Cell Therapy, Cellular Therapeutics Center; Min H. & Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancer
![Manjit S. Bains, MD, FACS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/51/image/bains-manjit-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Min H. and Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancer
![Katherine Gray](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/280131/1x1/gray-katherine-231010-04_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering thoracic surgeon Smita Sihag](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/134731/1x1/sihag_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Bernard Park](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/33856/1x1/park_or_210804_007_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Deputy Chief of Clinical Affairs, Thoracic Service
![Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/538/image/rusch-valerie-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Surgery; Miner Family Chair in Intrathoracic Cancers
Gastroenterology and Preventive Oncology
![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
![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
![Jacques Beauvais](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/255571/1x1/beauvais-jacques-220927-012_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 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
![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 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
![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
![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
Medical Oncology
![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
![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
![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 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 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
![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 Yelena Janjigian](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/300/1x1/janjigian-yelena_210517_017_1-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service
![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
![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
![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 Steven Maron](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/170620/1x1/maron_190123_37_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Devika Rao](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/178384/1x1/rao-devika_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![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
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Jessica Yang](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/180586/1x1/yang_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant 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
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
![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
![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
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Daniel Gomez](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/174538/1x1/gomez_190503_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Thoracic Radiation Oncology; Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Radiation Oncology
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist David Guttmann](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/163891/1x1/guttmann_180905_12_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate 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
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Jacob Y. Shin](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/181312/1x1/shin-jacob_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Charles Simone](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/181399/1x1/simone-charles_190915_05_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief Medical Officer, New York Proton Center
![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
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