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.
Head & Neck Cancers
![Robert J. Allen, Jr., MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/118321/1x1/allen_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Peter G. Cordeiro, MD, FACS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/137/image/cordeiro-peter-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
William G. Cahan Chair in Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic & reconstructive surgeon Michelle Coriddi](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/161263/1x1/coriddi-michelle_180525_003_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic surgeon Joseph Disa](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/168/1x1/disa_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Vice Chair of Clinical Activities, Department of Surgery; Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Surgical Oncology
![Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic surgeon Evan Matros](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/416/1x1/dsc_7563_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Attending Surgeon; Vice Chair, Health Information Technology, Department of Surgery
![Colleen M. McCarthy, MD, FRCS(C)](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/420/image/mccarthy-140116-251-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Surgeon
![Babak J. Mehrara, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/423/image/mehrara-babak_0-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Service; Peter G. Cordeiro Endowed Chair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic and reconstructive surgeon Jonas Nelson](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/142693/1x1/nelson_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Director, Hernia and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Program; Director, Plastic Surgery Service Clinical Research Fellowship Program
![Anton Nosov](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/271531/1x1/nosov-anton-230117-008_rt-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Instructor
![Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic surgeon Farooq Shahzad](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/182275/1x1/shahzad-farooq_190812_14_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic and reconstructive surgeon Carrie Stern](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/190603/1x1/stern_191030_01_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Head and Neck Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Richard Wong](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/670/1x1/wong_180213_02-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, Head and Neck Service; Jatin P. Shah Chair in Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology
![Jay O. Boyle, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/82/image/boyle-jay-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Surgeon
![MSK head & neck surgeon Marc Cohen](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/26334/1x1/cohen-marc-230109-002_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Surgical Director, Pituitary & Skull Base Tumor Center; Medical Director, Patient Access Services (PAS)
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Jennifer Cracchiolo](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/141334/1x1/cracchiolo_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
![Babak Givi](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/257936/1x1/givi-babak-221004-01_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Surgeon
![Luc G. T. Morris, MD, MSc, FACS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/12930/image/morris-luc-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Director, Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery Fellowship Program; Head, Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Immunogenomics
![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
![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
![Jatin P. Shah, MD, FACS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/573/image/shah-jatin_0-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Elliot W. Strong Chair in Head and Neck Oncology
![Ashok R. Shaha, MD, FACS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/575/image/shaha-ashok-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Allan H. Selig Chair
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Valeria Silva Merea](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/164668/1x1/silva_180706_14_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Speech and Hearing Center
![Bhuvanesh Singh, MD, PhD, FACS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/586/image/singh-bhuvanesh_0-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Director, Laboratory of Epithelial Cancer Biology; Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Skin Cancer Management Program
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Brian Untch](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/34011/image/untch-140710-08-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Radiation Oncology
![Nancy Y. Lee, MD, FASTRO](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/378/image/lee-nancy_0-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Vice Chair, Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Radiation Oncology; Service Chief, Head & Neck Radiation Oncology; Service Chief, Proton Therapy
![Sean McBride, MD, MPH](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/20086/1x1/mcbride-sean-220505-199_rt_fullres-12x12.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, External Beam Radiotherapy: Manhattan
![Nadeem Riaz, MD, MSc](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/35005/image/riaz-140819-08-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Director, Genomics Operations, Immunogenomics and Precision Oncology Platform
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Michael Bernstein](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/159163/1x1/bernstein-michael_180529_23_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Medical Director, Strategic Partnerships
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Linda Chen](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/163624/1x1/chen_180904_07_1200x1200r.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist Daphna Gelblum](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/217/1x1/gelblum_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director of Regional Radiation Oncology Clinical Research
![Boris A. Mueller, MD, MPH](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/445/image/mueller-boris_0-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Director, Radiation Oncology, MSK Bergen
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Radiation Oncologist Yao Yu](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/167893/1x1/yu-yao_180813_17-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Kaveh Zakeri](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/181966/1x1/zakeri-kaveh_190919_02_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
Medical Oncology
![David G. Pfister, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/496/image/pfister-david_0-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Chief, Head and Neck Oncology Service; Associate Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Strategic Partnerships
![MSK medical oncologist Lara Dunn](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/127522/1x1/dunn_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Juliana Eng, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/107736/1x1/eng_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist James Fetten](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/162088/1x1/fetten_180802_08_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Regional Care Network (RCN) Medical Site Director at MSK Westchester
![Alan L. Ho, MD, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/277/image/ho-alan-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Oncologist Tony Hung](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/229573/1x1/hung_tony_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Michael Hwang](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/270131/1x1/hwang-micheal-230329-009_rt.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Anuja Kriplani](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/161002/1x1/kriplani_180718_18_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![MSK medical oncologist Loren Michel](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/124912/1x1/michel_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Physician
![Kenneth K. Ng, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/455/image/ng-kenneth-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Physician
![Eric J. Sherman, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/577/image/sherman-eric-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![Winston Wong, Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncology](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/254466/1x1/wong-winston-220722-01_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist and internist Iris Zhi](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/126724/1x1/zhi-iris-220623-018_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Regional Care Network Site Director, MSK Commack
Maxillofacial Surgery and Dental Oncology
![Joseph M. Huryn, DDS, FAAMP](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/292/image/huryn-joseph-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Chief, Dental Service
![Cherry L. Estilo, DMD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/187/image/estilo-cherry-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Dentist
![Jerry L. Halpern, DDS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/259/image/halpern-jerry-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Assistant Attending Dentist
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Maxillofacial Prosthodontist Kenneth L. Kronstadt](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/239461/1x1/kronstadt-kenneth_210929_03_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering maxillofacial prosthodontist Joseph Randazzo](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/131938/1x1/randazzo_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Maxillofacial Prosthetics
Endocrinology
![James A. Fagin, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/188/image/fagin-james-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Head of the Division of Subspecialty Medicine
![Laura Boucai, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/18008/image/boucai-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering endocrinologist Azeez Farooki](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/189/1x1/farooki_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Attending Physician
![Stephanie Fish, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/198/image/fish-stephanie-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering endocrinologist Eliza Geer](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/129022/1x1/geer_clinic_0104r_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Medical Director, Pituitary & Skull Base Tumor Center
![Mona M. Sabra, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/543/image/sabra-mona-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Physician
![MSK endocrinologist R. Michael Tuttle](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/643/1x1/tuttle_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, Endocrinology Service
Skull-Base Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering neurosurgeon Viviane Tabar](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/618/1x1/msk7752_2_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Theresa Feng Chair in Neurosurgery
![Mark H. Bilsky, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/70/1x1/bilsky_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
William E. Snee Chair; Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs, Neurosurgery; Chief, Multi-Disciplinary Spine Tumor Service
![Cameron W. Brennan, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/86/1x1/brennan_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Attending Neurosurgeon
![MSK head & neck surgeon Marc Cohen](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/26334/1x1/cohen-marc-230109-002_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Surgical Director, Pituitary & Skull Base Tumor Center; Medical Director, Patient Access Services (PAS)
Plastics and Reconstruction
![Babak J. Mehrara, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/423/image/mehrara-babak_0-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Service; Peter G. Cordeiro Endowed Chair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
![Robert J. Allen, Jr., MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/118321/1x1/allen_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Peter G. Cordeiro, MD, FACS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/137/image/cordeiro-peter-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
William G. Cahan Chair in Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic & reconstructive surgeon Michelle Coriddi](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/161263/1x1/coriddi-michelle_180525_003_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic surgeon Joseph Disa](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/168/1x1/disa_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Vice Chair of Clinical Activities, Department of Surgery; Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Surgical Oncology
![Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic surgeon Evan Matros](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/416/1x1/dsc_7563_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Attending Surgeon; Vice Chair, Health Information Technology, Department of Surgery
![Colleen M. McCarthy, MD, FRCS(C)](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/420/image/mccarthy-140116-251-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic and reconstructive surgeon Jonas Nelson](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/142693/1x1/nelson_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Director, Hernia and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Program; Director, Plastic Surgery Service Clinical Research Fellowship Program
![Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic surgeon Farooq Shahzad](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/182275/1x1/shahzad-farooq_190812_14_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering plastic and reconstructive surgeon Carrie Stern](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/190603/1x1/stern_191030_01_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Pathology
![Ronald A. Ghossein, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/224/image/ghossein-ronald-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Director, Head and Neck Pathology
![Jean-Marc Cohen, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/121459/1x1/cohen_20151022_07_1x1.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Clinic
![Snjezana Dogan, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/171/image/dogan-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Pathologist
![Nora Katabi](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/320/1x1/nora-katabi-1x1.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Attending Pathologist
![Oscar Lin, MD, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/394/1x1/lin_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief, Cytology Service
![Memorial Sloan Kettering cytopathologist Xiao-Jun Wei](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/178018/1x1/wei_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Pathologist
![Memorial Sloan Kettering pathologist Bin Xu](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/170614/1x1/xu-bin_190129_19_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Pathologist
Radiology
![Andrei I. Holodny, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/281/image/holodny-andrei-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Chief, Neuroradiology Service
![Hilda E. Stambuk, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/606/image/stambuk-hilda_0-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Director, Head & Neck Imaging, Neuroradiology
![Sasan Karimi, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/318/image/karimi-sasan-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
![Vaios Hatzoglou, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/267/image/hatzoglou-vaios-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Head, Neuroradiology Reporting
![Memorial Sloan Kettering neuroradiologist Alicia Meng](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/182122/1x1/meng-alicia-230926-006_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Training Director
Director of Imaging Services, MSK Monmouth
![Memorial Sloan Kettering neuroradiologist Nathaniel Swinburne](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/168082/1x1/swinburne-nathaniel_180716_07_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Head, Neuroradiology AI, Director of Radiology Informatics
![Sofia S. Haque, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/264/image/haque-sofia-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Head, Pediatric Neuroradiology
Social Work
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