Head and Neck Cancer Services

The Yale Head and Neck Cancer Surgery Program offers organ sparing surgery including microlaser resections, free flap reconstruction, brachytherapy, chemoradiation, and rehabilitation of voice and swallowing. Our team is composed of highly dedicated physicians and surgeons joined by a skilled team of rehabilitation specialists in speech, swallowing and hearing restoration. All physicians are board certified and fellowship trained. As part of the Yale Cancer Center, the team offers expert care for tumors of the skull base and other malignancies of the head and neck.

A collaborative approach to care includes otolaryngology, medical oncology, plastic surgery, neurosurgery, dermatology, radiation therapy, head and neck radiology and oral surgery, thus offering the most effective of treatment options for diseases affecting the ear, sinuses, larynx and pharynx, while emphasizing the organ-sparing mission of the Yale Cancer Center.

Tumor Location
Lip, tongue, floor of mouth, buccal musosa, palate, tonsil, retromolar trigone, pyriform sinus, hypopharynx, nasopharynx, sinuses, nasal cavity, larynx, ear and temporal bone, salivary glands.

Tumor Histology squamous cell (epidermoid) carcinoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, acininc cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and sarcoma.

Please visit Yale Head and Neck Cancer Program for extensive information about our surgeons, rehabilitation staff, and otolaryngology staff.

	Acton, Lynn, MS, CCC/SLP, MS, CCC/SLP	Lecturer in Surgery (Otolaryngology); Speech Pathologist	(203) 785-2593 Appts (203) 785-3970 Fax
	Ariyan, Stephan, MD	Professor of Surgery (Plastic) and of Dermatology; Clinical Program Leader, Melanoma Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital	(203) 786-3000 Appts
	Bianchi, Mark S, MD	Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)	(203) 785-2593 Appts (203) 785-3970 Fax
	Hewitt, Noel M, AuD	Lecturer in Surgery (Otolaryngology)
	Hopper, Jennifer, AuD	Lecturer in Surgery (Otolaryngology); Manager, Yale Hearing and Balance Center	(203) 785-2467 Appts (203) 785-5936 Fax
	Judson, Benjamin L., MD	Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology); Associate Residency Program Director, Otolaryngology	(203) 785-2593 Appts (203) 785-3970 Fax
	Kowalski, Diane, MD, MMSc	Associate Professor of Pathology and Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology); Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program; Director Residency Program	(203) 785-2788 Appts (203) 785-3585 Fax
	Leder, Steven B., PhD, CCC-SLP	Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)	(203) 785-2593 Appts (203) 785-3970 Fax
	Manes, R Peter, MD	Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)	(203) 785-2593 Appts
	Michaelides, Elias, MD	Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology) and of Pediatrics; Director, Yale Hearing & Balance Program; Otolaryngology Program Director	(203) 785-2593 Appts (203) 785-3970 Fax
	Palmese, Bernadette, AUD	Clinical Instructor in Nursing; Staff Affiliate Surgical Otolaryngology	(203) 785-2467 Appts (203) 785-5936 Fax
	Powell, Carol, MSc	Lecturer in Surgery (Otolaryngology)	(203) 785-3564 Appts (203) 785-5936 Fax
	Romanelli, Lauren, MS, CCC-SLP	Lecturer in Surgery (Otolaryngology)	(203) 785-2467 Appts
	Sasaki, Clarence Takashi, MD, FACS	Charles W. Ohse Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)	(203) 785-2592 Appts (203) 785-3970 Fax
	Warner, Heather Lisitano, MA, CCC-SLP	Lecturer in Surgery (Otolaryngology)	(203) 785-2467 Appts (203) 785-5936 Fax
	Yarbrough, Wendell Gray, MD, MMHC, FACS	Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology); Section Chief, Otolaryngology; Co-Director Molecular Virology Research Program; Director, Head & Neck Cancer Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital	(203) 785-2593 Appts (203) 785-3970 Fax

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