Head & Neck Cancer Services

Clarence Sasaki, MD, FACS
Steven B. Leder, PhD
Douglas Ross, MD, FACS
John K. Joe, MD
Shelley Jolie, RN, BSN, Nurse Coordinator for Patient Education

General Information (203) 785-2593

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, sarcoma

Please visit http://www.yaleheadandneck.org for extensive information about our surgeons, rehabilitation staff, and otolaryngology staff.

Yale Physicians Building
800 Howard Avenue, 4 th Floor
New Haven, Connecticut