Program Members
Clinical Program Leader
Wendell Yarbrough, MD, MMHC, FACS
Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology) and of Pathology
Section Chief, Otolaryngology
Co-Director Molecular Virology Research Program
Director, Head & Neck Cancer Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Clinical Interests
Clinical Trials as Topic; Ear Neoplasms; Early Detection of Cancer; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Mouth Neoplasms; Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Neoplasms, Unknown Primary; Otolaryngology; Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms; Parathyroid Neoplasms; Pharyngeal Neoplasms; Sarcoma; Skin Neoplasms; Thyroid Neoplasms; Tracheal Neoplasms; Vocal Cord Dysfunction
- Office 203.200.4622
- Appt 203.200.4622
- Email wendell.yarbrough@yale.edu
Disease Aligned Research Team Leader
Barbara Ann Burtness, MD
Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Disease Aligned Research Team Leader, Head and Neck Cancers Program
Co-Director, Developmental Therapeutics Research Program
Anesthesiology
William Rosenblatt, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Anesthesia for otolaryngology
REMEDY President & Founder
President emeritus Society for Airway Management
Clinical Interests
Medical Oncology
- Office 203.785.2802
- Appt 203.785.2802
- Appt Fax 203.785.6664
- Email will.rosenblatt@yale.edu
Dental
Dermatologic Surgery
David J Leffell, MD
David P. Smith Professor of Dermatology and Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology and Plastic)
Section Chief, Dermatologic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology
Clinical Interests
Melanoma; Skin Neoplasms
- Appt 203.785.3466
- Appt Fax 203.785.5256
- Email david.leffell@yale.edu
Diagnostic Radiology
James J Abrahams, MD
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Director, Medical Studies in Diagnostic Radiology, Director, Neuroradiology Fellowship
Chief, ENT Radiology
- Appt 203.688.8800
- Appt Fax 203.688.6164
- Email james.abrahams@yale.edu
Michele H Johnson, MD
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Neurosurgery
Director, Interventional Neuroradiology
- Office 203.785.4747
- Fax 203.737.1077
- Appt 203.785.4747
- Appt Fax 203.737.1077
- Email michele.h.johnson@yale.edu
Medical Oncology
Aarti Bhatia, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
- Appt 203.200.4622
- Appt Fax 203.200.2028
- Email aarti.bhatia@yale.edu
Barbara Ann Burtness, MD
Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Disease Aligned Research Team Leader, Head and Neck Cancers Program
Co-Director, Developmental Therapeutics Research Program
Clinical Interests
Adult; Medical Oncology
- Office 203.737.7636
- Appt 203.200.4622
- Appt Fax 203.200.5057
- Email barbara.burtness@yale.edu
Hari Anant Deshpande, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Clinical Interests
Medical Oncology; Sarcoma
- Office 203.737.1600
- Fax 203.785.3788
- Appt 203.200.4822
- Appt Fax 203.200.2099
- Email hari.deshpande@yale.edu
Otolaryngology
Benjamin L. Judson, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Associate Residency Program Director, Otolaryngology
Medical Director, Ambulatory Clinics, Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
- Office 203.200.4622
- Appt 203.200.4622
Saral Mehra, MD, MBA, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Clinical Interests
Craniofacial Abnormalities; General Surgery; Medical Oncology; Otolaryngology; Reoperation; Skin Neoplasms; Surgery, Plastic
- Office 203.785.4862
- Appt 203.200.4622
Elias Michaelides, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology) and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Yale Hearing & Balance Program
Otolaryngology Program Director
Clinical Interests
Cholesteatoma; Cochlear Implants; Hearing Disorders; Neuroma, Acoustic
- Office 203.785.5430
- Appt 203.785.5430
- Email elias.michaelides@yale.edu
Clarence Takashi Sasaki, MD, FACS
Charles W. Ohse Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Clinical Interests
Head and Neck Neoplasms; Laryngeal Diseases; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms; Pharyngeal Diseases; Swallows
- Office 203.785.5430
- Appt 203.785.5430
- Email clarence.sasaki@yale.edu
Wendell Yarbrough, MD, MMHC, FACS
Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology) and of Pathology
Section Chief, Otolaryngology
Co-Director Molecular Virology Research Program
Director, Head & Neck Cancer Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Clinical Interests
Clinical Trials as Topic; Ear Neoplasms; Early Detection of Cancer; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Laryngeal Neoplasms; Mouth Neoplasms; Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Neoplasms, Unknown Primary; Otolaryngology; Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms; Parathyroid Neoplasms; Pharyngeal Neoplasms; Sarcoma; Skin Neoplasms; Thyroid Neoplasms; Tracheal Neoplasms; Vocal Cord Dysfunction
- Office 203.200.4622
- Appt 203.200.4622
- Email wendell.yarbrough@yale.edu
Nwanmegha Young, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
- Office 203.785.5430
- Appt 203.785.5430
- Email nwanmegha.young@yale.edu
Pathology
Diane Kowalski, MD, MMSc
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program
Director, Anatomic and Laboratory Medicine Residency Program
Clinical Interests
Anatomy; Diseases
- Office 203.785.4575
- Fax 203.785.3325
- Email diane.kowalski@yale.edu
Manju Prasad, MD, MBBS
Professor of Pathology
Director, Endocrine, Head & Neck Pathology
Director, Immunohistochemistry Laboratory
Director, Endocrine, Head and Neck Pathology Fellowship
Clinical Interests
Endocrine System Diseases
- Fax 203.737.2922
- Appt 203.785.2788
- Email manju.prasad@yale.edu
Radiation Oncology
Ranjit S. Bindra, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Clinical Interests
Radiation Oncology
- Office 203.200.3672
- Appt 203.200.2000
- Appt Fax 203.785.4622
- Email ranjit.bindra@yale.edu
Joseph N. Contessa, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Pharmacology
Director, Central Nervous System Radiotherapy Program
Clinical Interests
Radiation Oncology
- Office 203.200.2634
- Appt 203.200.2000
- Appt Fax 203.785.4622
- Email joseph.contessa@yale.edu
Roy H. Decker, MD/PhD
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Disease Aligned Research Team Leader, Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Cancer Center
Director, Residency Training Program
Director, Thoracic/Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Program
Vice Chair for Clinical Research
Clinical Interests
Radiation Oncology
- Office 203.737.2758
- Appt 203.200.2000
- Appt Fax 203.785.4622
- Email roy.decker@yale.edu
James E. Hansen, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Clinical Interests
Radiation Oncology
- Appt 203.453.7170
- Appt Fax 860.271.4953
- Email james.e.hansen@yale.edu
Zain A. Husain, MD
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Director, Head and Neck Radiotherapy Program
Clinical Interests
Radiation Oncology
- Office 203.200.3749
- Appt 203.200.2000
- Appt Fax 203.785.4622
- Email zain.husain@yale.edu
Henry S. Park, MD, MPH
Clinician in and Assistant Clinical Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Clinical Interests
Central Nervous System Neoplasms; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms; Radiation Oncology
- Office 203.785.2971
- Appt 203.200.2000
- Appt Fax 203.785.4622
- Email henry.park@yale.edu
Kirtesh R Patel
Clinician in and Assistant Clinical Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Clinical Interests
Head and Neck Neoplasms; Nervous System Neoplasms; Thoracic Neoplasms; Urogenital Neoplasms
- Appt 203.200.2000
- Email kirtesh.patel@yale.edu
Yung H. Son, MD
Professor Emeritus of Therapeutic Radiology
(RETIRED)
Clinical Interests
Radiation Oncology
- Email yung.son@yale.edu