Program Members
James Abrahams
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Director, Medical Studies in Diagnostic Radiology, Director, Neuroradiology Fellowship
Chief, ENT Radiology
Clinical Interests:Neuroradiology; Head and Neck Radiology; Oral Cavity; Teaching
- Appt:(203) 688-8800
Stephan Ariyan
Professor of Surgery (Plastic) and of Dermatology
Clinical Program Leader, Melanoma Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Clinical Interests:merkel cell carcinoma; squamous cell carcinoma; basal cell carcinoma; melanoma; skin cancer; malignant melanoma; reconstructive surgery; head and neck cancer;
- Appt:(203) 786-3000
Joseph Contessa
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Clinical Interests:Tumors of the Central Nervous System; Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiotherapy; Brain Metastases; Head and Neck Cancer
- Office:(203) 700-2634
- Appt:(203) 200-2000
Roy Decker
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Clinical Research Program Leader, Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Cancer Center
Clinical Interests:Head & Neck Cancer; Lung Cancer; Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery
- Office:(203) 737-2758
- Appt:(203) 200-5864
Hari Deshpande
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and of Surgery (Otolaryngology) and Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing
Clinical Interests:Head and neck cancer; Genitourinary (GU) cancers; sarcomas; thyroid cancer.
- Office:(203) 737-1600
- Appt:(203) 200-4822
Michele Johnson
Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Neurosurgery and of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Director of Interventional Neuroradiology
Clinical Interests:Vascular lesions of the brain; arterio-venous malformations (AVM); aneurysms; interventional procedures of the brain; spine, head and neck (angiography, arteriography); vertebroplasty for compression fractures
- Office:(203) 785-7026
- Appt:(203) 785-7026
Benjamin Judson
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Associate Residency Program Director, Otolaryngology
Clinical Interests:oral cavity tumors; pharynx and larynx tumors; salivary tumors; skin cancers; thyroid tumors; sinonasal and skull base tumors; head and neck surgery
- Appt:(203) 785-2593
Diane Kowalski
Associate Professor of Pathology and Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program
Director Residency Program
Clinical Interests:Head and neck pathology; nongynecologic cytopathology
- Office:(203) 785-2774
- Appt:(203) 785-2788
David Leffell
David P. Smith Professor of Dermatology and Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology and Plastic)
Deputy Dean for Clinical Affairs, Yale School of Medicine
Section Chief, Dermatologic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology
Clinical Interests:Diagnosis and treatment of melanoma, basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer and rare tumors; Mohs surgery; plastic reconstruction.
- Office:(203) 785-7999
- Appt:(203) 785-3466
Elias Michaelides
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology) and of Pediatrics
Director, Yale Hearing & Balance Program
Otolaryngology Program Director
Clinical Interests:Hearing loss; Ear infections; Facial paralysis; Cochlear implants; Skull base tumors; Acoustic neuroma; Dizziness; Balance disorders
- Office:(203) 785-7656
- Appt:(203) 785-2593
Manju Prasad
Associate Professor of Pathology and of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Director, Endocrine, Head & Neck Pathology
Director, Immunohistochemistry Laboratory
Director, Endocrine, Head and Neck Pathology Fellowship
Clinical Interests:Tumors of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands; Head and neck Cancer; Benign diseases mimicking cancers of the endocrine organs and of Head and Neck, Bone and soft tissue pathology
William Rosenblatt
Professor of Anesthesiology and of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Director, Anesthesia for otolaryngology
REMEDY President & Founder
Clinical Interests:Anesthesia for otolarynoplogical surgery; teaching airway management; high fidelity simulation in anesthesiology; remedy developing world medical materials charity
- Office:(203) 785-2802
- Appt:(203) 785-2802
Clarence Sasaki
Charles W. Ohse Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Clinical Interests:Surgery of sinus, larynx, pharynx and nose neoplasms; diagnostic and therapeutic broncho-esophagology; surgery of the skull base; endoscopic surgery for Zenkers diverticulum; minimally invasive surgery for correction of voice and swallowing disorders; endocrine cancer; esophageal cancer; head and neck cancer; pediatric cancer; skin cancer; laryngology
- Appt:(203) 785-2592
Yung Son
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Clinical Interests:General radiation therapy; head and neck cancer; definitive or intra-operative brachytherapy; esophageal cancer; colon cancer; lung cancer; soft-tissue sarcoma; skin cancer; pediatric cancer; unknown primary cancer; all invasive low- or high-dose-rate interventional brachytherapy and remote after-loading gamma-Med brachytherapy, particularly in otolaryngology, broncho-pulmonary, abdominal, retro-peritoneal, and colorectal malignancies
- Office:(203) 785-2961
- Appt:(203) 688-1861
Wendell Yarbrough
Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Section Chief, Otolaryngology
Co-Director Molecular Virology Research Program
Director, Head & Neck Cancer Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Clinical Interests:head & neck cancer; ent cancer, oral cancer, oropharyngeal cancer;throat cancer, laryngeal cancer;voice box cancer, head and neck cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, human papilloma virus, human papillomavirus, salivary cancer, acidic cell carcinoma, adenoid cystic, adenoid cystic carcinoma, mucoepidermoid, mucoepidermoid carcinoma, thyroid cancer, well-differentiated thyroid cancer, medullary cancer, medullary, papillary thyroid cancer, papillary, follicular thyroid cancer, follicular, anaplastic thyroid cancer, anaplastic, lymphoma, skin cancer, melanoma, lip cancer, tongue cancer, tonsil cancer, base of tongue cancer, nasal cancer, sinus cancer, esthesioneuroblastoma, buccal cancer, palate cancer, soft palate, hard palate, soft palate cancer, soft palate cancer
- Office:(203) 785-4862
- Appt:(203) 785-2593
Nwanmegha Young
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Clinical Interests:Vocal cord paralysis, professional voice, neurologic disorders of the larynx, laryngeal cancer, prevention diagnosis and treatment of voice and swallowing disorders, laser surgery, general ENT
- Appt:(203) 785-2593
