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Vikas Mehta – Bronx, New York

Published on February 28, 2020 by Vikas Mehta

Practice Contact Information

Montefiore Medical Center
3400 Bainbridge Avenue
3rd Floor MAP Bldg
Bronx
New York
10467
United States

Phone:
Email:
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Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Research, Head and Neck Surgeon


Biography/Statement

Vikas Mehta grew up in Bakersfield, and graduated from University of California Berkeley with an honors degree in biochemistry. He then completed medical school at the University of California Irvine and went on to residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary where he won awards for excellence in teaching and research. After residency, he fulfilled his lifelong ambition to care for cancer patients and completed a fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Upon finishing fellowship, he joined the faculty at LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport in 2012, where he served as the Director of Robotic Head and Neck Surgery and Co-Director of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology. During his first three years of practice, he also worked part-time and completed a Masters of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has since moved to New York in 2016 and has joined the faculty at Montefiore Medical Center where is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology.

Vikas Mehta is a diplomate of the American Board of Otolaryngology and a member of the American Head and Neck Society, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He has served on multiple national committees within the AAO-HNS and AHNS taking very active roles within them, including founding several recent projects such as the AHNS monthly journal club, the OREBM article highlight within the Bulletin and the AHNS Young Members Group. He also has authored numerous publications and chapters related to otolaryngology/head and neck surgery. He has presented research at national meetings, earning awards from both the AAOHNS and AHNS. He has also served on several committees within Monte including the Montefiore Quality Council and functions as the Quality Improvement Office for the Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center. His clinical practice is focused on the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer, diseases of the salivary gland, and thyroid and parathyroid disease. He has a particular interest in minimally invasive approaches including transoral robotic surgery, sentinel lymph node biopsy for oral cavity cancers and minimally invasive thyroid and parathyroid surgery.  His research interests include cost effectiveness, quality improvement and outcomes research in patients with head and neck cancer and otolaryngology disorders.

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Michelle Chen – Ann Arbor, Michigan

Published on February 16, 2020 by Michelle Chen

Practice Contact Information

University of Michigan
1904 Taubman Center
1500 E. Medical Center Dr., SPC 5312
Ann Arbor
Michigan
48109
United States

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Email:
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Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Head and Neck Research, Head and Neck Surgeon, Reconstructive Head & Neck Surgery


Biography/Statement

Michelle Chen, MD completed medical school at Yale University School of Medicine and her residency training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Stanford University. She is now completing advanced training in head and neck surgical oncology and microvascular reconstructive surgery at the University of Michigan. She has a interest in health services research into optimizing the processes involved in the provision of head and neck cancer care.

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Missak Haigentz – Morristown, New Jersey

Published on February 9, 2020 by Missak Haigentz

Practice Contact Information

Atlantic Health System/Morristown Medical Center
100 Madison Avenue, Second Floor

Morristown
New Jersey
07960
United States

Phone: 973-971-7960
Email:
Web Site: https://findadoctor.atlantichealth.org/provider/Missak+Haigentz%2C+Jr./641677?unified=Haigentz&sort=networks%2Crelevance


Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Medical Oncologist


Biography/Statement

Dr. Haigentz, medical director of Hematology/Oncology for Atlantic Health System, is recognized nationally and internationally as an expert in cancers of the head and neck, including thyroid cancers, and in lung cancers. As past director of the clinical trials office of the National Cancer Institute-designated Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Dr. Haigentz has particular expertise in the design and conduct of innovative clinical trials to improve the lives of cancer patients, and he has led several multicenter and national clinical trials. His research has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, review articles and book chapters, and he has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. He has held several leadership roles, including service as president of the New York Head and Neck Society (2014-2015).

Throughout his career, Dr. Haigentz has taken pride in providing compassionate and personalized cancer care.  He was recruited in 2017 from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he was Professor of Clinical Medicine and director of the clinical trials office of the NCI-designated Albert Einstein Cancer Center, to help create and lead a novel, academically-oriented and subspecialty-based clinical and research practice in the community setting.  In 2019, Dr. Haigentz became Principal Investigator for the Atlantic Health Cancer Consortium, leading the first NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) site based in New Jersey. His clinical and research practice is focused on thoracic and head and neck cancers.

Clinical Trials

  • EA3161: A Phase II/III Randomized Study of Maintenance Nivolumab Versus Observation in Patients With Locally Advanced, Intermediate Risk HPV Positive OPCA NCT03811015
  • IOV-COM-202: A Phase 2, Multicenter Study of Autologous Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (LN 144 or LN-145) in Patients With Solid Tumors NCT03645928

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John Gleysteen – Memphis, Tennessee

Published on January 28, 2020 by John Gleysteen

Practice Contact Information

University of Tennessee Health Science Center
910 Madison Avenue
Suite 422
Memphis
Tennessee
38163
United States

Phone: 9012726051
Email:
Web Site: http://www.uthscent.com


Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Head and Neck Surgeon, Reconstructive Head & Neck Surgery


Biography/Statement

Dr Gleysteen earned his medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He continued his education with a residency in otolaryngology at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, and a fellowship in head and neck surgical oncology and microvascular reconstruction at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Nitin Pagedar – Iowa City, IA

Published on January 26, 2020 by Nitin Pagedar

Practice Contact Information

University of Iowa
200 Hawkins Drive
21200 PFP
Iowa City
IA
52242
United States

Phone: 319-384-6980
Email:
Web Site:


Areas of surgical specialization in Head and Neck Surgery

Endocrine Surgery, Head and Neck Surgeon


Biography/Statement

Associate Professor, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

Head and neck surgery

Thyroid and parathyroid surgery

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