Head and Neck Cancer Program

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Head and Neck Cancer Program
3801 Sacramento Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 600-2450
Directions to our facility

The Head and Neck Cancer Program offers access to some of the most up-to-date cancer treatments and innovative care available. The Program provides diagnostics and staging, as well as, treatment for cutaneous malignancy, particularly melanoma of the head and neck. Mark I. Singer M.D., FACS, the Program’s director is renowned for his extensive knowledge, research and teaching in otolaryngology and head and neck melanomas.

Program Services Include

State-of-the-art diagnostic staging tools including lymphoscintography imaging and sentinel lymph node biopsy.

Expert surgical treatments including tumor resection, lymph node dissection, and reconstructive procedures.

Surgery and management of head and neck melanomas, sentinel lymph node biopsy, lymph node surgery, and reconstruction.

A multifaceted, experienced, and caring team of health care professionals.

Access to current treatment protocols for additional treatment of melanoma.

Mark I. Singer, M.D., FACS

Contact Dr. Singer. Dr. Singer is a graduate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and has practiced head and neck surgery for over 30 years. His extensive career has been split between academic medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) teaching for the past 15 years and private practice. He has made a number of contributions to the field of head and neck melanoma in reconstruction, rehabilitation, and cancer treatment.

Dr. Singer has worked closely with the UCSF Cancer Center Melanoma clinic and tumor board, and is currently providing head and neck surgery for melanoma and other advanced cutaneous malignancies at California Pacific Medical Center.

Career Highlights
Clinical and Academic Excellence:

Professor and Vice-Chair Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery UCSF School of Medicine

Chief of Head and Neck Surgery Division at UCSF

Over 30 years of experience in Head and Neck surgery

Awards and Achievements:

Americans Top Doctors for Cancer-2005

International Association of Laryngectomees Lifetime Achievement Award-2005

Robert K. Werbe, Distinguished Professor in Head and Neck Cancer at UCSF-2002

Professional Memberships:

American Society of Head and Neck Surgery

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

American Laryngologic Association

American Society of Clinical Oncology

Bronchoesophagologic Society of Japan