Thomas Dale Shellenberger, MD

I believe in giving every patient the best chance to achieve their health care goals and to aid them every step of the way in their cancer journey.

I believe that a close relationship with your surgeon is crucial when pursuing treatment for head and neck cancers - even when non-surgical therapies are sought. I recognize and value the role of expert, multidisciplinary care in the treatment of the patients that I evaluate. I have dedicated my professional career to the development of advanced skills in resection of cutaneous, mucosal, endocrine, salivary, and airway cancers within the head and neck as well as local and free-tissue reconstructive methods required to provide my patients with optimal functional and oncologic outcomes. The ability to provide high-level care alongside compassion and understanding is the foundation of my passion for head and neck surgery.

I want to take the time to understand each patient and it's my goal that every patient feels like they are treated as family.