Thomas J. Kaley, MD - MSK Neuro-Oncologist & Early Drug Development Specialist

I am a surgical oncologist whose primary area of clinical and research interest is melanoma. In 1991, I introduced lymph-node mapping and sentinel lymph-node biopsy for melanoma and other selected skin cancers. Together, these procedures can determine during surgery whether a tumor has spread to surrounding lymph nodes. Using lymph node mapping, we can pinpoint the precise lymph node into which a nearby tumor is likely to travel first (called the sentinel node). If a biopsy of the sentinel node indicates cancer spread, the surrounding lymph nodes are removed. But if there is no evidence of cancer in the sentinel node, patients are spared from additional lymph node surgery.

Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Michael D'Angelica specializes in treating gallbladder and bile duct cancers, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors, and adrenal tumors. He sees patients at MSK's Manhattan locations and MSK Basking Ridge, in New Jersey.

MSK surgeon Jennifer Mueller specializes in caring for women with endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer. Her practice is located at MSK Commack and MSK Nassau, on Long Island.