Head & Neck Cancer Treatment Team

The following treatment team members specialize in head and neck cancer at the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. To make an appointment, please call The James Line at (614) 293-5066 or toll-free 1-800-293-5066. The James Line is a free, 24-hour, confidential telephone service staffed by oncology nurses weekdays from 8:00 a.m. -4:30 p.m. to provide callers with cancer information and physician referrals throughout central Ohio. For further information about a physician listed below, click on the name:


Department of Otolaryngology/Division of Head & Neck Surgery

D. Bradley Welling, MD, PhD, Chair
Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

David Schuller, MD
Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Vice President for Medical Center Expansion and Outreach
Medical Director, Medical Center Campaign
CEO Emeritus, The James and Director Emeritus, OSUCCC

Amit Agrawal, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Division of Head and Neck Surgery

Edward Dodson, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Otology and Neurotology
Co-Director, Cranial Base Surgery

Charles Elmaraghy, MD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Division of Pediatrics

L. Arick Forrest, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Voice Disorders Clinic

Abraham Jacob, MD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Division of Otology, Neurotology & Cranial Base Surgery

Douglas Massick, MD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Division of General Otolaryngology

Enver Ozer, MD
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Division of Head and Neck Surgery

Gregory Wiet, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Stephen Smith, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Director, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Endocrinology

Richard Kloos, MD*
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Endocrinology

Matthew Ringel, MD*
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology

* Appointments by physician referral preferred

Radiation Medicine

John Grecula, MD
Associate Professor of Radiation Medicine

Medical Oncology

Anterpreet S. Neki, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology

Manisha Shah, MD

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology
(thyroid cancer)

Dentistry

Meade C. Van Putten, Jr., DDS, MS
Associate Professor, College of Dentistry
Director of Maxillofacial Prosthodontics

Other Caregivers

Cynthia Alban, RN
Patient Care Resource Manager/Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

Kathleen Bellamy, LISW
Patient Care Resource Manager/Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

Marianne Bunch, RN
Patient Care Resource Manager, Division of Surgical Oncology
(thyroid cancer)

Gail Davison, RN
Patient Care Resource Manager, Division of Surgical Oncology
(thyroid cancer)

Vicki Heinke, LISW
Social Worker/Head and Neck Oncology

Tammy Lamb, RN
Research Protocol Nurse/Clinical Trials Office, Comprehensive Cancer Center

Erica Reimer, LISW
Social Worker, Division of Surgical Oncology
(thyroid cancer)

Paulette Snider, RN
Research Protocol Nurse/Clinical Trial Office, OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center
(thyroid cancer)

Contacts

Ronda Huston
Scheduling Coordinator Head and Neck Surgery, Dept of Otolaryngology- H&N Surgery

Debra Orr, MSS
Administrator, Head and Neck Oncology

Dixie Baker
Scheduling Coordinator, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
(thyroid cancer)

Kristi Ream
Program Coordinator, Dept. of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
(thyroid cancer)

Beth Scholl
Program Coordinator, Division of Medical Oncology
(thyroid cancer)