Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at CUMC
Current Administrative Positions
- Director, Head and Neck Surgery
This provider accepts new patients
Appointment Phone Number: (212) 305-8555
Dr. Salvatore Caruana is the Director of the Division of Head and Neck Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center. He is a widely respected head and neck surgeon in the forefront of the surgical treatment of tumors of the mouth pharynx, larynx and sinuses, parathyroid surgery, thyroid gland, and salivary glands. He is a pioneer in laser microsurgery for pharyngeal and laryngeal cancers.
Dr. Caruana is an Associate Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Caruana graduated cum laude from the University of Buffalo and completed his Doctor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. His general surgery training at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center was followed by a residency in Otolaryngology at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. He then completed an NIH funded two-and-a-half-year fellowship in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Caruana's peer-reviewed research has included work centering upon the biological nature of several head and neck cancers and on the role of viruses in malignancies of the paranasal sinuses.
Board Certifications
- Otolaryngology
Areas of Expertise
- Cancer Care
- Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
- Cancer
- Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
- Head and Neck Cancers
- Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
- Laser Surgery
- Microsurgery
- Oral Surgery
- Parathyroid Surgery
- Thyroid Disease
- Thyroid Surgery
Education and Training
- Residency: New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
- Residency: 1995 New York Eye And Ear Infirmary
- Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY
- Fellowship: 1997 Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center
Locations
CUIMC/Harkness Pavilion
180 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032- For new and current patient appointments, call:
- (212) 305-8555
- Phone:
- (212) 305-8555
- Fax:
- (212) 305-3975
ColumbiaDoctors - Midtown
51 West 51st Street
385
New York, NY 10019- For new and current patient appointments, call:
- (212) 326-8475
- Phone:
- (212) 305-4287
- Fax:
- (212) 326-8585
- Email:
- mtf2128@cumc.columbia.edu
Practices and Centers
- ColumbiaDoctors Midtown
Provider Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Insurance Programs
Please contact the provider's office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.
- AETNA [Aetna Signature Administrators, EPO, HMO, Medicare Managed Care, NYP Employee Plan, NY Signature, POS, PPO, Student Health]
- Affinity Health Plan [Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care]
- AgeWell [Medicare Managed Care, Special Needs]
- Amida Care [Special Needs]
- CIGNA [EPO, Great West (National), HMO, POS, PPO]
- Emblem/GHI [Medicare Managed Care, PPO]
- Emblem/HIP [ConnectiCare, EPO, Essential Plan, HMO, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, POS, PPO, Select Care (Exchange), Vytra]
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [EPO, HMO, Medicare Managed Care, PPO]
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus [Child/Family Health Plus, Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care]
- Fidelis Care [Child/Family Health Plus, Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
- Healthfirst [Child/Family Health Plus, Leaf (Exchange), Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
- Local 1199 [Local 1199]
- MagnaCare (National) [MagnaCare]
- Medicare [Railroad, Traditional Medicare]
- Multiplan [Multiplan]
- MVP Health Care [Child/Family Health Plus, Essential Plan, HMO, Medicaid Managed Care]
- Oxford Health Plans [Freedom, Liberty]
- Quality Health Management [Quality Health Management]
- RiverSpring [Special Needs]
- UnitedHealthcare [Compass (Exchange), Empire Plan, HMO, Medicaid (Community Plan), Medicare Managed Care, POS, PPO]
- VNSNY CHOICE [Medicare Managed Care, SelectHealth, Special Needs]
- WellCare [Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]