Physician Profile

Jeffrey Spiro, M.D.

Dr. Spiro received his medical degree from the State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Syracuse College of Medicine. He did his residency in general surgery at Baystate Medical Center and in otolaryngology at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Dr. Spiro completed his fellowship training in head and neck surgical oncology at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. 

Appointments

• Professor of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology

Specialty

• Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

Certification
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

Hospital Affiliation
John Dempsey Hospital

Research Interests

• Biology of head and neck cancer and clinical outcomes in the treatment of head and neck cancer.

Interest Statement
Dr. Spiro is the founder and co-director of the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Team at the University of Connecticut Health Center. The team has been functioning in this capacity since 1989 and to this day remains the only prospective, multidisciplinary treatment-planning forum of its kind in Hartford County, and one of only two in the State of Connecticut. Dr. Spiro is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Head and Neck Society.