Dr. Ryan Sobel, MD – Fort Lauderdale, FL

Overview of Dr. Sobel

Dr. Sobel is a fellowship-trained head & neck surgical oncologist. He currently serves as the Medical Director of the Head & Neck Cancer Program at Broward Health in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Dr. Sobel completed advanced fellowship training in head & neck surgical oncology at the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He previously practiced at Head and Neck Surgery located at GBMC in Baltimore, MD.

Dr. Sobel specializes in benign and malignant tumors of the head and neck, including: thyroid and parathyroid glands, salivary glands, tongue and oral cancers, HPV-related throat cancer, unknown primary malignancy, larynx, neck masses, and advanced skin cancers such as malignant melanoma.

Dr. Sobel is fellowship-trained in TransOral Robotic Surgery (TORS), sentinel lymph node biopsy, and other minimally-invasive surgical approaches in head and neck surgery. He is also a published author and frequent presenter on topics involving head and neck surgery and research.

Clinical Expertise

Melanoma, Head and neck cancer, Squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, Head and neck oncology, Oral cavity cancer, Oropharyngeal cancer, Thyroid surgery, Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy, Transoral robotic surgery, Robotic head and neck surgery, Salivary gland surgery, Squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, Minimally invasive thyroidectomy, Acquired head and neck masses, Head and neck surgery

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Head & Neck Surgical Oncology/Microvascular Reconstruction, 2013 - 2014
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, Research Fellow, Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, 2012 - 2013
Nassau University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2007 - 2012
Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 2007