Mark Urken, M.D. is the Chief of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology at Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, as well as Co-Director of the Head and Neck & Thyroid Cancer Institute at Beth Israel Medical Center. Having served as Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology for over a decade at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Urken has recently assumed this leadership position within the comprehensive cancer program at Continuum Healthcare.
Dr. Urken graduated in 1977 from Williams College, where he received the honor of graduating Summa Cum Laude. He received his M.D. from the University of Virginia School of Medicine before beginning his residency training in the Tufts Healthcare System and subsequently at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. He completed fellowship training in Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgery at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Throughout his career, Dr. Urken has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and over 30 chapters on a variety of topics in head and neck surgery. He has lectured throughout the world. His book on Head and Neck reconstructive surgery is widely regarded as one of the seminal publications in that field. His experience of performing over 1,000 microvascular free flaps ranks among the very highest level of expertise of any surgeon performing reconstructive surgery to the head and neck.
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How does Flagship recruit and qualify its physician specialists?
At the core of our service is a network of physicians unlike any other. Physicians join the Flagship medical network by invitation only and must meet Flagship's high standards for medical excellence in order to receive an invitation. It is not enough to have graduated from a top medical school or to have an affiliation with an excellent hospital. It also is not enough to be a strong contributor to medical research or to have a reputation for a good bedside manner. Rather, it is a weighted combination of these and other factors that helps Flagship identify individual physicians with the right credentials to oversee our Members health.
Mark Urken, M.D.
