Geoffrey David Young, MD

Geoffrey D. Young, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, specializes in the surgical treatment of cancers affecting the head and neck, including the mouth, throat, larynx, thyroid and salivary glands, as well as skin cancers on the scalp, face and neck. He has special expertise and experience in transoral robotic surgery and transoral laser microsurgery. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery.

Dr. Young serves as chief of head and neck cancer surgery and physician lead for quality and safety at Baptist Health Herbert Wertheim Cancer Institute. He also holds the position of Chair of the Department of Surgical Sciences at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.

Dr. Young’s research efforts focus on cancer immunology and molecular biology to further the understanding of disease processes and improve methods for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease. He has served as principal investigator on several multi-institutional clinical trials. He has presented his clinical and research findings at numerous national and international scientific conferences.

Committed to providing high-quality patient care, fostering strong patient-provider relationships and improving health outcomes, Dr. Young is an expert on communication in healthcare and has facilitated numerous courses and grand rounds on the subject both nationally and internationally. He is an active committee member of multiple professional societies, including the American College of Surgeons, American Head and Neck Society, Society of Surgical Oncology and American Thyroid Association.

Dr. Young earned his medical degree and a Ph.D. in molecular and cellular pathology at the University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine in Birmingham. He completed a general surgery residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J., and a head and neck surgery fellowship at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine/Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.