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One of four fellowship-trained head and neck microvascular surgeons in Phoenix
Cited more than 610 times in peer-reviewed medical journals
Member of the Head and Neck Society
Member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology
Ameya A. Jategaonkar, MD, is a head and neck cancer surgeon in Phoenix, Arizona. He is vice-director of the Head and Neck Cancer Program, director of Advanced Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery, a member of the Department of ENT and Skull Base Surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute, and is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Jategaonkar specializes in the surgical treatment of head and neck cancers, transoral robotic surgery, thyroid and parathyroid surgery, open skull base surgery, and microvascular reconstructive surgery of the head and neck. He is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery and the American Head and Neck Society.
Dr. Jategaonkar earned his medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix. He completed his otolaryngology residency at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and a fellowship in advanced head and neck oncologic and microvascular reconstructive surgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
Dr. Jategaonkar’s clinical research interests include expanding minimally invasive and transoral techniques for treating head and neck cancers and optimizing techniques and outcomes for microvascular free tissue transfer in head and neck reconstruction.

- Aetna
- AHCCCS (Referral Required)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Third Party
- Cigna
- Commercial Networks
- Government Plans
- Humana
- Market Place Plans (Referral Required)
- Medicare Advantage Plans (Referral Required)
- United Healthcare
- Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Advanced Oncologic/Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery, 2021-2022
- Residency, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Otolaryngology, 2016-2021
- MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix, 2016
- BS, Arizona State University, Biochemistry, 2012
- American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
- American Head and Neck Society
- Honorable Mention/Best in Section: Head and Neck Surgery for Poster Presentation: Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Prognostic Indicator for OSPCC Treated with TORS, American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Meeting in New Orleans, 2019
- Medical Student Award, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, 2016
- Scholarship, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 2012-2016
- English
- Hindi
- Marathi
Phoenix, AZ 85013
- (602) 406-8811
- Fax: (602) 406-8810
One of four fellowship-trained head and neck microvascular surgeons in Phoenix
Cited more than 610 times in peer-reviewed medical journals
Member of the Head and Neck Society
Member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology
Ameya A. Jategaonkar, MD, is a head and neck cancer surgeon in Phoenix, Arizona. He is vice-director of the Head and Neck Cancer Program, director of Advanced Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery, a member of the Department of ENT and Skull Base Surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute, and is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Jategaonkar specializes in the surgical treatment of head and neck cancers, transoral robotic surgery, thyroid and parathyroid surgery, open skull base surgery, and microvascular reconstructive surgery of the head and neck. He is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery and the American Head and Neck Society.
Dr. Jategaonkar earned his medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix. He completed his otolaryngology residency at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and a fellowship in advanced head and neck oncologic and microvascular reconstructive surgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
Dr. Jategaonkar’s clinical research interests include expanding minimally invasive and transoral techniques for treating head and neck cancers and optimizing techniques and outcomes for microvascular free tissue transfer in head and neck reconstruction.

Phoenix, AZ 85013
- (602) 406-8811
- Fax: (602) 406-8810
- Aetna
- AHCCCS (Referral Required)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Third Party
- Cigna
- Commercial Networks
- Government Plans
- Humana
- Market Place Plans (Referral Required)
- Medicare Advantage Plans (Referral Required)
- United Healthcare
- Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Advanced Oncologic/Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery, 2021-2022
- Residency, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Otolaryngology, 2016-2021
- MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix, 2016
- BS, Arizona State University, Biochemistry, 2012
- American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
- American Head and Neck Society
- Honorable Mention/Best in Section: Head and Neck Surgery for Poster Presentation: Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Prognostic Indicator for OSPCC Treated with TORS, American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Meeting in New Orleans, 2019
- Medical Student Award, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, 2016
- Scholarship, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 2012-2016
- English
- Hindi
- Marathi