Leah M Katz, MD, MPH
Locations and Appointments
NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Hudson Valley - Hematology and Oncology
ColumbiaDoctors - 1978 Crompond Road
About Leah M Katz, MD, MPH
Leah M. Katz, MD, MPH is a board-certified radiation oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital and assistant professor of radiation oncology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She sees patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital Cheryl Lindenbaum Comprehensive Cancer Center in Peekskill, New York. Dr. Katz actively treats breast cancer, offering intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT,)which is a single fraction of radiation delivered at the time of one's breast surgery for early stage breast cancer. She also treats gynecological, gastrointestinal, and lung cancers, as well as lymphomas. For lung cancer, she is able to offer the advanced technique of stereotactic radiation therapy (SBRT.)She also offers palliative radiation oncology for metastatic disease. Dr. Katz leads the clinical trial program at Hudson Valley Hospital, partnering with Columbia University Medical Center to offer the patients the best advancements in care.
Board Certifications
- Radiation Oncology
Expertise
3D Conformal Radiotherapy
Cancer Treatment
Gastrointestinal Cancer
Gynecologic Cancer
Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)
Intraoperative Radiation
Lung Cancer
Lymphoma
Palliative Radiotherapy
Protons and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy/Radiosurgery (SBRT)
Radiation Therapy
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
Education
Internship: Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
Medical School: Tulane Medical School
Residency: New York University Langone Medical Center
Languages
- Spanish
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Education
- Medical School: Tulane Medical School
- Internship: Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
- Residency: New York University Langone Medical Center
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at CUMC
Board Certifications
- Radiation Oncology
Languages Spoken
- Spanish