Dr. Victoria Banuchi is an Associate Professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery. She obtained her medical doctorate from Columbia University in New York in 2008, along with a Master’s in public health from Columbia Mailman School of Public Health in 2007. After completing her medical residency training in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery in 2013, she pursued a fellowship in head and neck surgery and skull base surgery at the New York Head and Neck Institute (Northwell Health) in 2014.

Dr. Banuchi previously served as an Assistant Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at Weill Cornell in New York City, where she also directed Head and Neck Surgery at Lincoln Hospital from 2016 to 2023. She specializes in head & neck surgical oncology, particularly in the management of thyroid cancer and parathyroid disease.

Dr. Banuchi is known for her expertise in thyroid diagnostic ultrasounds, fine-needle aspiration biopsies, sublabial endoscopic thyroid surgery, and radiofrequency ablation as a non-surgical management option for thyroid nodules. She has a passion for diversity and inclusion, having served as the Director for Diversity and Inclusion for the Weill Cornell Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

Nationally, Dr. Banuchi has contributed to several committees in organizations such as the American Thyroid Association, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and the North American Society of Interventional Thyroidology.