Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) was one of the first cancer centers to receive the Comprehensive Cancer Center designation from NCI, in 1971. Doctors and scientists at MSK work together closely to fulfill the institution’s commitment to patient care, research, and education. MSK’s experts have established standards of care and treatment protocols for each type and stage of cancer. The center’s high degree of specialization means that MSK’s doctors treat hundreds of cancer subtypes.
MSK offers a full range of programs to help people with cancer and their families throughout all phases of treatment, including support groups, genetic counseling, help in managing pain and symptoms, rehabilitation, integrative medical services, and assistance in navigating life after treatment. At the same time, a series of training programs prepares the next generation of doctors, scientists, and health care professionals for leadership roles in the life sciences and medicine. MSK’s Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences was established in 2004 and offers a Ph.D. degree in cancer biology.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Director
New York, NY 10021
Senior Leaders
| Senior Leader | Title |
|---|---|
| Agnes Viale, PhD | Associate Director, Core Operations |
| Alexandra MacDonald, MFA | Associate Director, Administration |
| Anaeze Offodile II, MD | Chief Strategy Officer |
| Charles Rudin, MD, PhD | Director |
| Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, MD | Associate Director, Translational Science |
| Colin Begg, PhD | Associate Director, Population Sciences |
| Dana Rathkopf, MD | Deputy Associate Director, Clinical Research Administration |
| Francesca Gany, MD | Associate Director, Community Engagement |
| Jeffrey Drebin, MD | Chief Physician Executive |
| Joann Massague, PhD | Chief Scientific Officer |
| Luis Parada, PhD | Associate Director, Basic Science |
| Michael Overholzter, MD | Co-Associate Director, Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination |
| Monicka Shah, MD | Co-Associate Director, Cancer Research Training & Education Coordination |
| Paul Sabbatini, MD | Associate Director, Clinical Science |
| Robert Benezra, PhD | Associate Director, Core Technologies |
Research Programs
| Research Program | Program Leaders |
|---|---|
| Cancer Biology and Experimental Pathology | Scott Lowe, PhD; Charles Sawyers, MD |
| Clinical Research | Julio Garcia-Aguilar, MD, PhD; Carol Aghajanian, MD; Alexander Drilon, MD |
| Developmental and Stem Cell Biology | Katerina Hadjantonakis, PhD; Lorenz Studer, PhD |
| Experimental Therapeutics | Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD; Pito Lito, MD, PhD |
| Genomic Integrity | John Petrini, PhD; Agnel Sfeir, PhD |
| Imaging and Radiation Sciences | Simon Powell, MBBS, PhD; Jason Lewis, PhD |
| Immunology and Transplantation | Alexander Rudensky, PhD; Katherine Hsu, MD, PhD |
| Population Sciences Research Program | Jonine Bernstein, PhD; Kenneth Offit , MD; Jamie Ostroff, PhD |
| Regulation of Cell Behavior | Tobias Walther, PhD; Lydia Finley, PhD |
| Structural and Chemical Biology | Christopher Lima, PhD; Arvin Dar, PhD |
Shared Resources
| Category | Resource | Directors |
|---|---|---|
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Animal Imaging | Carl LeKaye, PhD; Pat Zanzonico, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Antibody and Bioresource | Frances Weis-Garcia, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Antitumor Assessment | Elisa deStanchina, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Biobank and Pathology | Joachim Silber, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Cell Metabolism | Mara Monetti, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Center of Comparative Medicine and Pathology | Neil Lipman, VMD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Flow Cytometry | Rui Gardner, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Genomic Editing and Screening | Ralph Garippa, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Integrated Genomics Operation | Neeman Mohibullah, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Molecular Cytology | Murray Tipping, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Mouse Genetics | Yasuhide Furuta, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Organic Synthesis | Ouathek Ouerfelli, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Proteomics | Mara Monetti, PhD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Radiochemistry and Molecular Imaging Probes | Serge Lyashchenko, PhD, PharmD |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Structural Biology | Yehuda Goldgur, PhD |
| Cat 3: Epidemiology, Cancer Control | Patient-Reported Outcomes, Community Engagement, and Language (PRO-CEL) | Thomas Atkinson, PhD; Andrew Vickers, PhD; Lisa Diamond, MD, MPH |
| Cat 4: Clinical Research | BioTherapeutics | Xiuyan Wang, PhD |
| Cat 4: Clinical Research | Research Pharmacy | Scott Freeswick, MS, PharmD |
| Cat 6: Biostatistics | Biostatistics | Mithat Gonen, PhD |
| Cat 7: Informatics | Bioinformatics | Nicholas Socci, PhD |