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Newswise: Memorial Sloan Kettering Celebrates Exceptional Service in Nursing: 2024 Robbins Family Awards
Released: 10-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Memorial Sloan Kettering Celebrates Exceptional Service in Nursing: 2024 Robbins Family Awards
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and the Robbins Family Foundation proudly announce that eight distinguished MSK nurses and one nursing team were honored with the 2024 Robbins Family Award for Nursing Excellence. The awards coincide with National Nurses Week (May 6 – 12).

Released: 6-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Launches Innovative Projects to Improve Health in Queens and Brooklyn
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced an innovative set of initiatives to support underserved communities in New York City who lack access to cancer screening and early detection. With critical support from longtime MSK Board Member Bruce Ratner, the Ratner Early Detection Initiative (REDI) draws from MSK’s deep experience in cancer science and discovery, community engagement, and compassionate patient care.

Newswise: Jeffrey Drebin, MD, PhD, Named President-Elect of the American Surgical Association
Released: 8-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Jeffrey Drebin, MD, PhD, Named President-Elect of the American Surgical Association
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is proud to announce that Jeffrey A. Drebin, MD, PhD, has been named President-Elect of the American Surgical Association (ASA) for 2024.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Memorial Sloan Kettering Awarded Prestigious NCI Grant to Further Advance CAR T Cell Treatments for Solid Tumors
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

A team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) led by thoracic surgeon Prasad Adusumilli, MD, has been awarded a distinguished UG3/UH3 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to advance research and testing of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for solid tumors.

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2-Feb-2024 5:00 PM EST
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Launches Bilingual Campaign Promoting Screenings in the Hispanic Community
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Today, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), in collaboration with Miami-based creative agency Alma, launched a bilingual public service campaign to promote the importance of routine cancer screenings.

Newswise: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Announces Landmark $400 Million Gift From Citadel Founder and CEO Kenneth C. Griffin and David Geffen, Founder of the David Geffen Foundation
Released: 12-Dec-2023 9:05 AM EST
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Announces Landmark $400 Million Gift From Citadel Founder and CEO Kenneth C. Griffin and David Geffen, Founder of the David Geffen Foundation
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced the largest single donation in its nearly 150-year history, a $400 million gift from Kenneth C. Griffin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Citadel and Founder of Griffin Catalyst, and David Geffen, Founder of The David Geffen Foundation.

Newswise: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and NMDP/Be The Match Launch “American Symphony: Become a Lifesaver” Campaign
28-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and NMDP/Be The Match Launch “American Symphony: Become a Lifesaver” Campaign
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and NMDP/Be The Match® today announced the launch of the “American Symphony: Become a Lifesaver” campaign to increase registration of blood stem cell and marrow donors to the national registry and improve access to blood stem cell transplants.

Newswise: Craig D. Blinderman Named Chief of Supportive Care Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
30-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Craig D. Blinderman Named Chief of Supportive Care Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Craig D. Blinderman, MD, has been appointed Chief of the Supportive Care Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).

Released: 13-Sep-2023 10:30 AM EDT
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Announces Visionary Gift From the Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced a transformative gift from the Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research to benefit the Center for Experimental Therapeutics, a multidisciplinary research and drug development group at MSK.

Released: 22-Aug-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Announces First-of-Its-Kind Cancer Engineering PhD Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

The Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK) at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced The Pat and Ian Cook Doctoral Program in Cancer Engineering, made possible by a generous gift of $15 million from Pat and Ian Cook.

Newswise: Damon Reed Named Division Head of Pediatric Solid Tumors and Chief of Pediatric Sarcoma Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Released: 7-Aug-2023 12:55 PM EDT
Damon Reed Named Division Head of Pediatric Solid Tumors and Chief of Pediatric Sarcoma Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Damon Reed, MD, has joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) as the inaugural Head of the Division of Pediatric Solid Tumors and as Chief of the Pediatric Sarcoma Service.

31-Jul-2023 12:40 PM EDT
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Ranked the Best Cancer Center in the Northeast and First in the Nation for Urology Care by U.S. News & World Report
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has been recognized as the best cancer center in the northeast, the number two hospital for cancer care in the nation, and the number one hospital nationally for urology care by U.S. News & World Report in its annual Best Hospitals listing.

22-May-2023 9:40 AM EDT
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Announces $40M Gift To Establish The Marie-Josée Kravis Center for Cancer Immunobiology To Advance Immunotherapy Research
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced the creation of The Marie-Josée Kravis Center for Cancer Immunobiology (CCI), a hub for immunotherapy research that will elevate, centralize, and prioritize the full spectrum of immuno-oncology research across the institution. The CCI, made possible by a generous $40 million gift from Henry R. Kravis to honor the visionary leadership of his wife, Marie-Josée Kravis, Vice Chair of the MSK Board of Trustees and a renowned champion of science, will establish a strategic research infrastructure that will seamlessly unite MSK scientists and physicians to further accelerate immunotherapy treatments for people with cancer.

Newswise: Honoring Extraordinary Service in Nursing: Fourth Annual Robbins Family Awards
Released: 10-May-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Honoring Extraordinary Service in Nursing: Fourth Annual Robbins Family Awards
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and the Robbins Family Foundation are proud to announce today that eight distinguished MSK nurses and one nursing team were honored with the 2023 Robbins Family Award for Nursing Excellence.

Newswise: Dr. Anaeze Offodile Named Chief Strategy Officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Released: 24-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Dr. Anaeze Offodile Named Chief Strategy Officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced that Anaeze Offodile II, MD, MPH, will join the institution as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) on May 1. Dr. Offodile will serve as MSK’s “futurist,” leading strategy efforts and care transformation initiatives at MSK by continuing to develop the core infrastructure, management systems, and processes for enterprise strategy and business development.

Newswise: MSK Experts To Receive Prestigious Awards at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2023 Annual Meeting
Released: 14-Apr-2023 2:00 PM EDT
MSK Experts To Receive Prestigious Awards at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2023 Annual Meeting
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is pleased to announce that Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS, President and Chief Executive Officer of MSK, and Andrea Schietinger, PhD, Associate Member of the Immunology Program at the Sloan Kettering Institute, will be honored at the 2023 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting for their significant contributions to cancer research and care

Released: 13-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Cancer Straight Talk Podcast from MSK New Episode: Katie Couric’s Cancer Journey: From Grief to Advocacy to Her Own Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

In this special episode, MSK's Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes sits down with renowned journalist and cancer screening advocate Katie Couric at The Paley Center for Media in New York City. After losing her first husband to colon cancer in 1997, Katie made history when she received her first colonoscopy on-air as host of the Today show, inspiring millions of Americans to do the same in a phenomenon known as the Couric Effect. Her role as the “screen queen” has continued ever since, taking on new meaning last year when she revealed her own breast cancer diagnosis.

Newswise: Three Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) Scientific Leaders Elected as Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy
Released: 6-Apr-2023 10:15 AM EDT
Three Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) Scientific Leaders Elected as Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is pleased to announce three faculty are among the 23 international scientific leaders elected today to the prestigious Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy class of 2023.

Newswise: LaKisha Mack Named Inaugural Chief Administrative Officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Released: 27-Mar-2023 11:05 AM EDT
LaKisha Mack Named Inaugural Chief Administrative Officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced that LaKisha Mack, MSHA, will join the institution as the inaugural Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). In her role at MSK, Mack will direct the evolution and improvement of all business processes.



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