- A Decade of LeadershipHarold Varmus became President and Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center on January 1, 2000. He ended his decade-long tenure on July 1, 2010. And on July 12, 2010, Dr. Varmus took up a new role as Director of the National Cancer Institute.
- New Facility Eases Patient Experience and Promotes Collaborative Treatment and ResearchOn June 7 when Memorial Sloan-Kettering opened a facility housing the novel Center for Image-Guided Interventions, a suite of endoscopy rooms, and new operating rooms for the Surgical Day Hospital.
- 31st Annual Memorial Sloan-Kettering ConvocationMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Academic Convocation honors research as it is embodied in many individuals, including students who have earned their PhD degrees for work carried out in Memorial Sloan-Ketter's laboratories, younger Memorial Sloan-Kettering physicians and scientists, and postdoctoral research fellows, as well as established clinicians and investigators from the Center and beyond.
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Celebrates Cancer SurvivorsMemorial Sloan-Kettering welcomed more than 400 cancer survivors to its celebration of National Survivorship Day on June 16.
- Samuel and May Rudin Awards Recognize Nursing ExcellenceAt the 2010 Samuel and May Rudin Awards for Excellence in Nursing Ceremony, five Memorial Sloan-Kettering nurses and a nursing assistant were recognized for exemplary service in patient care.
- Inherited Mutations May Point to an Aggressive Form of Prostate CancerA team of Memorial Sloan-Kettering researchers reports that prostate cancer often takes an aggressive course in patients who have inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 or BRCA2.
- Researchers Uncover Molecular Interactions in Common Form of Brain CancerA multicenter team led by Memorial Sloan-Kettering neurologist and researcher Ingo K. Mellinghoff has uncovered the relationship between two proteins that play a critical role in glioblastoma, the most common form of brain cancer.
- Boris Bastian Named Chair of the Department of PathologyPhysician-scientist Boris C. Bastian joined Memorial Sloan-Kettering as Attending Physician and Chair of the Department of Pathology on April 1.
- Sergio A. Giralt Appointed Chief of the Adult Bone Marrow Transplant ServiceSergio A. Giralt has joined Memorial Sloan-Kettering as Chief of the Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service.
- Martin S. Tallman Appointed Chief of the Leukemia ServiceMartin S. Tallman has joined Memorial Sloan-Kettering as Chief of the Leukemia Service.
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