Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center interventional radiologist Francois Cornelis

Francois H. Cornelis, MD, PhD

Interventional Radiologist

Areas of Expertise

My Specialties

  • Interventional radiology
  • Interventional neuroradiology
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Get to Know Me

I am a neuro interventional radiologist who specializes in minimally invasive image-guided therapies that allow for pain palliation and tumor control in the bones, spine, head, and neck. I am also the Director of the Neuro Vascular Interventional Radiology Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).

I use a variety of technologies to treat tumors and cancer-related pain, such as embolization and chemo-infusion, cement augmentation (cementoplasty, kyphoplasty), ablation (radiofrequency and microwave energy, cryotherapy, electroporation), all of those performed using image-guided modalities, including ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), cone beam CT, navigation software, robotics, PET-CT, and MRI.

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My primary goal at MSK is to relieve cancer-related distress and improve quality of life for all patients who are undergoing treatment for cancer at our center. When I am not working with patients to provide therapy, I am pursuing research, mainly into intra-arterial therapies for head and neck tumors and in the fields of cementoplasty, osteoplasty, and fixation — which help reinforce bones to reduce pain.

I received my MD in 2003 and completed my radiology training and my fellowship in 2008 and 2010, respectively, at the University of Bordeaux in France. I stayed on the faculty, with appointments in Radiology at the Bergonié Institute (2010) and the University of Bordeaux (2012). In 2013, I received a Fulbright scholarship and spent two years at MSK, the first year as a research fellow and the second year as a research associate. I obtained my PhD in applied mathematics in 2015 at the University of Bordeaux. I was appointed as a tenured professor of radiology in France in 2017 and served as Chief of the Department of Interventional Radiology and Oncology at the Sorbonne University in Paris before heading to New York. I now serve as Member and Professor of Radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weil Cornell Medical College.

I am a long-distance runner and have run the New York City Marathon several times in partnership with Fred’s Team.

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What I Do at MSK

I'm an interventional (IN-ter-VEN-shun-al) radiologist. This is a doctor with special training in using image-guided procedures to diagnose and treat disease.

Areas of Expertise

My Specialties

  • Interventional radiology
  • Interventional neuroradiology
Education & Honors

Education

  • MD, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France
  • MSc, Toulouse University, Toulouse, France
  • PhD, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France 2015
  • Post-Doctoral Degree, Sorbonne University, Paris, France

Residencies

  • Radiology - Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France

Fellowships

  • Radiology - Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France

Awards and Honors

  • Fulbright Scholar (2013)

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Contact and Location

Dr. Cornelis sees patients at two locations.

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David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
530 East 74th Street New York NY 10021
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1275 York Avenue New York NY 10065
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Disclosures

Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.

MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.

Francois H. Cornelis discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux
    Intellectual Property Rights
  • GE Healthcare
    Professional Services and Activities
  • Hyprevention, Inc.
    Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
  • IceCure Medical Inc.
    Professional Services and Activities
  • Microbot Medical Ltd.
    Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
  • NeuWave Medical, Inc
    Professional Services and Activities
  • Oncomfort SA
    Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
  • Varian Medical Systems
    Professional Services and Activities
  • XACT Robotics, Ltd.
    Professional Services and Activities

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