
Neeta Pandit-Taskar, MD
Nuclear Medicine Physician & Early Drug Development Specialist
Titles
Attending Physician
Clinical Expertise
Molecular Imaging with PET/CT and PET/MR; Theranostics; Radiolabeled Antibodies, Small Molecules and Peptides, Beta and Alpha Emitters for Imaging and Targeted Cancer Therapies; Pediatric Malignancies
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Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, EPO PPO, POS, Transplant
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In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, PPO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO, HMO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, EPO PPO, POS
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Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): Supplemental
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In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): POS, EPO, HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO, HMO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO, DSN
Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, EPO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): EPO, HMO, PPO, POS
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Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, PPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO EPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): EPO
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Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO
Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): State Government
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): State Government
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In Network Coverage Type(s): Federal Government
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In Network Coverage Type(s): Supplemental
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO/OAP
Payor Type: Other
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO, HMO
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): TBD
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO/EPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, EPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): State Government
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, HMO
Contact and Location
- 212-639-8001 Office Phone
- Speaks English

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Education
MD, Lady Hardinge Medical College (India)
Residencies
Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York)
Fellowships
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Board Certifications
Nuclear Medicine
I am a clinician-scientist who is board certified in nuclear medicine and nuclear cardiology. I have more than two decades of broad experience in clinical nuclear medicine and related research. I am the Clinical Director of the Center for Radioimmunotargeted Imaging and Theranostics of the Ludwig Center for Cancer immunotherapy.
I joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in 2000. Before coming to MSK, I was head of the nuclear medicine department at a cancer center in India. At MSK, I work closely with medical oncologists and surgeons to provide conventional and novel methods of diagnosing and treating patients with radiolabled agents in a variety of malignancies. I have a special interest in treating pediatric cancers.
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I provide clinical care in all aspects of radiopharmaceutical imaging (PET/CT, PET/MR, SPECT/CT, nuclear cardiology) and radionuclide therapy, and also conduct research involving the development of novel methods for diagnosis and treating cancers using radiolabeled agents. Over the years my work, both clinical and research, has increasingly focused on therapeutic applications, including theranostics – which is the combination of therapies and diagnostics – and treatment response assessment, with large and small radiolabeled molecular targeting agents.
My research involves radioimmunotargted agents, small molecules and peptides, alpha emitters, and the use of novel PET tracers and techniques like PET/CT and PET/MR for early assessment of disease status and response. As the principal investigator of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) RO1 grant from the National Cancer Institute, I am investigating new imaging techniques to detect and monitor neuroblastoma in children with PET/MR. The goal is to reduce radiation exposure and provide a rapid single-day imaging assessment to monitor disease and therapy response. I am also co-leading studies in theranostics in pediatric malignancies such as neuroblastoma, brain tumors, and other tumors including desmoplastic small round cell tumors.
My focus is on developing novel theranostic strategies with radiopharmaceuticals. I am studying the use of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies to detect and treat cancers. My early research focused on the optimization of biodistribution and understanding the kinetics of radioimmunotargeted agents in variety of cancers. These include: Radiolabeled antibodies 8H9 and 3F8 for pediatric cancers such as metastatic neuroblastoma and brain tumors, and radioimmunoPET imaging and radioimmunotherapy for renal cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, lymphoma, and colon cancer.
More recently, I have extended this work to utilize and optimize smaller molecules, ligands, and peptides for diagnoses and treatment. I have also looked at the use of alpha-emitter-conjugated radiolabeled antibodies in the treatment of malignancies. I am studying methods to improve the delivery of radiation to the tumors using image assessment and dose estimations to provide personalized therapy. Using novel hybrid PET/MR imaging, I am studying novel tracers to better diagnose and monitor treatment effect, which can also help guide management and therapy planning in the future. This will allow for lower radiation exposures when imaging pediatric patients.
I routinely perform radiopharmaceutical therapy with 131I-MIBG for neuroendocrine tumors including neuroblastoma, pheochromocytoma, and paraganglioma; bexxar and zevalin therapy for lymphoma; and Radium-di-chloride (xofigo) or samarium radionuclides to treat metastatic bone disease pain. I also perform microsphere therapy for liver metastasis (SIRT) with 90 Y sirspheres/theraspheres.
Awards and Honors
- Exceptional Women in Medicine Award, Castle Connolly (2023)
- Castle Connolly: America's Top Doctors (2023)
- Castle Connolly: New York Magazine Top Doctors (2012-2020)
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Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials Investigated by Dr. Pandit-Taskar
- A Phase I/II Study of [225Ac]-FPI-1434 in People with Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors
- A Phase I/II Study of [225Ac]-FPI-1966, [111In]-FPI-1967, and Vofatamab in People with Advanced Solid Tumors
- A Phase I/IIA Study of 64Cu-SARTATE and 67Cu-SARTATE for Imaging and Treating Children and Young Adults with High-Risk Neuroblastoma
- Clinical Trials Co-Investigated by Dr. Pandit-Taskar
- A Phase 1 Study of GD2-SADA:177Lu-DOTA in People with Sarcoma
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- A Phase I Study of JNJ-69086420 for Advanced Prostate Cancer
- A Phase I Study of MCLA-145 in People with Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors
- A Phase I Study of PF-07062119 Immunotherapy in People with Advanced Digestive Cancers
- A Phase II Study Assessing the Use of Omburtamab Radioimmunotherapy for Recurrent Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma in Children and Adolescents
- A Phase II Study of 131I-MIBG Alone or with Vorinostat in People with High-Risk Neuroblastoma
- A Phase II Study of 131I-Omburtamab plus Radiotherapy in People with Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors and Other Solid Tumors in the Peritoneum
- A Phase II Study of CLR 131 in People with Central Nervous System Lymphoma
- A Phase II Study of Nivolumab Immunotherapy in Combination with 177Lu-Girentuximab for Advanced Kidney Cancer
- A Pilot Phase II Study of Targeted Radiotherapy with 131I-MIBG and Arsenic Trioxide in Patients with Resistant Neuroblastoma or Malignant Chromaffin Cell Tumors
- A Pilot Study of 131-I Apamistamab and CAR T-Cell Therapy in People with Recurrent or Persistent Leukemia or Lymphoma
- CD8+ T Cell Imaging During Immunotherapy Before Surgery in People with Melanoma

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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.
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Neeta Pandit-Taskar discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
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Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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Illumina
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ImaginAb
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Progenics
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Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.
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