Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Ritesh Kotecha

Areas of Expertise

Conditions I Treat

  • Genitourinary cancers and conditions
  • Kidney (renal cell) cancer and conditions
  • Bladder cancer

My Specialties

  • Clinical trials
  • Immunotherapy
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Get to Know Me

I am a medical oncologist specializing in the care of people with genitourinary (GU) cancers, including kidney cancerbladder cancerprostate cancer, and testicular cancer.

This provider is part of a team that was ranked #1 in the nation for Urology Cancer Care this year by U.S. News & World Report.

At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), I work with an excellent team of surgeons, radiation oncologists, and nurses. Together, we create personalized treatment plans for our patients. My goal as a physician is to balance treatment with a patient’s quality of life. Overall, I am a strong believer in patient education and shared decision-making.

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I am an active clinical and translational researcher within MSK’s Genitourinary Oncology Service, which seeks to advance our field’s understanding of GU cancers to optimize novel treatments. I lead and participate in clinical trials investigating new interventions and therapies for patients with GU cancers.

Much of my research centers on the innovation of novel treatment options for patients with kidney cancer. I collaborate with other clinical researchers and scientists at MSK to understand the distinct genetic and molecular changes that occur in kidney cancers; we use these insights to better develop targeted treatment strategies and immunotherapies. To that end, I research biomarkers that can help us predict which patients will respond to different immunotherapies and focus my efforts on designing and engineering cellular immunotherapies.

What I Do at MSK

I'm a genitourinary (GU) medical oncologist, which is a cancer doctor who specializes in genitourinary (jeh-nih-toh-YOOR-ih-nayr-ee) cancers. This includes bladder, kidney, penis, prostate, and testicular cancers.

A cellular therapy specialist is a doctor with special training in using cell therapies to treat health conditions such as cancer. Therapies can include chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy.

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Areas of Expertise

Conditions I Treat

  • Genitourinary cancers and conditions
  • Kidney (renal cell) cancer and conditions
  • Bladder cancer
  • Prostate cancer and conditions
  • Testicular cancer

My Specialties

  • Clinical trials
  • Immunotherapy
Education & Honors

Education

  • MD, Albany Medical College

Residencies

  • Internal Medicine - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Fellowships

  • Medical Oncology/Hematology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine
  • Medical Oncology
  • Hematology

Awards and Honors

  • Academy of Kidney Cancer Investigator Inductee, Kidney Cancer Research Program of the Department of Defense (2021)
  • Young Investigator Award, Kidney Cancer Association (2020)
  • Young Investigator Award, Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO, 2019)
  • Chief Oncology Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2017)

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Contact and Location

Dr. Kotecha sees patients at three locations.

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New York, NY
Montvale, NJ

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Colleagues

Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering work as teams, with specialists from all different areas. This allows us to consider all your needs together, and to give you the best possible care.

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Clinical Trials

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Find a Clinical Trial for You

Memorial Sloan Kettering's doctors and scientists are constantly developing new treatments for cancer. MSK is typically running hundreds of clinical trials at a given time.

You may be able to participate in a clinical trial even if you are new to MSK. Search our online directory to find trial information and see more about who can participate.

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Research and Publications

Publications on PubMed

Visit PubMed for a full listing of Dr. Kotecha’s journal articles. Pubmed is an online index of research papers and other articles from the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

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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.

Ritesh R. Kotecha discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

  • Allogene Therapeutics
    Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
  • Arsenal Biosciences, Inc.
    Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
  • Eisai
    Professional Services and Activities
  • Exelixis
    Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
  • Guidepoint Global Advisors
    Professional Services and Activities
  • Kaplan, Inc.
    Professional Services and Activities
  • Kidney Cancer Journal
    Professional Services and Activities
  • Novartis
    Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
  • Pfizer, Inc.
    Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
  • Xencor, Inc.
    Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)

If you’re a patient at MSK and would like more information about your doctor’s external relationships, please talk with your doctor.

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This page and data include information for a specific MSK annual disclosure period (January 1, 2023 through disclosure submission in spring 2024). This data reflects interests that may or may not still exist. This data is updated annually.

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