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Women Leaders at MSK: Leslie Ballantyne

Friday, April 2, 2021

Meet Leslie Ballantyne, Vice President of HR Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Monika Shah

Women Leaders at MSK: Monika Shah

Friday, April 2, 2021

Meet Monika Shah, MD, infectious disease specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Tiffany A. Traina, Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering

Women Leaders at MSK: Tiffany A. Traina

Friday, April 2, 2021

Meet Tiffany Traina, a breast medical oncologist and the Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Elizabeth Cruz

8 Questions with Elizabeth Cruz, MSK Nurse

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Elizabeth Cruz has been a nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering for more than ten years. Learn more about what drives her.

Internist Francesca Gany is seen leaning on a taxicab and smiling. She leads the MSK Immigrant Health & Cancer Disparities Service, which this year marks its tenth anniversary

Do the Right Thing: The MSK Immigrant Health & Cancer Disparities Service

Thursday, April 1, 2021

The MSK Immigrant Health & Cancer Disparities service improves people’s lives in communities that too often get overlooked and suffer disproportionately from cancer, including lack of access to care.

Sloan Kettering Institute Director Joan Massagué

Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Setting Our Sights on Metastasis

Thursday, April 1, 2021

As America commemorates the 50th anniversary of the “War on Cancer,” MSK addresses the question “Where do we go from here?”

Elizabeth McCormick, Memorial Sloan Kettering Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

MSK Nurses Receive Highest Honor with Renewed Magnet® Designation

Thursday, April 1, 2021

MSK nurses receive prestigious Magnet® designation for the second time during an especially challenging year.

Cancer patient Ann Caruso receives the COVID-19 vaccine at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

MSK Works Overtime to Get Our Patients Vaccinated

Thursday, April 1, 2021

MSK worked tirelessly to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to patients and employees.

MSK medical oncologist Diane Reidy-Lagunes

Straight Talk about Cancer

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Tune into our new podcast, Cancer Straight Talk from MSK.

Man and his daughter look at the camera with exercise bikes behind them

Supporter Spotlight: How Verdun Perry Turned Passion into Purpose

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Learn about Verdun Perry’s devotion to fund rare cancer research at MSK.