MSK Cancer Alliance Members

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Members join the MSK Cancer Alliance after completing a rigorous evaluation. Existing members are listed below.

Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute

In 2014, Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute (HHCCI) — which comprises the five cancer programs of Hartford HealthCare’s multihospital system in Connecticut — became the first member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance.

MSK awarded membership to HHCCI after a thorough analysis of six disease specialties (breast, colorectal, kidney, lung, prostate, and uterine) and 11 disciplines across the institute.

Among the many distinctive aspects of the collaboration is the establishment of the first MSK Cancer Alliance clinical trials site. Five MSK trials opened to HHCCI patients in 2015. In 2016, MSK helped recruit HHCCI’s first Physician-in-Chief, medical oncologist and hematologist Peter Yu, who also has an appointment at MSK.

Future projects include conducting joint quality and outcomes research to measure the success of our relationship, as well as exploring collaborations beyond the six disease specialties.

Lehigh Valley Cancer Institute

Lehigh Valley Cancer Institute, a multisite healthcare system in eastern Pennsylvania, became the second member of the MSK Cancer Alliance in March 2016. In 2014, Lehigh Valley Cancer Institute cared for 3,200 newly diagnosed patients.

Teams of cancer specialists from both organizations have dedicated hundreds of hours to carefully reviewing processes and clinical standards across six disease specialties and disciplines within Lehigh Valley Health Network’s (LVHN) ­cancer program — melanoma, breast, colon, endometrial, lung, and prostate — to ensure they are aligned with MSK’s standards of care.

LVHN patients have access to MSK’s network of cutting-edge clinical trials, which allows them to get the latest treatments before they’re available elsewhere.

Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida

Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida, became the third member of the MSK Cancer Alliance in January 2017. Baptist Health South Florida is the largest healthcare organization in the region, with eleven hospitals and 100 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices spanning across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties. As with other Alliance members, cancer experts from both organizations designed and customized a meaningful collaboration that has real potential to change lives. This came after MSK rigorously analyzed multiple disease specialties within Baptist Health South Florida’s cancer program, including breast, colon, endometrial, lung, and prostate cancer.

As Florida’s only member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance, Miami Cancer Institute is one of the only cancer centers in the world to offer each of the newest radiation therapies in one place. In 2018, it opened the area’s first proton therapy center – treating over 500 patients with sophisticated methods that target cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. Proton therapy has shown exciting promise in treating pediatric cancers and adult cancers of the brain, liver, lung, prostate, breast, esophagus, bone and skin.

For more information about the MSK Cancer Alliance or to learn how to become a member, please contact Jessica Kennington, Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships, at [email protected].