Within Memorial Hospital, many scientists lead research laboratories, including some physician-scientists who apply insights from the clinic to their laboratory work. Our investigators conduct research ranging from analyzing genetic changes in patient tumor samples to developing new imaging techniques to studying the best ways to optimize radiation therapy delivery.
Learn more about our investigators who head basic and translational research laboratories within Memorial Hospital.

Professor and Deputy Chief, Thoracic Service; Vice Chair for Translational Research, Dept. of Surgery; Co-Director, MSK Mesothelioma Program; Min H. and Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancers

Director, Soft Tissue and Bone Pathology

Co-Director, Marie-Josée & Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology; Chief Attending, Clinical Computational Diagnostics Service, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Assistant Attending


Enid A. Haupt Chair in Pediatric Oncology, Pediatrics




Head of the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology; Grayer Family Chair

Chief, Hematopathology Service, Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Chief, Imaging and Spectroscopic Physics

David M. Rubenstein Center Chair for Pancreatic Cancer Research; Director, Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research


Fred Lebow Chair at MSK

Chair, Department of Pediatrics

Emily Tow Chair in Oncology



Robert and Kate Niehaus Chair in Inherited Cancer Genomics; Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine

Attending Biologist

Vice-Chair for Research, Chief of MRI Physics; Member in Medical Physics and Radiology

Physician-scientist






Assistant Attending




Chief, Gastric and Mixed Tumor Service; Vincent Astor Chair of Clinical Research and Director, Sarcoma Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering

Surgical Oncologist


Assistant Attending




Physician-scientist

Associate Member

Director, Gynecology DMT Research Laboratory



Associate Attending Physician