Craig B. Thompson, M.D. president
500 Westchester Ave.
West Harrison
914-367-7000; 833-921-2959
His path to CEO as per MSK’s website:
Thompson became president and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — the world’s oldest and largest private institution devoted to cancer prevention, treatment, research and education — in November 2010. Previously, he was with the University of Pennsylvania, joining it in 1999 as a professor of medicine, scientific director of the Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute and the first chairman of the department of cancer biology. In 2006, he was named director of the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania and associate vice president for cancer services of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Thompson received his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and his medical degree in 1977 from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. He received clinical training in internal medicine at Harvard Medical School and in medical oncology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute at the University of Washington.
What makes Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester distinctive?
“MSK Westchester offers residents of New York’s Hudson Valley and Connecticut the same expert cancer care they expect from MSK, just closer to home. Patients can receive much of their treatment — including chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation — at our (Westchester) location. These are set in an amenable atmosphere that includes everything from valet parking to an art gallery, a garden and a café.”
What are its specialties?
“Surgical, medical and radiation oncology consultations; chemotherapy; immunotherapy; radiation treatment; intervention radiology procedures, including image-guided biopsies and venous access placement; mammography, ultrasound, MRI, CT and PET imaging; clinical trials; a cancer-specific retail pharmacy; and supportive services, including integrative medicine, genetic counseling, pain management, lymphedema therapy, social work and nutrition.”
For more, visit mskcc.org/locations/directory/Westchester.
