Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Treatment and research hospital in New York City / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK or MSKCC) is a cancer treatment and research institution in Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. MSKCC is one of 72 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers.[3][4] It had already been renamed and relocated, to its present site, when the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research was founded in 1945, and built adjacent to the hospital. The two medical entities formally coordinated their operations in 1960, and formally merged as a single entity in 1980. Its main campus is located at 1275 York Avenue between 67th and 68th Streets in Manhattan.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | |
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Geography | |
Location | 1275 York Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40.764096°N 73.956842°W / 40.764096; -73.956842 |
Organisation | |
Funding | Non-profit hospital |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Emergency department | Urgent care center |
Beds | 498 (as of 2018) |
Speciality | Oncology |
History | |
Former name(s) | New York Cancer Hospital |
Opened | 1884; 140 years ago (1884)[1] (as New York Cancer Hospital) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in U.S. |
Other links | Hospitals in Manhattan |
In U.S. News & World Report's 2021–2022 Best Hospitals, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is ranked the second-best hospital for cancer care in the nation after MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.[5]