Michael V. Ortiz, MD - MSK Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist

I am a medical oncologist working in Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Urgent Care Center, which provides specialized care for patients with medical emergencies related to cancer and its treatment. My strength as a clinician is based on my background in science, and I endeavor to serve as a medical onc...

I am a board-certified medical oncologist who specializes in the use of novel immunotherapies, which act by stimulating or strengthening the immune system's inherent ability to fight cancer, to treat melanoma and other cancers. I work closely with a multidisciplinary team of medical oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, and research nurses in the Immunotherapeutics Clinical Core (a specialized center for phase I clinical trials of new immunotherapy agents) and on the Melanoma and Sarcoma Service.

Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Samuel Bakhoum specializes in treating breast cancer. His research is focused on how cancers can change their genetic makeup to evade treatment and spread to other parts of the body...