Cycle for Survival is proud to support a wide range of rare cancer research initiatives that have the potential to transform bold ideas into lifesaving breakthroughs.
Each project that Cycle for Survival funds empowers progress toward new and more effective ways to diagnose, treat, and cure people with a rare cancer. Below is a list of all MSK researchers who were awarded funding from the $26 million raised during Cycle for Survival’s 2022 season.
David Abramson, MD
Chief, Ophthalmic Oncology Service
Ophthalmic Cancer, Eye Melanoma, Retinoblastoma
Nadeem Abu-Rustum, MD
Chief, Gynecology Service; Avon Chair in Gynecologic Oncology Research
Gynecologic Cancer
Cristina Antonescu, MD
Director, Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Vinod Balachandran, MD
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Pancreatic Cancer
Juliet Barker, MBBS
Director, Cord Blood Transplantation Program; Associate Vice Chair, Faculty Development, Department of Medicine
Cord Blood Transplantation, Allogenic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Carol Brown, MD
Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer; Vice Chair, Health Equity, Department of Surgery; Nicholls-Biondi Chair for Health Equity
Rare Cancer Health Equity
Andrea Cercek, MD
Section Head, Colorectal Cancer; Co-Director, Center for Young Onset Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Cancers
Rectal Cancer
Nai-Kong Cheung, MD, PhD
Enid A. Haupt Chair of Pediatric Oncology
Pediatric Neuroblastoma
Dennis Chi, MD
Deputy Chief, Gynecology Service; Head, Ovarian Cancer Surgery, Department of Surgery; Ronald O. Perelman Chair in Gynecologic Surgery
Gynecologic Cancer
Sandra D’Angelo, MD
Associate Attending Physician
Synovial Sarcoma Immunotherapy
Mark Dickson, MD
Associate Attending Physician
Liposarcoma
Ira Dunkel, MD
Attending Pediatrician
Pediatric Brain Cancer
Darren Feldman, MD
Chair, Quality Assurance, Department of Medicine; Section Head, Germ Cell Cancer
Testicular Cancer (Germ Cell Tumors)
J. Ted Gerstle, MD
Chief, Pediatric Surgical Service
Neuroblastoma
Sergio Giralt, MD
Deputy Division Head, Division of Hematologic Malignancies; Chief Medical Officer, MSK Direct; Melvin Berlin Family Chair in Multiple Myeloma
Blood Cancer
Mrinal Gounder, MD
Physician Ambassador to India and Asia
Sarcoma, CIC-DUX4, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, Liposarcoma
Rachel Grisham, MD
Section Head, Ovarian Cancer; Director, Gynecologic Medical Oncology, MSK Westchester
Leiomyosarcoma
John Healey, MD, FACS
Stephen McDermott Chair in Surgery
Sarcoma
Martee Hensley, MD
Attending Physician, Gynecologic Medical Oncology; Associate Vice Chair, Academic Affairs; Chair, Promotion Advisory Committee
Uterine Sarcoma
Alan Ho, MD, PhD
Associate Attending Physician
Head and Neck Cancer, Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, MD, PhD
Director, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research; David M. Rubenstein Chair
Pancreatic Cancer
Yelena Janjigian, MD
Chief, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service
Esophageal Cancer
William Jarnagin, MD, FACS
Chief, Hepatopancreatobiliary Service
Leslie H. Blumgart Chair in Surgery
Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma), Hepatobiliary Cancer
Thomas Kaley, MD
Associate Attending Physician
Brain Cancer
Matthias Karajannis, MD, MS
Chief, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Service
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
Nancy Kemeny, MD
Attending Physician
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer; Metastatic Liver Cancer
T. Peter Kingham, MD
Director, Global Cancer Disparities Initiatives
Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma)
Christopher Klebanoff, MD
Head, Breast Immunotherapy Section
Synovial Cell Carcinoma Immunotherapy
Jason Konner, MD
Attending Physician
Gynecologic Cancer
Kim Kramer, MD
Attending Pediatrician
Pediatric Brain Cancer
Andrew Kung, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Lila Acheson Wallace Chair for Pediatric Research
Pediatric Cancer; Pediatric Fellow Support
Brian Kushner, MD
Attending Pediatrician
Neuroblastoma
Michael La Quaglia, MD
Joseph H. Burchenal Chair in Pediatrics
Pediatric Sarcoma
Ross Levine, MD
Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Translational Research, Memorial Hospital
Laurence Joseph Dineen Chair in Leukemia Research
Blood Cancer, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Vicky Makker, MD
Section Head, Endometrial Cancer Program; Director, Hematology-Medical Oncology Fellowship Training Program; Associate Attending Physician
Gynecologic Cancer
Ingo Mellinghoff, MD
Chair, Department of Neurology; Chief, Brain Tumor Service; Evnin Family Chair in Neuro-Oncology
Brain Cancer, Glioblastoma, Grade 2 Astrocytoma
Paul Meyers, MD
Chief, Pediatric Sarcoma Service; Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
Robbins Family Chair in Pediatrics
Pediatric Sarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma
Daniela Molena, MD
Director, Esophageal Surgery Program
Esophageal Cancer
Luc Morris, MD, MSc
Associate Director, Immunogenomics and Precision Oncology Platform; Director, Fellowship Training
Throat Cancer
Garrett Nash, MD, MPH
Vice Chair, Quality and Safety, Department of Surgery
Mesothelioma
Roisin O’Cearbhaill, MD
Research Director, Gynecologic Medical Oncology Service; Clinical Director, Solid Tumor, Cellular Therapy Service
Gynecologic Cancer
Kenneth Offit, MD
Chief, Clinical Genetics Service; Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine
Robert and Kate Niehaus Chair in Inherited Cancer Genomics
Genetics
Eileen O’Reilly, MD
Co-Director, Medical Initiatives, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research; Section Head, Hepatopancreatobiliary and Neuroendocrine Cancers; Winthrop Rockefeller Chair of Medical Oncology
Pancreatic Cancer
Michael Ortiz, MD
Assistant Attending Pediatrician
Pediatric Kidney Cancer
Raajit Rampal, MD, PhD
Associate Attending Physician
Blood Cancer, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Diane Reidy-Lagunes, MD
Vice Chair, Oncology Operations, Regional Cancer Network; Creator and Host, “Cancer Straight Talk From MSK” Podcast
Neuroendocrine Tumors, Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors, Young Onset Gastrointestinal Cancer
Gregory Riely, MD, PhD
Vice Chair, Clinical Research, Department of Medicine
Thymoma
Mark Robson, MD
Chief, Breast Medicine Service
Specified Project for Rare Cancer Research
Michael Roehrl, MD, PhD
Director, Precision Pathology Biobanking Center
Pathology
Jonathan Rosenberg, MD
Chief, Genitourinary Medical Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology; Enno W. Ercklentz, Jr. Chair
Bladder Cancer
Gilles Salles, MD, PhD
Chief, Lymphoma Service; Steven A. Greenberg Chair
Lymphoma, Leukemia
Alexander Shoushtari, MD
Clinical Director, Melanoma Service; Member, Cellular Therapy Service
Eye Melanoma
Neerav Shukla, MD
Chief, Pediatric Translational Medicine Service; Bristol-Myers Squibb/James D. Robinson III Junior Faculty Chair
Pediatric Cancer
Samuel Singer, MD
Chief, Gastric and Mixed Tumor Service; Vincent Astor Chair of Clinical Research
Sarcoma
Emily Slotkin, MD
Assistant Attending Pediatrician
Ewing Sarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma
David Solit, MD
Director, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology; Geoffrey Beene Chair
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Make-an-IMPACT Initiative, Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma)
Viviane Tabar, MD
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Theresa Feng Chair in Neurosurgery
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
William Tap, MD
Chief, Sarcoma Medical Oncology Service
Sarcoma, Adolescent and Young Adult Sarcoma
Saad Usmani, MD, MBA
Chief, Myeloma Service
Multiple Myeloma
Leonard Wexler, MD
Attending Pediatrician
Pediatric Cancer, Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma
Etay Ziv, MD, PhD
Associate Attending Radiologist
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors