2024 Team-Designated Support

Each project that Cycle for Survival funds advances progress toward new and more effective ways to diagnose, treat, and cure people with rare cancers. These MSK researchers were chosen by teams to receive funding in the areas specified below from the $34 million raised during Cycle for Survival’s 2024 season.

David Abramson, MD

Chief, Ophthalmic Oncology Service, Department of Surgery

Retinoblastoma

Carol Aghajanian, MD

Chief, Gynecologic Medical Oncology Service; Avon Chair in Gynecologic Oncology Research

Gynecologic Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Immunotherapy, Peritoneal Ovarian Cancer

Hikmat Al-Ahmadie, MD

Pathology

Cristina Antonescu, MD

Director, Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology

Pediatric Sarcoma

Viswatej "Vishu" Avutu, MD

Phase 2 Clinical Trial for Osteosarcoma and Ewing Sarcoma, Undifferentiated Pleiomorphic Sarcoma

Fiyinfolu Balogun, MD, PhD

Health Equity in Pancreatic Cancer

Michael Berger, PhD

Chief, Clinical Computational Diagnostics Service, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Co-Director, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology; Elizabeth and Felix Rohatyn Chair for Junior Faculty

MSK-IMPACT^®

Jaap-Jan Boelens, MD, PhD

Chief, Pediatric Transplant and Cellular Therapy Service; Richard J. O’Reilly Chair in Honor of Kevin Zoltan Merszei

Pediatric Cancer

Carol Brown, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer; Nicholls-Biondi Chair for Health Equity; Vice Chair, Health Equity, Department of Surgery

Healthy Equity in Endometrial Cancer

Andrea Cercek, MD

Section Head, Colorectal Cancer; Co-Director, Center for Young Onset Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Cancers

Gastrointestinal Cancer

Debyani Chakravarty, PhD

Health Equity in Pancreatic Cancer

Nai-Kong Cheung, MD, PhD

Enid A. Haupt Chair of Pediatric Oncology

Neuroblastoma

Sandra D’Angelo, MD

Synovial Cell Sarcoma

Anthony Daniyan, MD

Leukemia

Ira Dunkel, MD

Pediatric Cancer

Sameer Farouk Sait, MBBS

Pediatric Cancer

Darren Feldman, MD

Section Head, Germ Cell Cancer

Testicular Cancer

Christopher Forlenza, MD

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Sergio Giralt, MD

Deputy Division Head, Division of Hematologic Malignancies; Melvin Berlin Family Chair in Multiple Myeloma; Chief Medical Officer, MSK Direct

Blood Cancer

Shari Goldfarb, MD

Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers

Mrinal Gounder, MD

Physician Ambassador to India and Asia

CIC-DUX4 Sarcoma

Rachel Grisham, MD

Section Head, Ovarian Cancer; Director, Gynecologic Medical Oncology, MSK Westchester

Gynecologic Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Leiomyosarcoma

John Healey, MD

Stephen McDermott Chair in Surgery

Sarcoma

Martee Hensley, MD

Associate Vice Chair, Academic Affairs; Chair, Promotions Advisory Committee

Sarcoma, Leiomyosarcoma

Alan Ho, MD, PhD

Chief, Head and Neck Oncology Service

Head and Neck Cancer

Yelena Janjigian, MD

Chief, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service

Gastrointestinal Cancers, Pancreatic Cancer, Esophageal Cancer

William Jarnagin, MD

Chief, Hepatobiliary Service; Leslie Blumgart Chair in Surgery

Hepatobiliary Cancer

Alex Kentsis, MD, PhD

Director, Tow Center for Developmental Oncology

CIC-DUX4 Sarcoma

T. Peter Kingham, MD

Director, Global Cancer Disparities Initiatives

Cholangiocarcinoma

Christopher Klebanoff, MD

Laboratory Head, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program; Member Investigator, Center for Cell Engineering

Synovial Cell Sarcoma

Jason Konner, MD

Gynecologic Cancer, Ovarian Cancer

Andrew Kung, MD, PhD

Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Lila Acheson Wallace Chair for Pediatric Research

Pediatric Cancer, Pediatric Fellow Support

Brian Kushner, MD

Neuroblastoma

Michael La Quaglia, MD

Joseph H. Burchenal Chair in Pediatrics

Pediatric Cancer

Ross Levine, MD

Laurence Joseph Dineen Chair in Leukemia Research with Special Emphasis on Leukemia in Children and Young People; Senior Vice President, Memorial Hospital, Translational Research

Blood Cancer

Eric Lis, MD

Director, Neuroradiology IR

Neuroradiology

Sham Mailankody, MBBS

Clinical Director, Cellular Therapy Service; Research Director, Myeloma Service

CAR T Cell Therapy for Multiple Myeloma

Robert Maki, MD, PhD

Sarcoma

Vicky Makker, MD

Section Head, Endometrial Cancer Program; Director, Hematology-Medical Oncology Fellowship Training Program

Gynecologic Cancer

Ingo Mellinghoff, MD

Chair, Department of Neurology; Evnin Family Chair in Neuro-Oncology

Brain Cancer, Glioblastoma, Grade II Astrocytoma

Paul Meyers, MD

Robbins Family Chair in Pediatrics

Pediatric Sarcoma

Shakeel Modak, MD

Chief, Neuroblastoma Service

Neuroblastoma

Daniela Molena, MD

Director, Esophageal Surgery Program

Gastrointestinal Cancer

Carol Morris, MD, MS

Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery Service; Jack Byrne Chair for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers

Sarcoma

Luc Morris, MD, MsC

Director, Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery Fellowship Program; Head, Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Immunogenomics

Head and Neck Cancer

Sujana Mova, MD

Sarcoma

Garrett Nash, MD, MPH

Vice President, Quality and Safety

Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma, Mesothelioma

Roisin O’Cearbhaill, MD

Research Director, Gynecologic Medical Oncology Service; Clinical Director, Solid Tumor, Cellular Therapy Service

Ovarian Cancer

Eileen O’Reilly, MD

Winthrop Rockefeller Endowed Chair of Medical Oncology; Chair, Human Research Protection Program and Institutional Review Board; Co-Director, Medical Initiatives, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research; Section Head, Hepatopancreaticobiliary and Neuroendocrine Cancers

Gastrointestinal Cancers, Pancreatic Cancer

Michael Ortiz, MD

Wilms’ Tumor

Philip Paty, MD

Talcott Chair for Clinical Excellence

Appendiceal Cancer

Michael Postow, MD

Chief, Melanoma Service; Co-Director, Melanoma Disease Management Team

Melanoma

Diane Reidy-Lagunes, MD

Vice Chair, Oncology Operations, Regional Care Network; Past President, MSK Medical Staff; Creator and Host, Cancer Straight Talk podcast

Adrenal Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Neuroendocrine Tumors