New York, NY | (212) 639-2000
New York, NY | (212) 639-2000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY is nationally ranked in 5 adult specialties and 1 pediatric specialty and rated high performing in 1 adult specialty and 2 procedures and conditions. It is a cancer facility. It is a teaching hospital.
Founded in 1884, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center specializes in cancer care, treating hundreds of subtypes of the disease every year.
Patients are treated by a multidisciplinary team, which might include a surgeon, medical oncologist, radiation oncologist and radiologist, depending on their disease. The center’s inpatient hospital in Manhattan houses facilities where patients can receive immunotherapy, chemotherapy and other cancer treatments; an urgent care center; a patient recreation center; and a children’s hospital. A free shuttle transports patients between the inpatient hospital and several of the cancer center’s other treatment locations in Manhattan, including the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center, the Sillerman Center for Rehabilitation and several other facilities. The cancer center also offers services at locations throughout New York and New Jersey.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has more than 120 research laboratories that focus on various types of cancer, and 38 core facilities, which offer technology and subject matter experts to researchers. The Sloan Kettering Institute conducts biomedical research focusing on better understanding the underpinnings of cancer. Patients also have the chance to participate in the cancer center’s large clinical trial program.
Among the services Memorial Sloan Kettering offers are genetic counseling, cancer screenings, pain management care and physical therapy. At the Bendheim Integrative Medicine Center, patients and members of the community receive access to complementary therapies, like yoga and acupuncture, as part of their personal care plan.
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The U.S. News Doctor Finder has compiled extensive information in each doctor's profile, including where he or she was educated and trained, which hospital he or she admits patients to, and in some cases which insurance plans he or she accepts.
To help patients decide where to receive care, U.S. News generates hospital rankings by evaluating data on nearly 5,000 hospitals in 16 adult medical specialties, 9 adult medical procedures or conditions and 10 pediatric specialties. To be nationally ranked in a specialty, a hospital must excel in caring for the sickest, most medically complex patients. The ratings in procedures and conditions, by contrast, focus on typical Medicare patients. Hospitals that do well in multiple areas of adult care may be ranked in their state and metropolitan area. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is ranked nationally in 5 adult specialties and 1 children's specialty . It also achieved the highest rating possible in 2 procedures or conditions. Read more about how we rank best hospitals.
U.S. News evaluates each hospital in up to 16 different medical specialties. In most medical specialties, the top 50 hospitals nationally are numerically ranked based on hospital performance indicators. Hospitals that nearly made the top 50 may be recognized as high performing.
| Specialty | National Rank | Overall Score | |
| Cancer |
|
94.7/100 | Scorecard |
| Diabetes & Endocrinology | Not Ranked | 44.9/100 | Scorecard |
| Ear, Nose & Throat |
|
87.5/100 | Scorecard |
| Gastroenterology & GI Surgery |
|
61.7/100 | Scorecard |
| Geriatrics | High Performing | 68.1/100 | Scorecard |
| Gynecology |
|
100.0/100 | Scorecard |
| Nephrology | Not Ranked | 36.5/100 | Scorecard |
| Neurology & Neurosurgery | Not Ranked | 42.1/100 | Scorecard |
| Orthopedics | Not Ranked | 25.4/100 | Scorecard |
| Pulmonology & Lung Surgery | Not Ranked | 63.4/100 | Scorecard |
| Urology |
|
84.3/100 | Scorecard |
U.S. News gathers clinical data directly from children's hospitals through a detailed survey spanning 10 pediatric specialties. The children's hospital rankings indicate performance in pediatric specialty care. U.S. News includes Memorial Sloan Kettering Children’s Cancer Center in evaluating the performance of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
| Specialty | National Rank | Overall Score | |
| Pediatric Cancer |
|
85.1/100 | Scorecard |
U.S. News evaluates hospitals in certain procedures and conditions and assigns each hospital a rating of high performing, average or below average in each procedure or condition. Eligibility to be rated is based on the number of patients treated during the evaluation period.
| Procedure/Condition | Rating | |
| Colon Cancer Surgery | High Performing | Scorecard |
| Lung Cancer Surgery | High Performing | Scorecard |
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