Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Lisa M. DeAngelis, MD
Chief Physician Executive
Scott M. and Lisa G. Stuart Chair
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Lisa M. DeAngelis, MD, is Chief Physician Executive at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). She oversees all clinical faculty and the Clinical Practice Plan. She provides leadership for academic affairs and medical education programs for faculty and trainees across the continuum and she oversees MSK Clinical Research and Memorial Hospital research programs. Currently, she also serves as acting Chief Medical Officer, overseeing the Department of Quality and Safety.
Dr. DeAngelis is an internationally recognized expert in brain cancer and the neurological complications of cancer treatment, including cognitive impairment and stroke. During her thirty- eight-year tenure at MSK, she served as chair of the Department of Neurology from 1997 to 2018, and co-founded MSK’s Brain Tumor Center, where experts from across MSK work to bring new discoveries from the lab to patients as quickly as possible.
Dr. DeAngelis’ own research has focused on primary brain tumors and she has led several clinical trials that investigate new tumor therapies. She also helped develop the current regimen to treat primary central nervous system lymphoma.
She is the author of more than 350 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 130 book chapters and has written or edited eight books. Dr. DeAngelis is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. She is a fellow of the American Neurological Association (ANA) and former Vice Chair of the Board. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), which in 2019 awarded her the organization’s highest honor, the Wartenberg Lecture.
April 2023
