Memorial Hospital Research Laboratories

Within Memorial Hospital, many scientists lead research laboratories, including some physician-scientists who apply insights from the clinic to their laboratory work. Our investigators conduct research ranging from analyzing genetic changes in patient tumor samples to developing new imaging techniques to studying the best ways to optimize radiation therapy delivery.

Learn more about our investigators who head basic and translational research laboratories within Memorial Hospital.

Main Image_Prasad Adusumilli
Professor and Deputy Chief, Thoracic Service; Vice Chair for Translational Research, Dept. of Surgery; Co-Director, MSK Mesothelioma Program; Min H. and Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancers
Dr Cristina R. Antonescu (MD)
Director, Soft Tissue and Bone Pathology
Michael Berger, PhD
Co-Director, Marie-Josée & Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology; Chief Attending, Clinical Computational Diagnostics Service, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Jian Carrot-Zhang
Assistant Attending
The Nai-Kong Cheung Lab
Enid A. Haupt Chair in Pediatric Oncology, Pediatrics
Dr. Luis Alberto Diaz, Jr.
Head of the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology; Grayer Family Chair
Ahmet Dogan
Chief, Hematopathology Service, Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
John L. Humm, PhD
Chief, Imaging and Spectroscopic Physics
Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue
David M. Rubenstein Center Chair for Pancreatic Cancer Research; Director, Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Justin Jee
Assistant Member, Department of Medicine and Co-Director, Thoracic Liquid Biopsy Program
Kayvan R. Keshari, PhD
Fred Lebow Chair at MSK
Andrew Kung
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Jason S. Lewis, PhD -- Emily Tow Chair in Oncology; Deputy Director, Sloan Kettering Institute
Deputy Director, Sloan Kettering Institute – Office of Science Education and Training (OSET); Emily Tow Chair in Oncology
Pictured: Kenneth Offit
Robert and Kate Niehaus Chair in Inherited Cancer Genomics; Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine​
Irene Orlow
Attending Biologist
Ricardo Otazo
Vice-Chair for Research, Chief of MRI Physics; Member in Medical Physics and Radiology
Jonathan Peled
Physician-scientist
MSK radiation oncologist Paul Romesser
Assistant Attending
Pictured: Samuel Singer
Chief, Gastric and Mixed Tumor Service; Vincent Astor Chair of Clinical Research and Director, Sarcoma Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Ruslan Soldatov
Assistant Attending
Asmin Tulpule
Physician-scientist
Harini Veeraraghavan
Associate Member
Britta Weigelt, PhD
Director, Gynecology DMT Research Laboratory
Adam Widman
Assistant Attending
Rona Yaeger
Associate Attending Physician