About the Company
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center was established as New York Cancer Hospital in 1884 on Manhattan’s Upper West Side by John J. Astor and his wife,Charlotte. The name of the center was changed to General Memorial Hospital for the treatment of cancer and allied diseases in 1899. In 1916, the center was again renamed as Memorial Hospital for cancer and allied diseases. Memorial Sloan Kettering has ranked as one of the top two hospitals for cancer care in the country according to US News and World Report. Patient care is a team effort at Memorial Sloan Kettering, where more than a dozen multi disciplinary teams combine the expertise and experience of different specialists to ensure the best possible treatment. The physicians of Memorial Sloan Kettering have an extraordinary experience to diagnose and treat all forms of the disease. They treat more than 400 different subtypes of cancer each year.