As one of the world's premier cancer centers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is committed to exceptional patient care, leading-edge research, and superb educational programs. The close collaboration between our physicians and scientists is one of our unique strengths, enabling us to provide patients with the best care available today as we work to discover more effective strategies to prevent, control, and ultimately cure cancer in the future. Our education programs train future physicians and scientists, and the knowledge and experience they gain at Memorial Sloan-Kettering has an impact on cancer treatment and the biomedical research agenda around the world.

The melding of research with patient care is at the heart of everything we do. At Sloan-Kettering Institute, state-of-the-art science research flourishes side-by-side with clinical investigation and treatment at Memorial Hospital, the nation's oldest cancer hospital. We are also one of 39 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, affirming our leadership in research, patient care, and education.


Clinical Fellowships
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's clinical fellowships offer invaluable educational opportunities in an academic medical center dedicated to cancer research, patient care, and education. Our renowned training programs prepare physicians for leadership roles in the care of cancer patients around the world.

Affiliations
Our affiliation and proximity to The New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Weill Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences and The Rockefeller University allows our students to participate in one of the world's most outstanding medical and scientific community.

Rich Clinical Experience
A major referral center (over 19,000 patients admitted yearly), Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, the patient care arm of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, provides a unique environment for learning.

Faculty
With 529 attending staff, our fellowships offer a valuable educational opportunities.

Cytopathology Fellowship
This is a one-year Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited fellowship program in diagnostic cytopathology offered by the Cytology Service of the Department of Pathology. During this period, the fellow is engaged in the examination of the cytopathologic material submitted to the Service under the supervision of the attending staff. The material comprises approximately 32,500 specimens per year (18,000 gynecologic and 13,000 nongynecologic).