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2020 Annual Report: From the Front Lines | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center


Digital, Informatics & Technology Solutions (DigITs)
As a firefighter and EMT in his New Jersey hometown, Paul Cortellesi doesn’t flinch when times get tough. So, when COVID-19 started to ramp up, he leapt into action and immediately volunteered to join the frontlines at MSK.
Mr. Cortellesi, a senior system architect in MSK’s DigITs group, was one of hundreds of clinical and nonclinical employees redeployed to assist with COVID-19-related operations. In March, he became a coordinator for MSK’s emergency response team to manage MSK’s supply of PPE. “There was no standard,” Mr. Cortellesi says. “We made it up as we went, based on best practices and the equipment we had.” ....

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Cancer Care Can't Wait: How One Woman's Cancer Diagnosis During the COVID-19 Pandemic Helped Save Her Sister's Life


COVID-19 Vaccine Available to MSK Patients
Following New York state guidance, MSK has suspended offering the J & J/Janssen vaccine. We continue to offer the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to our eligible patients. Appointments can be scheduled here. For more on the J & J vaccine, read this.
Cancer Care Can’t Wait: How One Woman’s Cancer Diagnosis During the COVID-19 Pandemic Helped Save Her Sister’s Life
Rachel Zitofsky, 38, was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2020 as COVID-19 cases were climbing around the country. Little did she know, her diagnosis would help uncover lifesaving health information for her older sister, Leah Blanton. The sisters did not put off getting the care they needed despite pandemic safety concerns, and MSK was ready to help. ....

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