Lisa Marie DeAngelis is an American neuro-oncologist and Physician-in-Chief and Chief Medical Officer at

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK or MSKCC) is a cancer treatment and research institution in Manhattan in New York City. MSKCC is one of 72 National Cancer Institute– designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. Its main campus is ...

Early life and education

DeAngelis was born and raised in

New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is a city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 135,081 as determined by the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is List ...

, to father Daniel DeAngelis. She graduated from

Hopkins School Hopkins School is a private, college-preparatory, coeducational, day school for grades 7–12 located in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1660, Edward Hopkins, seven-time governor of the Connecticut Colony, bequeathed a portion of his estate to fou ...

and

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a Private university, private Women's colleges in the United States, historically women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henr ...

. Following this, she earned her

medical degree A medical degree is a professional degree admitted to those who have passed coursework in the fields of medicine and/or surgery from an accredited medical school. Obtaining a degree in medicine allows for the recipient to continue on into special ...

at the

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (officially known as Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons) is the medical school of Columbia University, located at the Columbia University Irvin ...

in 1980 and completed her fellowship in internal medicine at the

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (abbreviated as NYP) is a nonprofit academic medical center in New York City. It is the primary teaching hospital for Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. The hospit ...

Career

Following her fellowship at the hospital, DeAngelis joined

(MSKCC) to complete her second fellowship under the guidance of Jerome Posner. Upon completing her fellowship, she joined the faculty at MSKCC and was appointed Chair of the Department of Neurology in 1997. In this role, she focused her research on the neurologic complications of cancer and led national trials of investigational drugs for primary central nervous system lymphomas. By 2012, DeAngelis was serving as Chair of the Department of Neurology and Co-Executive Director of the Brain Tumor Center. She also held the Lillian Rojtman Berkman Chair in honor of her mentor, Jerome B. Posner, and served as Vice President of the

American Academy of Neurology The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is a professional society representing over 40,000 neurologists and neuroscientists. As a medical specialty society it was established in 1948 by A.B. Baker of the University of Minnesota to advance the a ...

. As a result of her accomplishments, DeAngelis was elected a Member of the

National Academy of Medicine The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), known as the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Medicine is a part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineerin ...

. A few years later, in 2019, she was appointed the Physician-in-Chief and Chief Medical Officer of MSKCC. In this role, she was expected to oversee all clinical services, research, medical education, multi-center collaborations, and seven regional care sites across New York and New Jersey. During the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

, DeAngelis was recognized in Crain’s New York Business' 2020 Notable in Healthcare List for being "a visionary leader for the MSK community," and on ''Avenue Magazine''’s The Power List 2020. In November, DeAngelis was awarded the Oligo Nation’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her leadership in the field of neuro-oncology. The following year, she collaborated with David Scheinberg to establish Break Through Cancer, a foundation aimed at accelerating collaborative research, clinical trials, and cures for the deadliest cancers.

Personal life

DeAngelis is married to Peter Okin, a cardiology specialist. They have two sons together, Daniel and Stephen.

References

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