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 the borough of Manhattan in New York City, founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. MSKCC is one of 52 National Cancer Institute– ...

Early life and education

DeAngelis was born and raised in

New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,02 ...

, 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 found s ...

and

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...

. Following this, she earned her

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at the

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) is the graduate medical school of Columbia University, located at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Founded i ...

in 1980 and completed her fellowship in internal medicine at the

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a nonprofit academic medical center in New York City affiliated with two Ivy League medical schools, Cornell University and Columbia University. The hospital comprises seven distinct campuses located in the New Y ...

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 38,000 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 ar ...

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

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. 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

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, 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 collabrated 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:DeAngelis, Lisa Living people Physicians from New Haven, Connecticut American neurologists American oncologists Hopkins School alumni Wellesley College alumni Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni Members of the National Academy of Medicine Year of birth missing (living people)