President and Chief Executive Officer2022 - Present

Selwyn Vickers

President and Chief Executive Officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Selwyn M. Vickers is a pancreatic cancer surgeon and researcher who serves as the 11th President and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, a position he assumed in September 2022. He is the first African American to lead the institution. Before joining MSK he was Senior Vice President for Medicine and Dean of the Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he also served as CEO of the UAB Health System. His research spans pancreatic cancer biology, gene therapy, and cancer health disparities.

Notable Achievements

First African American to serve as president and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Elected member of the National Academy of Medicine
Past president of the American Surgical Association
As dean at UAB, oversaw roughly 75 percent growth in NIH funding, adding about $100 million
Fellow of the AACR Academy
Recipient of the 2025 Ellis Island Medal of Honor

Expertise & Topics

healthcare

oncology

surgery

academic-medicine

national-academy-of-medicine

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