Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

The culture at MSKCC is very mission driven and patient experience focused. Specifically, their mission is the treatment and finding a cure for cancer. So everything from the way teams are structured to the projects you are given are geared towards this mission or bettering the patient experience...

MSK requires you to learn a lot on the job and the first 6 months can feel intimidating with the amount of information you have to absorb. Also, don't underestimate the mental toll oncology can take on you. Even seasoned doctors can become overwhelmed by the nature of the disease and the sufferin...

Mornings may be spent at the office entering research data or working on an independent intern project, but they're more often spent with a cancer care navigator at a NYC H&H hospital location. At the hospital, an intern will help run the food pantry by distributing food to the patients, asking t...

The team I worked with was very supportive and considerate of my time. I commuted 3-4 hours each day from NJ to NYC, and there were flexible by allowing me to maintain a 3 day work schedule as opposed to the traditional 5. At the same time, I noticed that the employees at the ICCAN office (also s...

To preface, the work that I did was more or less outlined by my shadowed software engineer. Given a specific task and only a basic framework of how to complete it, I felt a strong sense of ownership over the programs that I eventually developed. Even though I was more or less a beginner at Python...

I would consider these to be the top qualities to highlight in an interview for a Patient Escort position at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: a. High emotional intelligence. Though MSKCC offers countless learning opportunities for students, it can be an emotionally challenging envi...

Patient Escorts are either paid employees or volunteers at MSKCC. I am unsure about the pay of an employed Patient Escort. However, I can speak for a volunteer Patient Escort. They must apply for the position and go on an interview. Though they do not receive monetary compensation, they usually r...

Start to create bridges with as many people as you can. Networking is a key. Make sure your manager knows that you are interested in becoming a full time employee when the internship ends. Make friends at other labs and sniff around to see when and where positions may become available.

Ownership on work depends a lot on the project you will be involved with as an intern. For example, the research I did with my mentor under the internship turned into a project that I continued to work on even after the internship was over and we aim to publish our research. Other interns however...

You should expect to have 100% over your work while in Patient Accounts. Reps have a thorough training period then provided with an extensive list of open balances for an insurance carrier. They are then responsible for reducing the AR, submitting appeals/write-offs/refunds, etc.

This can vary based on the number or PIs and projects you support. You can choose ownership of how to do the work, in terms of management, but it is a very strict environment and ownership is hard to obtain overall.

The Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) is very geared towards programming and analytics. When interviewing for an intern position at MSK, I recommend highlighting any statistical programs that you have learned and had experience with. It would also be bene...

I had a great time as a SURP fellow at MSKCC. My day started at 9 am and it would usually end sometimes around 6 pm. There were definitely light and heavy days when I would either leave early or stay late. Weekends were usually off for summer students so I took the weekend to explore with all fel...

I think it is very subjective. While the program/lab you might end up working might have some level of expectation, it totally depends on you and how much you want to achieve. I would also add that to some extent it also depends on the lab culture. I personally took the summer fellowship as a gre...

Generally speaking, an Application Analyst can expect to have full ownership over his or her work stream which can comprise of 2-4 projects at a time. Additionally, an application analyst will need to work collaboratively with other team members and application development teams.

I interned at the out patient clinic at their Commack satellite location. I would walk in around 9am, in business attire and spend most of the day their rotating with the physicians. I would get access to some out patient procedures and be in a lot of the appointments. I remember that I spoke wit...

I would say plan for it to be a 9-5 job at first. The more you put into this internship, the more you will get from it. Once you are there, you will see how to fairly balance it and adjust your schedule with your supervisor. I was really interested in cancer treatment at the time, so I was willin...

Yes. Every new Physician Office Assistant and Session Assistant is assigned a mentor. The first 3 weeks on the job are mixed between classroom training and mentorship, with mentorship continuing for 1 month or so afterwards. In mentorship, new employees learn the job by sitting with their mentors...

Be sure to brush up on any technical jargon and clinical language. Employers want to make sure you are knowledgeable in the field as well as with the technology. The technology piece is huge as the field is primarily driven by technology. As in any patient care position, patient care skills are h...

I would not recommend a student to ask questions about pay, patient-sensitive information, or personal vacation time (many students volunteer during the summer). In addition, if inquiring about what it is like working at MSKCC, be careful with the phrasing. Many hospitals, especially a cancer hos...