medical residents and Fellows are in training at MSK. There are 575 postdoctoral researchers training at MSK labs and a combined 288 PhD and MD-PhD candidates. In 2004, the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences was opened at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The first students graduated in 2012. As of January 2019, the dean of the graduate school is cell biologist Michael Overholtzer. The founding dean, serving for over a decade, was molecular biologist Ken Marians. The Tri-Institutional MD–PhD Program is a partnership of MSKCC, Weill Cornell Medicine, and The Rockefeller University. The dual degree program takes advantage of the close proximity of these three institutions for collaboration on biomedical research and medical training. MSKCC also has an academic partnership with Weill Cornell Medicine known as the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. Notable faculty Presidents Selwyn M. Vickers, 2022– Craig B. Thompson, 2010–2022 Harold Varmus, 2000–2010 Paul A. Marks, 1980–1999 Lewis Thomas, 1973–1980 David Walsh, 1971–1973 Richard D. Vanderwarker, 1962–1971 John R. Heller, 1960–1961 Others James P. Allison Kathryn V. Anderson Murray Brennan Carol L. Brown Samuel Danishefsky Nori Dattatreyudu Lisa DeAngelis Jeffrey Drebin Jimmie C. Holland Maria Jasin David Kissane Iris Long Scott W. Lowe Joan Massagué Kenneth Offit Lloyd Old Nikola P. Pavletich Mark S. Ptashne James Rothman Alexander Rudensky Valerie Rusch Charles Sawyers Lorenz Studer Reputation In 2015 Charity Watch rated Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center an "A". Heads of the charity received $2,107,939 to $2,639,669 salary/compensation from the charity. CEO Craig B. Thompson received $2,554,085 salary/compensation from the charity. See also Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences Tri-Institutional MD–PhD Program National Comprehensive Cancer Network MD Anderson Cancer Center References External links Hospitals established in 1884 Buildings and structures completed in 1973 Cancer hospitals Hospitals in Manhattan Institutions founded by the Rockefeller family Universities and colleges in Manhattan Charles F. Kettering Upper East Side Medical research institutes in New York (state) NCI-designated cancer centers 1884 establishments in New York (state)