# Richard Barakat

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## TL;DR

Physician-in-Chief and Executive Director of the Northwell Cancer Institute, the cancer service of New York's largest health system.

## Summary

Richard Barakat, MD, MBA, is Physician-in-Chief and Executive Director of the Northwell Cancer Institute, the cancer programme of Northwell Health, which spans hospitals and cancer centres across New York and Connecticut. In that capacity he announced the September 2026 appointment of a system director of central nervous system cancer and described the institute's aim of connecting laboratory discovery with patient care. Institute leadership also includes a deputy physician-in-chief and director of medical oncology.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; health-system
- Role: Physician-in-Chief and Executive Director, Northwell Cancer Institute
- Specialisms: Surgical oncology; Cancer service line leadership; Health system oncology

## Sources

- Source: Northwell Health news release, September 2026: https://www.northwell.edu/news/the-latest/northwell-appoints-system-director-central-nervous-system-cancer

## Connected records

- institutions: [Northwell Health Cancer Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/northwell-cancer-institute/)
- journals: [Gynecologic Oncology](https://onco.cc/journals/gynecologic-oncology/)

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