# Selwyn M. Vickers

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## TL;DR

Selwyn Vickers is a surgeon-scientist who leads the world's top-ranked cancer hospital.

## Summary

Selwyn M. Vickers is President and Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the world's top-ranked cancer hospital, a post he took in 2022. He is a surgeon-scientist and pancreatic surgeon who was previously dean of the UAB School of Medicine, with ties to the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB. His research focused on pancreatic cancer biology and on disparities in cancer outcomes, and his selected paper addresses pancreatic cancer disparities in African Americans. He now leads MSK with a background in pancreatic surgery, health disparities and academic leadership.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
- Specialisms: Pancreatic cancer surgery; Health disparities; Academic leadership

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selwyn_M._Vickers
- MSK profile: https://www.mskcc.org/about/leadership/office-president
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Vickers%20SM%5BAuthor%5D

## Connected records

- cancers: [Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/pancreatic/)
- institutions: [Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/mskcc/), [O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB](https://onco.cc/institutions/oneal-uab/), [Society of Surgical Oncology](https://onco.cc/institutions/sso/)

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