Reviews of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Hospital)

eleanor brown

This hospital and the staff are amazing the care that was given to my sister was nothing other than top notch I thank you for saving her life and your nursing staff rocks

Mohammad Ghani

Without any doubt one of the best cancer center in the world!

Hilary Topper

I wish all hospitals were as good as Sloan! The staff are warm, caring and get right back to you. Highly recommended!

Tha Thankful1

I like that their nurses are very caring Attentive to patients and nice to talk to. Everyone is always so willing to help. I would definitely recommend Memorial Sloan.

John Steele

Had the pesto shrimp and it was very good. We also had shrimp fried rice which was tasty. HOWEVER, we also tried the southwest stuff pepper and it was well below expectations. Dry and not much taste. I would recommend at the very least some tomato sauce that could be added. Also ... chicken in this dish would make it MUCH better.

Michael Cotton

Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, Is one of the best top five hospital's, in the country leading the fight, and to find a way to help people with Cancer get back to their normal lives This Hospital has set the bar very high, when it comes to the quality of care that the patients receive, and the professionalism of its employees. I'm talking about from the parking attendants, the security guards who are always kind and helpful, the Nurses aid, Dr's, etc., Thanks so much for all your help and support.

G

Highly not recommend! They only take a certain insurance and when you offer to pay out of pocket; when you offer to transfer from another hospital they give you such a hard time. Most people answering the phones are not trained properly they send you from department to another department. They are terrible!! This hospital is terrible. So hard to get an appointment for which you wanted to pay anyway.

Shawn Sapp

This hospital is beautiful the nurses. Are so nice. I don’t know anything about the Drs because I was never in contact with them the times I’ve been up to see my Aunt. I heard it’s one of the best hospitals for cancer.

Iris Casanova

Absolutely Marvelous, Excellent Staff from the safety guards,administrators, janitors-All Nurses & Doctors! A Special Heart felt Thank you to Esperanza B. Papadopoulos, MD Best Doctor in the Universe treated my family w/Respect,Professionalism, honesty no words can describe the Gratitude Myself & your patient feel George DJ

Tawyna Walker

Saved my life

Taylor Sirois

Horrible health care for my grandma

Stacey Jones

Nice waiting area and there is parking on 66th street and York. Sloan Kettering provides parking for under $20 for up to 3hours! That's was a great rate compared to the parking garage rates in this neighborhood. Folks were kind too. Hopefully we get good news... and that toy don't have to visit sick family in such a nice place. (Sigh)

Nubia Perez

My mother was very pleased with experience at MSK Hospital, thank you all Doctor and Staff for your professionalism.

Sy Sy

terrible! go to Emory or Dr. Lawrence Einhorn

Victoria Piombino

Best experience for multidisciplinary cancer treatment which is assessed with multiple members of all necessary medical assistance for each INDIVIDUAL patients needs. They found the answers where other MDS FROM Phil, Pa to NJ to finally MSK, NYC. Couldn't ask for more. Started with IR MD-DR. Bryce & her team to DR M. L

Yisroel Lehrer

Great hospital with excellent staff, elevators are really really bad though.

brian sprague

They are the best from the care to the compassion thank you forever grateful

Nicolette Cicchetti

If anyone has the doctor Elizabeth Cohen from Sloan in the NYC I HIGHLY ADVISE DO NOT USE HER she was suppose to help my 30 year old sister who got sick with Breast cancer but instead she was lazy and gave her a 5 hour chemo session ( her first one ) let her leave with no monitoring and we called and called the next 5 days asking for help they told us to give her gas x but in realty SHE WAS WALKING AROUND WITH 0 WHITE BLOOD CELLS NEVER GAVE HER A WHITE BLOOD CELL SHOT NEVER EVEN TOLD US ABOUT IT SO BYTIME WE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL AN INFECTION TOOK OVER MY SISTERS BODY AND SHE DIED ALSO SHE TOLD US SHE WAS SORRY AND QUESTIONS HER COLLEAGUES AFTER THIS!!! When we asked questions they told us to google it !!!!!! All because she couldn’t wait to get out of work on a Friday and left my poor sister to figure it out herself all they care about is money for every person they get to say yes to chemo they make. A COMISSION !!!! CARELESSS THIS. WOMEN SHOULD LOOSE HER LISENCE !!! Im sure my sister was just another paycheck to her but to us it destroyed our world so I hope I can maybe help or save Someone else by reading this !

Daniel Costa

I'M GOING THROUGH A THIRD TIME WITH CANCER.

Lynne McCreary

I was awed by the expediency in which the center and staff treated me and my needs. Traveled from PA to NYC when it was apparent my Drs were not giving my case the attention I felt was warranted given the circumstances. I continue to travel to NYC in order to use the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for all my future checkups and if needed procedures.

Diana John

Nurses are wonderful and that says it all. They are competent but always willing, helpful and are able to keep a smile and a greeting. Nurses run hospitals so if they are good we are good

James Moran

Have been a patient of MSKCC for one year now with Stage 4 incurable metastatic cancer. I cannot say enough positive things about this hospital. Have been in a few of their facilities and each is superb! The doctors/nurses, medical staff are exceptional! Have never met kinder, gentler, more gifted physicians. The in-patient care, from their day-surgery center to the main hospital is one-of-a-kind. If you have cancer and you’re looking for the best treatment available, this is then place to go!

Morris Zucker

I traveled to MSK to get into a trial from Cincinnati. I saw Dr. Ivyer on 3/8. He said it would take two weeks to qualify. After two weeks I started calling. I have stage four bladder cancer. The doctor told me he was waiting for tissue from Cincinnati. I called the hospital here and they said they never got a request. After five weeks the doctor finally sent the request. I followed up at the hospital and they hadn't gotten a shipping label. I got the label sent out. So after getting the tissue from Cincinnati MSK sends it back to Cincinnati. Why, who no one knows. Get the tissue back and the doctor said he was expediting the tissue at Kite in California. The tissue is actually at Univ of Rochester then onto Oregon. After over seven weeks I was called by nurse to say I didn't qualify. Offering me another trial. I didn't have medical qualifications for this trial. SHAME ON THEM. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

Nicole Pace-Addeo

What a huge difference from other hospitals! The staff are beyond kind, helpful, attentive and caring. I can't say enough nice things about all of the doctors and nurses at MSK! In addition to the incredible hospitality, it was so sweet to see Moxie the Frenchie making her rounds to bring a smile to the patient's faces.

Pete R

State of the art hospital with extraordinary knowledgeable staff and doctors who care.

JimmY MonT

MSKCC an awesome hospital that realizes patients comfort supports recovery. Great menu wit excellent food. 15th floor recreation room for patients to get away from their room and bed. Pool table, foosball, scrabble tournaments, visiting talent like comedians truly add to the overall recovery of my family. Thank you.

Eric Sirois

Terrible experience and terrible doctors. Boy have they gone downhill

Wilber Renderos

There excellent I recommend them to anyone looking for hope as they did with me and continue to keep cancer away. To everyone at mskcc thank you keep it up dont give up on us. Patient for 6 years.

IISuper womanII

NEVER ACCEPT THE DRUG MORPHINE FROM THIS HOSPITAL THE DRUG MAKES THE BODY WEAK

nicole nadel

The staff is so kind and caring

Shirlena Hopson

I'm a bit late! But. I couldn't have picked a better facility to have my surgery in August 2019. The caring, attentive, and empathetic staff at MSK was phenomenal!

Rita Genovese

My mother had breast cancer and was treated for at Memorial Sloan Kettering. She had a mastectomy, chemo and radiation. As far as the doctors were concerned they got it all. My mother went for her yearly check up for the next five years. About six months after her last clean bill of health, she started feeling pain in her left shoulder. When it didn’t get better, she went back to the hospital, before her next yearly checkup. They examined her and told her she had bursitis. About six months after that, her pain was worse. It got to the point where she couldn’t raise her arm. I told my dad that that was crazy. I made an appointment for her at St. Luke’s Hospital, also in New York City, for a second opinion. My dad took her to St. Luke’s. My dad called me hysterical, from the hospital. He said the doctor told him that her cancer had metastasized. She now had bone cancer and 5-6 months left to live. Sloan Kettering got it wrong not once, but twice. Bursitis?! My mother died five months later.

steve greenwood

I work at mskcc cuz it's a great place to work warm and welcoming patient care facilities it is very much one of the top cancer surgical center in the old world excellent place fabulous

UP EAST TO SOUTH

They saved my life. I definitely wouldn't be here without my onc team at MSK

Art Nacht

If you or a loved one needs this place, it is the very best in the world. It goes without saying that SK has the best medical technology. Perhaps as importantly, every staff member is caring and compassionate to the patient and their families.

Marie Soriano

Its a very good hospital the doctors n nurses are very nice

Crystal Simmons

Sloan Kettering is the best..I have been going to for years now they don't take my coverage..its been about 6 years and until today they still do not take my health coverage.i hope the administrator reads this and consider taking more health insurance so for that I gave them a 1 star.TAKE MORE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE SLOAN KETTERING

Adriana Rico

When a person is in desperate need of your help, and you turn them away because they are not legal? So this hospital is willing to let people die just because of their immigration status. You are located in NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK. A sanctuary state and you turn down your services to an undocumented HUMAN BEING. Absolutely disappointing and disgusting. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. You don’t even deserve one star.

Jerrin Pothen

This review is specific to 1250 1st AVe building of Sloan Kettering. In my entire experience at Sloan everyone has been very polite and extremely compassionate, but recently had an experience which upset me greatly. When I took my father, who is oxygen dependent and requires a wheelchair to get around, to 1250 first ave for a radiology test, I had the worst experience with the front desk security guard. First off, there is no wheel chair accessible entrance door and you have to manually open two heavy narrow double doors to enter the building. The security desk is right in front of the two double doors and is less than 20 feet. The security guard just sits there watching you struggle with the wheelchair and doesn’t even offer to help. He wasn’t even doing any work, just watching as My elderly mother an I are struggling to get through the two heavy doors. When we asked the guard if he can get us access to the elevator which is key operated, he told us to go upstairs and tell the people and the front desk. Again he was doing absolutely no work, just sitting back in his chair. After our test and on our way out, The same thing happened when I left the building. But what upset me the most was that after we exited, there was a small child (about 5 years old) in a wheelchair and his mother who was by herself was struggling to get through the door herself. The security guard once again was just sitting here and not even attempting to help her but rather talking to one of his other security guard friends. There were two security guards and not one of them went to help this struggling women with her child who was a mere 15 feet in front of them. I got extremely upset and after going back and helping the mother keep the door open, went and told the security guard that one of two guards standing there could keep the door open for people in wheelchairs who need help. He, in a rude and arrogant voice said “have a great day”. When I asked him for his name he refused to give it to me. I went to the front desk to ask them for the security guards name but they told me I have to call the security office. I tried calling the security office but the man who picked up was just as rude and before hearing my full story said that security guards aren’t required to help patients with wheelchairs and that I should know what I’m talking about before I complain. It’s a shame that a hospital with such a stellar reputation employs individuals like this. And since the security department that employs Him won’t address it, a formal complaint letter is being filed with patient advocate line and to the administration. Again this review is specific for the 1250 1st ave building and with this individual security guard only. Everyone else at Sloan Kettering has been amazing and very compassionate. This incident happened on 9/7/18 around 1205pm.

Walter

I spent about two weeks at Memorial Sloan because I needed to have brain surgery. I found this to be the best run hospital i have ever been. Everyone from the man who cleans the floor, takes out your garbage, food surver, nurses and doctors are top notch. The doctors and nurses are filled with compassion. The amount of care they show you as a patient is unbelievable and truly hart warming. I feel like they have become personal friends to me and I truly am grateful for how well they took care of me. I strongly recommend this hospital to anyone.

Harshey Gold

The staff there are Extremely nice and helpful

Nephshe Baht yisrael

I was very scared and the staff helped me through my fear and illness.. Fantastic staff.

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I went to Sloan Kettering a broken man who had totally given up on life after I received the news of stage three cancer. Sloan Kettering's Dr. Hakimi and the other staff took great care of me, I left Sloan Kettering feeling like i was given a second chance. Going to Sloan was the best decision. Ryan Williams...

Catherine Adams

A Tribute to Memorial Hospital Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center On the Monday after Thanksgiving, my husband who was being treated for lymphoma and was a patient of Dr. Ariela Noy since early July, was admitted to Memorial Hospital for what turned out to be his final admission. My career in health care actually began when I was 14 years old as part of the Junior Red Cross Volunteer Program of New York City; and I started volunteering at Goldwater Memorial Hospital on what was then called Welfare Island and at St. John’s Queens Hospital. I worked until I graduated from high school. I have been in health care all my life, in many cases traveling to hospitals throughout the U.S. I have never seen anything that equals Memorial in quality of care. The attitude of the staff was always friendly and never put out, respectful and considerate of patients’ feelings, very concerned about patient comfort and considerate of family. All details were attended to. Sitters were pleasant and helpful, being of comfort to the patient. The dietician was very agreeable and trying very hard to get what was needed to meet the patient’s needs. The nursing staff was professional, efficient, always helpful and considerate, no matter how busy the floor was. They were considerate of the patient and the patient’s feelings and were always trying to make the patient more comfortable. The nurse that was on the night that Jay died was kind and loving. Dr. Don Colbourn was responsible for Jay’s care up to two weeks prior to his death. He was the hospitalist who made rounds daily and kept you up to date on patient care — a caring and compassionate man. He managed a team of doctors who made rounds with him daily. Two weeks prior to Jay’s death Dr. Von Keudell took over his care. He was equally as caring, concerned and compassionate. They informed you of lab results, expected developments over the next 24 hours and moving forward, and who would be in attendance to care for you. As Jay grew sicker and it was evident that he wasn’t going to recover, not only did the hospital extend their care to Jay, but they sent people from supportive services to check on me to be sure that I was alright and to see if I needed to see anyone to talk about what was happening. They came quite regularly until the end of Jay’s life. Not to mention the fact that it wasn’t unusual for the nursing staff to ask me and remind me to eat. It was a very caring environment. Memorial is still extending their hand to take care of me. I am receiving grief counseling from Memorial at this time. Supportive care asked how I wanted to care for Jay prior to his death. The care at Memorial was so excellent that I chose to leave Jay there, and I have never seen better end of life care than my beloved husband got at Memorial. Jay had constant care available from the priests at St. Catherine of Siena which added to his overall comfort. The care was so excellent that I left Jay at Memorial to die. It was the smartest decision I could have made. Jay died on December 16th 2018 after repetitively being comforted by my daughter and I. We were holding Jay’s hands. There were nurses and doctors that Jay knew and liked outside in attendance to keep him comfortable if necessary. I have been a Health Care Agent four times before for very close family members. I was at the bedside for the end of life. I have never seen anything done with the professionalism, caring, compassion and consideration of Memorial Hospital. Approximately two months after Jay passed, Dr. Noy called me to see how I was doing and recommended a book for me to read. I feel inadequate to actually describe the quality of the care especially when I don’t have enough adjectives to do it justice. I would like to thank all the doctors and nurses and every member of the hospital staff no matter what their position. I for one am very grateful that you were all there for Jay and me. Thank you to the staff of Memorial Hospital, many times over.

Vanessa Lominy

My mother died here but honestly the staff made sure she, my kids, and I were comfortable as much as we could be. I miss her very much.

Richard Benkov

Professionals providing a sadly needed service