Memorial Sloan Kettering Debuts Surgical Center In Monmouth County

MIDDLETOWN, NJ— Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center cut the ribbon on their new Monmouth County treatment location over the weekend. The 120,000 square foot treatment center is MSK's second free-standing center in New Jersey, dedicated to cancer care.

“The opening of MSK Monmouth reinforces our long-standing commitment to the residents of New Jersey,” said Craig B. Thompson, MD, President and CEO of MSK. “We are deeply moved and appreciative of the welcome we have received from the county, Middletown Township officials, and the surrounding communities, and we look forward to welcoming patients very soon.”

The new center will be MSK's first to provide outpatient surgical treatment outside of the Manhattan location. Operations requiring multi-night stays will still be performed only in Manhattan, but New Jersey residents can do all pre- and post-operative care in Monmouth County. It's also the first NJ location to offer a full rehabilitation program.

MSK Monmouth will provide difficult and rare cancer treatments, a lure of the Manhattan and Basking Ridge locations for years.

“What may be considered uncommon or rare in the overall medical community is usually not so uncommon or rare at MSK,” said Dr. Baselga. “We have specialists in diseases that most community medical centers are not able to treat with the same level of expertise. We often have more familiarity in dealing with the disease and its complications and in deciding which therapy may be most appropriate. In addition, we understand better the toxicity of those therapies and can manage patients through them. That also takes judgment and experience.”

The center is pending final approval from the State Department of Health, and is expected to open for patient care on December 12.

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