Oncology: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow, New York, provides outpatient cancer care. The alliance makes it easier for residents of Westchester County and nearby communities to access Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's world-renowned cancer care.
Patients can come to Memorial Sloan-Kettering at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center to receive medical-oncology and radiation-oncology services at Phelps' 69-acre campus. We have on-site facilities to make a proper diagnosis and to establish the extent of the disease, as well as to plan and deliver the proper course of therapy. The facility has everything patients need for each chemotherapy or radiation-therapy visit, including an on-site laboratory to provide pre-treatment blood test results. Patients who need more specialized care or certain diagnostic tests may go to Memorial Hospital for these procedures.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering chose Phelps for its first regional alliance because of its commitment to excellence in health care and its innovative approach to bringing additional services to the surrounding region.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center
777 North Broadway
Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591
Telephone: 914-366-0664 (Medical Oncology)
914-366-0702 (Radiation Oncology)
Since 1884, Memorial Sloan-Kettering has been dedicated to improving the understanding and treatment of cancer. Its dedicated team of professionals is committed to providing The Best Cancer Care Anywhere. MSKCC is the largest private institution devoted to cancer care. No other medical institution in the country has the breadth and depth of medical and scientific talent focused on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancers.
The "gold standard" of cancer care, Memorial Sloan-Kettering's radiation therapy center on Phelps campus has the newest generation of radiotherapy equipment, enabling MSK physicians to perform external radiation therapy procedures that were formerly only available at their main center in New York City.
With this unique MSK-Phelps partnership, residents of Westchester County and the entire region have access to MSK's expert care and treatment without having to travel to New York City.
Oncology
The Medical Oncology unit is a 27-bed facility treating patients in all stages of cancer therapy. Patients come for diagnostic work-ups, monthly chemotherapy treatments and management of side effects. The nursing staff has received special education to assist patients in dealing with the problems that arise from the diagnosis of cancer.