Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Vivian E. Strong, MD is Vice Chair in the Department of Surgery for Surgical Innovations and Outcomes and holds the Iris Cantor Endowed Chair at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She is also Professor of Surgery and Associate Dean at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She specializes in the management of patients with Gastric Cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and has authored over 150 publications and over 25 book chapters and reviewed and recently edited a textbook entitled, “Gastric Cancer: Principles and Practice” and is co-editor of the “SAGES Atlas of Robotic Surgery”. She received her MD degree with honors from Weill Medical College of Cornell University and completed her residency training at New York Hospital – Cornell. She then completed an advanced laparoscopic fellowship at Cornell and Columbia University before joining the staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 2005. She has performed over 1,000 gastrectomies and over 500 robotic gastrectomies, making this the largest experience in the U.S.
On a national and international level, she is on the Editorial Board of several journals, including the Annals of Surgery and the Annals of Surgical Oncology and is a member of the National Comprehensive Care Network (NCCN) Esophageal and Gastric Panel since 2007 and the American Surgical Association. She also serves on many boards and committees, including the International Gastric Cancer Association, the largest international cooperative organization for the study of gastric cancer. She has also been awarded the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Teaching Award.
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