Foundation News

Andrew Hanna, MD | Kristen Ann Carr Fund Surgical Fellow Andrew Hanna, MD, is currently a second-year surgical oncology fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He received his undergraduate degree in economics and neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University and his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed his general…

Vanja Cabric, MD | Kristen Ann Carr Fund Pediatric Medical Oncology Fellow Vanja Cabric, MD, is a recent graduate of the Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology Fellowship training program through NewYork-Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). She has a clinical interest in the treatment of infants with solid tumors, and her…

The Kristen Ann Carr Fund (KACF) is proud to announce the latest endowment for a  third sarcoma fellowship, the Adult Medical Oncology Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK).  Already in place are two existing endowments for our Pediatric Surgical Fellowship (since 1994) and Pediatric Medical Oncology Fellowship (since 2008), which have funded over 40 Fellows…

Vanja Cabric, MD | Kristen Ann Carr Fund Medical Oncology Fellow Vanja Cabric, MD, is a third-year pediatric hematology and oncology fellow in the combined NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center program. Her clinical interest has focused on the treatment of infants with solid tumors, and her research studies the developing…

Marion (Mengyuan) Liu, MD | Kristen Ann Carr Fund Surgical Fellow Marion (Mengyuan) Liu, MD, is currently a second-year surgical oncology fellow and the chief fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She received her undergraduate degree in molecular cellular biology from Harvard College and her medical degree from the University of Illinois Chicago. She…

Carly Rosemore | Kristen Ann Carr Fund Oncology Fellow Carly Rosemore, MD, is a third-year pediatrics fellow in the combined MSK and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell program. Her primary clinical and research focus has been the study and treatment of patients with rare pediatric solid tumors. During her fellowship, she has been inspired by patients and their…

  George Li | Kristen Ann Carr Fund Surgical Fellow George Li, MD, received his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his medical degree from Duke University. He completed a residency in general surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. During residency, he spent two years in the sarcoma biology laboratory of Samuel…

When teens and young adults are diagnosed with cancer, they can feel lost — too old for pediatric care but decades younger than most cancer patients. And their numbers are growing: A staggering 90,000 cases are projected in 2022. “Our goal,” says Dr. William Tap, Chief of MSK’s Sarcoma Medical Oncology Service, “is to provide well-rounded care…

This year, Daniel C. Thomas, MD, MPH, was named the Kristen Ann Carr Fund Surgery Fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) for 2021-22. A lifelong resident of New York State, Dr. Thomas was born and raised in Rochester and attended college at SUNY Cortland. He received his medical degree from the SUNY Upstate…