Medical Career, Initiatives, and Accomplishments

Establishing the Dermatology Program at MSKCC

  • The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, MSKCC, is one of the two largest and most advanced Cancer Centers both in the U.S. and globally. Early in the center’s history, Dr. Safai was fortunate to have the unique and exceptional opportunity to create a Dermatology Program for MKSCC.

  • He was tasked with the challenge of developing a Dermatology Program for patient care, research, and education from scratch in the 1970s.

“I was very excited and rose to the occasion. I used common sense and logical approach to establish the program which provided care for hundreds of thousands of patients, educated many students, residents, and fellows; and initiated many research programs with valuable outcome.”

- Dr. Bijan Safai on establishing the Dermatology Program at MSKCC

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