Alex Kentsis MD PhD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology•New York, NY

Director of the Tow Center for Developmental Oncology, Member and Professor of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, and Physiology and Biophysics

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Overview of Dr. Kentsis

Dr. Alex Kentsis is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He received his medical degree from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has been in practice 11 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Russian. He is experienced in the treatment and drug development for children and young adults with leukemias, lymphomas, sarcomas and rare solid tumors, and brain tumors.

Education & Training

Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2008 - 2012
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2006 - 2009
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2006
New York UniversityPh.D., 1998 - 2004
University of ChicagoA.B., 1994 - 1998

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Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2013 - 2028
MA State Medical License 2008 - 2014
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Pershing Square Sohn Prize Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance, 2018
Scholar Award Rita Allen Foundation, 2016
Clinical Investigator Award Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, 2016

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Co-option of lineage plasticity as a hallmark of multipotent acute leukemias.
Alejandro Gutierrez, Alex Kentsis
Blood Neoplasia. 2026-08-01
Developmental Oncology: Principles and Therapy of Cancers of Children and Young Adults.
Alex Kentsis, Alejandro Gutierrez
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 2026-07-01
1 citations
Relapsed rhabdoid tumours and other non-nephroblastoma childhood and adolescent kidney tumours: perspectives from the HARMONICA collaboration.
Michael V Ortiz, Francis S P L Wens, Andrew L Hong, Paola Quarello, Arnauld C Verschuur
Nature Reviews. Urology. 2026-07-01

Journal Articles

DPP8/DPP9 Inhibitor-Induced Pyroptosis for Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Alex Kentsis, MD, Nature
High sensitivity quantitative proteomics using accumulated ion monitoring and automated multidimensional nano-flow chromatography
Cifani P, Kentsis A, Mol Cell Proteomics, 1/18/2017
ProteoModlR for functional proteomic analysis
Cifani P, Shakiba M, Chhangawala S, Kentsis A, BMC Bioinformatics, 1/1/2017

Books/Book Chapters

Nathan & Oski’s Hematology of Infancy and Childhood, and Orkin: Oncology of Infancy and Childhood
Chapter: Genetics and Epigenetics of Childhood Cancers.
Kentsis A, Roberts CW2013

Lectures

Therapeutic Disassembly of Leukemogenic Enhancer Complexes
2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018
Functional Profiling of Patient AML Stem Cells Reveals Mechanisms of Epigenetic Plasticity Controlling Therapy Resistance
2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018
On the Causes of Childhood Cancer: Mechanisms and Therapy of Site-Specific Oncogenic Mutations by the Human DNA Transposase PGBD5
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - 1/1/2017

Other

Whole-genome sequencing in medicine: New knowledge, new responsibilities.
Kentsis A, Vector, Children’s Hospital Boston’s science and Clinical Innovation Blog
1/24/2012
Proteomics 2011.
Kentsis A, Vector, Children’s Hospital Boston’s science and Clinical Innovation Blog
1/29/2011
Patients and genes: Getting personal through information technology.
Kentsis A, Vector, Children’s Hospital Boston’s science and Clinical Innovation Blog
1/30/2010

Press Mentions

April 2025 MSK Research Breakthroughs SpotlightApril 23rd, 2025
April 2025 MSK Research Breakthroughs SpotlightApril 23rd, 2025
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation Announces 2023 Grant Recipients to Accelerate Discovery of New Treatments for Pediatric CancersMay 26th, 2023

Grant Support

Integrative proteogenomics for elucidation of tumor-specific cell surface proteomes in ultra-rare cancersSLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH2024–2027
ABERRANT SIGNALING IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIASLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH2016–2026

Other Languages

Russian

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS Massachusetts Blue Care Elect PPO
BCBS Tennessee Network 5
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Coventry Carelink Health Plans PPO
First Health PPO
Great West PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
Tufts Health Plan PPO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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