Kenneth Offit MD

Professor, Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

Education & Training

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1986 - 1988
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1985 - 1986
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Lenox Hill HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1985
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1982

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification MyMSK, Memorial Sloan Kettering, 2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Sunrise Ambulatory Care, Allscripts, 2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification MyMSK, Memorial Sloan Kettering, 2016

PubMed

The Impact of Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score Disclosure on Decisional Conflict Around Risk-Reducing Mastectomy in Women with Pathogenic BRCA1/2 Variants.
Giulia Ongaro, Caroline Salafia, Rania Sheikh, Elizabeth Schofield, Dana Farengo Clark
Genetics in Medicine. 2026-05-20
Subclinical Telomere Biology Disorder in Cancer Patients Heterozygous for the RTEL1 R1264H Founder Variant.
Lauren G Banaszak, Elise Fiala, Ozge Ceyhan-Birsoy, Aliya Khurram, Yelena M Kemel
American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2026-05-01
Adapting mainstreaming genetic education and clinical communication materials for cancer patients of varying backgrounds.
Stephanie N Christian-Afflu, Rania Sheikh, Anna Strang, Anthony M Chicaiza, Sabrina Oliveros
Patient Education and Counseling. 2026-05-01

Journal Articles

Toward Automation of Germline Variant Curation in Clinical Cancer Genetics
Steven Lipkin, Karen Cadoo, Mark Robson, Kenneth Offit, Liying Zhang, Zsofia Stadler, Diana Mandelker, Nature
Development of Clinical Domain Working Groups for the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen): Lessons Learned and Plans for the Future
Heidi L Rehm, Ray E Hershberger, Meredith A Weaver, Birgit H Funke, Rong Mao, Kenneth Offit, William J Craigen, Sharon E Plon, Jonathan S Berg, Nature
The Genomics ADvISER: Development and Usability Testing of a Decision Aid for the Selection of Incidental Sequencing Results
Jada G Hamilton, Mark Robson, Kenneth Offit, Nature

Lectures

Genomics and Cancer Prevention
2013 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genomics and Cancer Prevention
American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2013 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Survivor’s Story Foreshadows One of Oncology’s Greatest SuccessesApril 14th, 2022
How Do Inherited Gene Mutations Cause Cancer? A New Database Will Help Researchers Find OutNovember 5th, 2021
Cancer Therapy Shapes the Fitness Landscape of Clonal HematopoiesisOctober 26th, 2020

Digital Technology to Enhance Access to and Effectiveness of Cancer Genetic CounselingSLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH2022–2026
The Impact of DNA Damage Repair Abnormalities in Prostate CancerSLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH2019–2025

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