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I work as part of a team of doctors who manage medical and oncologic emergencies in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Urgent Care Center. We see patients around the clock for emergencies related to cancer and its treatment.
Since I started working in the Urgent Care Center in 1994, it has grown into a full-fledged emergency room for cancer patients, where we now treat an estimated 1,300 patients each month. I get great satisfaction from knowing that I have helped patients as they have struggled with cancer and its treatment, and I am proud of the unique service that we provide to help cancer patients get the urgent care they need. Memorial Sloan Kettering has one of only two Urgent Care Centers in the nation for cancer patients.
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Speaking several foreign languages, including Italian, Spanish, and French, helps me reach out to patients of many ethnic backgrounds who come to Memorial Sloan Kettering, including those from abroad who seek treatment through our Bobst International Center. As acting medical director of the Urgent Care Center, I am also involved in coordinating academic events in urgent care, lecturing to emergency room physicians who work in general service hospitals, and teaching medical students and residents.
My Role at MSK
An emergency medicine physician is a doctor with special training in treating people in the emergency room.
Areas of Expertise
Conditions I Treat
Acute pain
Complications of cancer
Pain
My Specialties
Emergency cancer-related care
Managing symptoms of cancer treatment
Pain management
Education & Honors
Education
MD, University of Rome Medical School (Italy)
Residencies
North Shore University Hospital
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
Insurance Information
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Aetna
In Network Coverage Type HMO, EPO PPO, POS, Transplant
Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering work as teams, with specialists from all different areas. This allows us to consider all your needs together, and to give you the best possible care.
Memorial Sloan Kettering's doctors and scientists are constantly developing new treatments for cancer. MSK is typically running hundreds of clinical trials at a given time.
You may be able to participate in a clinical trial even if you are new to MSK. Search our online directory to find trial information and see more about who can participate.
Grasso V in collaboration with Urgent Care Center physicians and emergency medicine physicians at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Oncologic Emergencies. (Textbook) 2002.
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Disclosures
Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.
MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.
Venera Grasso discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
No disclosures meeting criteria for time period
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