Ropes & Gray Podcasts

In this episode of Ropes & Gray’s Latinx|Hispanic Heritage Month podcast series, health care partner Adrianne Ortega interviews Jorge Lopez, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). In his role at MSK, Jorge leads a team of 60 in-house attorneys and legal staff who provide guidance on a wide variety of legal issues, agreements, projects and strategic initiatives that further the mission of MSK. Jorge was recently named a Notable Hispanic Leader and Executive by Crain’s New York Business, which highlighted his leadership in diversifying MSK’s legal department, and his advocacy that has resulted in greater access to specialized cancer care for underserved communities in New York. In this podcast, Jorge discusses his experience fleeing Cuba with his family as a child after the Cuban Revolution, his path to Harvard Law School and his rewarding career in the law that has included helping some of the world’s leading cancer institutions advance their missions