SRC's collaborative, comprehensive cancer program is a centralized facility staffed with physicians, specialists, hospital and other support care professionals.
CKCI's 165-bed facility is a, “24,000 square foot state-of-the-art, comprehensive cancer center,” located in St. Thomas, USVI.
[2] Providing a variety of healing services from radiation oncology, surgical consultations, clinical research and support housed in a single facility, CKCI's mission is to provide access to, “highly supportive, individualized and holistic care,” to cancer patients throughout the Caribbean.
Operating under the direction of medical and administrative leadership, CKCI is a financially autonomous entity, working in conjunction with the overall oncology service line of the SRC.
By 2003, the Charlotte Kimelman Cancer Institute honored Dr. Petersen with the designation of "Physician Champion"[6] for his work as a contributing founder, co-project manager, and clinical medical adviser from 1998 to 2005.