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Dana Greenfield

Dana Greenfield, MD, PhD

Pediatric Supportive Care Physician

My Role at MSK

Areas of Expertise

My Specialties

  • Advanced Pain and Symptom Management
  • Enhancing Quality of Life While Facing Cancer
  • Support for Patients Facing Serious Illness and Medical Uncertainty
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About Me

What I Do at MSK
  • Assistant Attending Pediatrician
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I am a pediatrician and palliative care physician on the MSK Kids team. As a member of the Pediatric Pain & Palliative Care Team (PACT), I help patients and their loved ones navigate the challenges of serious illness while addressing many kinds of symptoms along the way. We seek to address the needs of patients and their families wherever they are, whether they are admitted to our hospital or are being seen as an outpatient.

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Palliative care comes from the Latin word “pailliare,” which means “to cloak.” In other words, palliative care works as an added layer of comfort and care. We collaborate with patients’ primary oncologists and work closely with psychologists and psychiatrists in our Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, as well as practitioners in integrative medicine and spiritual care. Our work is interdisciplinary and holistic; we create care plans that integrate mind, body, and spirit.

We also help people facing difficult circumstances and deep uncertainty to clarify their treatment goals and values. As we form relationships with our patients and their families, we get to know their needs and preferences. Our priority is to help patients make decisions and receive care in line with those values and goals while maximizing their quality of life. Having a child or young adult with cancer can be an incredibly isolating and daunting experience. My hope is that patients feel more at ease and understood after they have met with our pain and palliative care team, and that we can make their way forward just a little gentler.

I was inspired to go into palliative care when I was training in pediatrics and working with many families facing the unimaginable: serious illness in a child. My practice is also informed by my training and practice as a medical anthropologist. Both fields of anthropology and palliative care invite us to understand patients in their broader familial and social contexts and how children and their families face painful circumstances. Palliative care allows us to sit with families’ profound grief, as well as their joy, helping them to make every day as good as it can be. My goal is to accompany children and their families through their illness with this holistic approach to wellbeing in mind. It is an incredible honor and privilege to do this work.

Outside of work, I find solace in nature. I love hiking the redwoods and coastline of northern California, my former home, and exploring the urban wilderness of New York City. When I am not able to get outside, music is my other spiritual home. I love to sing and make music with my family.

My Role at MSK

A pediatric supportive care physician is a doctor with special training in care that supports children and adolescents with cancer. They help improve quality of life and manage the symptoms and side effects of cancer and its treatment.

Areas of Expertise

My Specialties

  • Advanced Pain and Symptom Management
  • Enhancing Quality of Life While Facing Cancer
  • Support for Patients Facing Serious Illness and Medical Uncertainty
  • Support for Complex Medical Decision-Making
  • Communication in Setting of Serious Illness
Education & Honors

Education

  • MD, University of California, San Francisco
  • PhD, Medical Anthropology, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley

Residencies

  • Pediatrics - University of California San Francisco

Fellowships

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine - University of California San Francisco

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics

Insurance Information

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Aetna

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, EPO PPO, POS, Transplant

Aetna Medicare Advantage (MTA and NYC retirees only)

In Network Coverage Type
PPO

Anthem BCBS and other BCBS licensee plans

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, EPO, HMO

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Anthem BCBS Health Plus

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

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Anthem Blue Cross Medicare Advantage

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, HMO, DSN

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Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, PPO

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Blue Cross Blue Shield states outside of NY/NJ

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, EPO PPO, POS

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Carrum Health

In Network Coverage Type
Supplemental

Cigna

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, HMO

Connecticare

In Network Coverage Type
POS, EPO, HMO

Emblem

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, EPO, HMO

Offers a qualified health plan from the Health Insurance Marketplace. Call Emblem to learn more.

Emblem Essential

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

Emblem Medicare Advantage (Medicare Choice PPO Network and VIP Prime Network Only)

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, HMO

Empire Essential

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

Empire Plan / NYSHIP (Blue Cross/UnitedHealthcare split plan)

In Network Coverage Type
PPO

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Fidelis

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, EPO

Offers a qualified health plan from the Health Insurance Marketplace. Call Fidelis to learn more.

Fidelis Managed Medicaid & HARP

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

Fidelis Medicare Advantage

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

First Health

In Network Coverage Type
PPO

Healthfirst

In Network Coverage Type
EPO, HMO, PPO, POS

Offers a qualified health plan from the Health Insurance Marketplace. Call Healthfirst to learn more.

Healthfirst Managed Medicaid

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

Healthfirst Medicare Advantage

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, PPO

Healthsmart

In Network Coverage Type
PPO EPO

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey (HMO)

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey (PPO)

In Network Coverage Type
PPO

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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey Omnia Tier I (EPO)

In Network Coverage Type
EPO

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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey Omnia Tier II (EPO)

In Network Coverage Type
EPO

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Horizon Medicare Advantage

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, HMO

Husky CT Medicaid

In Network Coverage Type
State Government

Magnacare

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, EPO

Straight NJ Medicaid

In Network Coverage Type
State Government

Straight NY Medicaid

In Network Coverage Type
State Government

Medicare Part A&B (traditional Medicare)

In Network Coverage Type
Federal Government

Multiplan/Beech Street/PHCS

In Network Coverage Type
Supplemental

MVP

In Network Coverage Type
PPO/OAP

Non-Participating Plans with Out of Network Benefits

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, EPO, HMO

NYC Medicare Advantage Plus for City Employees

In Network Coverage Type
TBD

Oscar

In Network Coverage Type
HMO/EPO

Oxford

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, EPO

World Trade Center Health Program (WTC)

In Network Coverage Type
State Government

Qualcare

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, HMO

Tricare

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, HMO

UMR

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS

United Healthcare

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, HMO

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Contact and Location

Dr. Greenfield sees patients at one location.

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New York, NY
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue New York NY 10065
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Research and Publications

Publications on PubMed

Visit PubMed for a full listing of Dr. Greenfield’s journal articles. Pubmed is an online index of research papers and other articles from the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

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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.

Dana Greenfield discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

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This page and data include information for a specific MSK annual disclosure period (January 1, 2023 through disclosure submission in spring 2024). This data reflects interests that may or may not still exist. This data is updated annually.

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