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Members of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences are national and international leaders in clinical innovation and research in evidence-based psychiatric oncology.

Our clinical faculty provides individually tailored care for cancer-related distress to patients and caregivers throughout the course of care at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Many of our providers have subspecialty training and certification in consult liaison psychiatry and psycho-oncology.

We are investigators and collaborators, leading innovative research in such areas as:

  • symptom control
  • delivery of psychotherapy
  • health education
  • patient communication
  • health behavior intervention
  • cancer disparities

A large number of our faculty have completed clinical or research fellowships and been involved in training clinician and scientist colleagues in the field of psycho-oncology. In addition, we’re proud to serve as leaders, mentors, and supervisors within clinical and research fellowships and as lecturers for didactics for clinical fellows.
 

Attending Staff
Tim A. Ahles, PhD
Tim A. Ahles

Attending Clinical Psychologist

Yesne Alici, MD
Yesne Alici

Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Clinical Director; Associate Attending Psychiatrist; Medical Director, Biobehavioral Health Clinic

Amanda Balakirsky
Amanda Balakirsky

Assistant Attending Psychologist; Co-Director, Bereavement Clinic

Memorial Sloan Kettering psychologist Marie Barnett
Marie E. Barnett

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Psychiatrist Erik Bengtsen
Erik Bengtsen

Assistant Attending Psychiatrist; Director of Clinical Operations, Manhattan Ambulatory Sites; Assistant Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Training Program

Victoria S. Blinder, MD
Victoria S. Blinder

Associate Attending Physician

William S. Breitbart, MD
William S. Breitbart

Attending Psychiatrist; Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Jimmie C. Holland Chair

Jeanne Carter, PhD
Jeanne Carter

Attending Psychologist

Martin Chin
Martin Chin

Attending Psychiatrist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Psychologist Laura Cimini
Laura Cimini

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Rosario Costas Muniz
Rosario Costas Muñiz

Associate Attending Psychologist; Director, Latino Comprehensive Psychosocial Oncology Program

Memorial Sloan Kettering hospitalist Lisa Diamond
Lisa Diamond

Associate Attending Physician

Matthew Doolittle
Matthew N. Doolittle

Assistant Attending Psychiatrist; Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Training Program

Memorial Sloan Kettering psychiatrist Madeleine Fersh
Madeleine E. Fersh

Associate Attending Psychiatrist

Jeffrey B. Freedman, MD
Jeffrey B. Freedman

Attending Psychiatrist

Francesa M. Gany
Francesca M. Gany

Attending Physician; Chief, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service; Nicholls-Biondi Chair for Community Health Equity

Psychologist Jennifer Hay
Jennifer L. Hay

Attending Psychologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering psychiatrist Monique James
Monique James

Assistant Attending Psychiatrist; Director of Inpatient Clinical Operations; Assistant Clinical Director, Psychiatry Service

Devika Jutagir, Memorial Sloan Kettering psychologist
Devika Jutagir

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering psychiatrist Julia Kearney
Julia A. Kearney

Associate Attending Psychiatrist; Clinical Director, Pediatric Psycho-Oncology Program

MSK Chris Kotsen, psycologist
Chris Kotsen

Associate Attending Clinical Psychologist; Associate Director, Tobacco Treatment Program

Julia Kulikowski

Assistant Attending Psychiatrist

Dr. Mark Kuzrok
Mark Kurzrok

Assistant Attending Psychiatrist

Jennifer C. Leng

Associate Attending Physician

Jessy Levin

Associate Attending Psychologist; Director, Psycho-Oncology Externship Program; Co-Director, Psychiatry Bereavement Program

Florence Lui
Florence Lui

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Alice Luo
Alice Luo

Assistant Attending Psychiatrist

Memorial Sloan Kettering psychologist Kelly Trevino
Kelly McConnell

Associate Attending Psychologist; Director, Psycho-Oncology of Cancer and Aging Program

MSK psychologist Christian Nelson
Christian J. Nelson

Chief, Psychiatry Service; Attending Psychologist; Co-Director, Psycho-Oncology of Cancer and Aging Program

Ashley Nieves-Archibald
Ashley Nieves-Archibald

Assistant Attending Psychiatrist

Jamie S. Ostroff, PhD
Jamie S. Ostroff

Chief, Behavioral Sciences Service; Vice Chair for Research; Attending Psychologist; Joseph Gaumont Chair of Cancer Prevention

Patricia A. Parker, PhD
Patricia A. Parker

Attending Psychologist; Director, Communication Skills Training and Research Program

Memorial Sloan Kettering neuropsychologist James Root
James C. Root

Attending Neuropsychologist; Co-Director, Neuropsychological Assessment Service

Michael Rosenthal
Michael Rosenthal

Assistant Attending Psychiatrist; Director of Clinical Operations, Regional Network Sites

Jae Ross
Jae Lee Ross

Assistant Attending Psychologist

MSK neuropsychologist Elizabeth Ryan
Elizabeth L. Ryan

Associate Attending Neuropsychologist; Co-Director, Neuropsychological Assessment Service

Memorial Sloan Kettering child psychologist Stephen Sands
Stephen A. Sands

Attending Psychologist; Director, Pediatric Neuropsychology Program; Director, Pediatric Neuropsychology Fellowship Program

Rebecca Saracino
Rebecca Saracino

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Mehak Sharma

Associate Attending Psychiatrist

Chi W. Yeung

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center psychologist Talia I. Zaider
Talia I. Zaider

Acting Director, Caregivers Clinic; Assistant Attending Psychologist; Director of Psychotherapy Services; Director, Family Therapy Clinic; Acting Director, Bereavement Clinic

Non-Clinical Attending Staff
Thomas Atkinson
Thomas Atkinson

Associate Attending Behavioral Scientist; Core Co-Director, Patient-Reported Outcomes, Community-Engagement, and Language Core (PRO-CEL) Facility

Smita Banerjee
Smita C. Banerjee

Attending Behavioral Scientist

Jada Hamilton
Jada G. Hamilton

Associate Attending Psychologist; Co-Director, Genomics, Risk & Health Decision-Making Laboratory

Yuelin Li, PhD
Yuelin Li

Attending Behavioral Scientist

William Rosa, PhD, MBE, MS
William Rosa

Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist