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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
Yesne Alici, MD
Yesne Alici

Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Clinical Ethics Consultant, Ethics Committee, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Amanda Balakirsky
Amanda Balakirsky

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering psychologist Marie Barnett
Marie E. Barnett

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Psychiatrist Erik Bengtsen
Erik Bengtsen

Clinical Assistant Attending

Victoria S. Blinder, MD
Victoria S. Blinder

Associate Attending Physician

William S. Breitbart, MD
William S. Breitbart

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

Jeanne Carter, PhD
Jeanne Carter

Attending Psychologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Psychologist Laura Cimini
Laura Cimini

Assistant Attending Psychologist, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Assistant Faculty (Level I), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Assistant Professor

Rosario Costas Muniz
Rosario Costas Muñiz

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering hospitalist Lisa Diamond
Lisa Diamond
Matthew Doolittle
Matthew N. Doolittle
Memorial Sloan Kettering psychiatrist Madeleine Fersh
Madeleine E. Fersh
Jeffrey B. Freedman, MD
Jeffrey B. Freedman

Attending Psychiatrist

Francesa M. Gany
Francesca M. Gany

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

Psychologist Jennifer Hay
Jennifer L. Hay

Member and Attending Psychologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering psychiatrist Monique James
Monique James

Psychiatrist

Devika Jutagir, Memorial Sloan Kettering psychologist
Devika Jutagir

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering psychiatrist Julia Kearney
Julia A. Kearney

Associate Attending Psychiatrist

MSK Chris Kotsen, psycologist
Chris Kotsen

Associate Director, Tobacco Treatment Program

Mark Kurzrok

Assistant Attending Psychiatrist

Jennifer C. Leng
Jessy Levin
Florence Lui
Florence Lui

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Alice Luo
Alice Luo
Memorial Sloan Kettering psychologist Kelly Trevino
Kelly McConnell

Director, Psycho-Oncology of Cancer and Aging Program

MSK psychologist Christian Nelson
Christian J. Nelson

Chief, Psychiatry Service

Jamie S. Ostroff, PhD
Jamie S. Ostroff

Joseph Gaumont Chair of Cancer Prevention

Patricia A. Parker, PhD
Patricia A. Parker

Director, Communication Skills Training and Research Program

Memorial Sloan Kettering neuropsychologist James Root
James C. Root
Michael Rosenthal
Michael Rosenthal

Assistant Attending Psychiatrist

Jae Ross
Jae Lee Ross

Assistant Attending Psychologist

MSK neuropsychologist Elizabeth Ryan
Elizabeth L. Ryan
Memorial Sloan Kettering child psychologist Stephen Sands
Stephen A. Sands

Director, Pediatric Neuropsychology

Rebecca Saracino

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Mehak Sharma

Associate Attending Psychiatrist

Chi W. Yeung
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center psychologist Talia I. Zaider
Talia I. Zaider

Acting Director, Caregivers Clinic

Non-Clinical Attending Staff
Thomas Atkinson
Thomas Atkinson

Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist

Smita Banerjee
Smita C. Banerjee

Behavioral Scientist

Jada Hamilton
Jada G. Hamilton

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

Yuelin Li, PhD
Yuelin Li

Behavioral Scientist

William Rosa, PhD, MBE, MS
William Rosa

Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist

Advanced Practice Providers
  • Keating, Beth