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

Attending Clinical Psychologist

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

Assistant Attending Psychologist; Co-Director, Bereavement Clinic

Assistant Attending Psychologist

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

Associate Attending Physician

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

Attending Psychologist

Attending Psychiatrist

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Associate Attending Psychologist; Director, Latino Comprehensive Psychosocial Oncology Program

Associate Attending Physician

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

Associate Attending Psychiatrist

Attending Psychiatrist

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

Attending Psychologist

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

Assistant Attending Psychologist

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

Associate Attending Clinical Psychologist; Associate Director, Tobacco Treatment Program
Assistant Attending Psychiatrist

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

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Assistant Attending Psychiatrist

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

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

Assistant Attending Psychiatrist

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

Attending Psychologist; Director, Communication Skills Training and Research Program

Attending Neuropsychologist; Co-Director, Neuropsychological Assessment Service

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

Assistant Attending Psychologist

Associate Attending Neuropsychologist; Co-Director, Neuropsychological Assessment Service

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

Assistant Attending Psychologist
Associate Attending Psychiatrist
Assistant Attending Psychologist

Acting Director, Caregivers Clinic; Assistant Attending Psychologist; Director of Psychotherapy Services; Director, Family Therapy Clinic; Acting Director, Bereavement Clinic
Non-Clinical Attending Staff

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

Attending Behavioral Scientist

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

Attending Behavioral Scientist

Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist