Faculty and Staff

Cynthia

Cynthia Pan, M.D.

  • Chief, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care Medicine, NYP Queens
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
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Holly G. Prigerson, PhD

  • Co-Director, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
  • Professor of Sociology in Medicine
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
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David Russell, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Sociology, Appalachian State University
  • Research Scientist, Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health
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Paul Maciejewski, PhD

  • Co-Director, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
  • Associate Professor of Biostatics in Radiology
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
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Milagros D. Silva, M.D.

  • Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
Eli L. Diamond, M.D.

Eli L. Diamond, M.D.

  • Assistant Attending Physician
  • Department of Neuro-oncology
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Selby C. Jacobs, MD, MPH

  • Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Public Health
  • Yale School of Medicine
  • Director Emeritus of the Connecticut Mental Health Center in New Haven
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Manish A. Shah, MD

  • Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Weill Cornell Medicine

Elissa Kozlov, PhD

  • Instructor of Psychology in Medicine
  • Post-Doctoral Associate, Behavioral Geriatrics Program
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
Valerie F. Reyna

Valerie F Reyna

  • Director, Human Neuroscience Institute
  • Co-Director, Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision Research
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Madeline Rogers, LMSW

  • Research Program Coordinator-Interventionist, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
Panote Siriaraya

Panote Siriaraya

  • Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information and Human Science
  • Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan

Elizabeth Luth, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Associate, Behavioral Geriatrics Program
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
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Kelly Trevino, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Psychology in Medicine
  • Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
Andrew S. Epstein, M.D.

Andrew S. Epstein, M.D.

  • Assistant Attending Physician
  • Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Lauren Kelly, MD, MPH, MS

  • Weill Cornell Medicine
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Hillary Winoker, B.A.

  • Research Assistant, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
Heather Derry

Heather Derry, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Associate, Behavioral Geriatrics
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
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Michael J. Fisch, M.D., M.P.H.

  • Professor and Chair
  • Department of General Oncology
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jennifer W. Mack, M.D., M.P.H.

Jennifer W. Mack, M.D., M.P.H.

  • Co-Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program
  • Asst. Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Veerawat Phongtankuel , MD

  • Chief Medical Advisor
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
Bryan J. Schneider, M.D.

Bryan J. Schneider, M.D.

  • Attending Physician
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
  • Weill Cornell Medical College

Wan Jou (Lavender) She, PhD

  • Research Associate in Medicine
  • Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
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Annika von Heymann-Horan, M.Sc.

  • Psychologist
  • Ph.D. Student, University of Copenhagen
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Tracy Balboni, M.D., M.P.H.

  • Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
  • Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Michael Balboni, Ph.D., Th.M., M.Div.

  • Instructor in Psychiatry
  • Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Eliza Ivanova, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Sofia University
  • Fulbright Scholar

Cici Jiehui Xu, MS

  • Research Statistician, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
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Melissa Garrido, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Brooksdale Dept of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Charlotte Healy

Charlotte Healy, BS

  • Research Assistant, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
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Wendy Lichtenthal, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Attending Psychologist
  • Director, Bereavement Clinic
  • Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MSKCC
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Robert Friedlander, M.D.

  • Associate Chief of Palliative Care
  • Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
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Elizabeth Paulk, M.D.

  • Program Director, Palliative Care Fellowship Program
  • Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Frank Penedo, Ph.D.

  • Roswell Park Professor
  • Department of Medical Social Sciences
  • Northwestern University
Gizem Cesur-Soysal, Ph.D.

Gizem Cesur-Soysal, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor, Istanbul Medipol University
  • Clinical Psychologist
  • Psychotherapist
Clémence Jacquet

Clémence Jacquet

  • Clinical Psychologist
Research Assistant

Sindu Kolla, B.S.

  • Research Assistant
STIJN VISSERS

Stijn Vissers, MSc, PhD

  • Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar
  • Postdoctoral researcher, End-of-life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University (Belgium)

Chrystal Marte, BA

  • Research Assistant, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
Sydney Saviano became a Research Assistant at the Center for Research on End-of-Life Care in June 2024.  She recently graduated with high distinction from the University of Virginia with a B.A. In Cognitive Science, concentrating in Neuroscience. Sydney h

Sydney Saviano, B.A.

  • Research Assistant
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Wei Yu, BS

  • Research Assistant, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
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Mai-Britt Guldin, Ph.D.

  • Specialist in Clinical Psychology, Senior Researcher
  • Aarhus University Hospital (Denmark)
Joseph Sklar

Joseph Sklar

  • Research Assistant, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
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Francisco Munoz, Ph.D.

  • Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Supervisor
  • Supervisor of Spiritual Care /Cancer Care Researcher
  • Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center/Casa Colina Centers for Healthcare
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Kathrine Grovn Nissen

  • PhD Candidate
  • Department of Psychology
  • University of Cophenhagen
Shayna Rabin

Shayna Rabin, BA

  • Research Assistant, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
Sosi Korian

Sosi Korian, B.S.

  • Research Assistant
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Frankie Osso, B.S.

  • Research Assistant
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Madison Kela Pavao, B.S.

  • Research Assistant
Suqin Tang

Suqin Tang, MA

  • Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
Joe Miller

Joe Miller

  • Web Developer

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