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Elaine Schattner, MD, Oncology, New York, NY

ElaineJeanSchattnerMDMA

Oncology New York, NY

Author, Independent Journalist, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College

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  • Office

    55 East End Avenue
    Apt. 15H
    New York, NY 10028
    Phone+1 646-257-9807

Summary

  • My book, "From Whispers to Shouts: The Ways We Talk About Cancer" tells a story and much of what I've learned as a former oncologist and lab researcher, cancer patient, and medical journalist.
  • From Whispers to Shouts | Columbia University Press

    My book will be out March 7, 2023! Now available for preorder at Columbia Univ. Press ("CUP20" for 20% disc.); also @Amazon, B&N, and elsewhere books are sold.

Education & Training

  • Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
    Columbia University Graduate School of JournalismMA, journalism, 2008 - 2009
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1990 - 1993
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1990
  • New York University School of Medicine
    New York University School of MedicineClass of 1987

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Authored Content

  • Commentary: How Patients Have Transformed A Medical Meeting About Breast CancerDecember 2018
  • Commentary: How Patients Have Transformed A Medical Meeting About Breast CancerDecember 2018
  • Not so Fast with Immune Therapy for Breast CancerOctober 2018

Press Mentions

  • Leaving the Bedside
    Leaving the BedsideDecember 1st, 2020
  • Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer Walk the Runway at New York Fashion Week
    Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer Walk the Runway at New York Fashion WeekFebruary 17th, 2019
  • AACR and Cancer Today Magazine Launch a Webinar Series for the Public
    AACR and Cancer Today Magazine Launch a Webinar Series for the PublicJanuary 18th, 2017
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Grant Support

  • Fas-Mediated Apoptosis In Hematologic MalignanciesNational Cancer Institute1996–2000

Committees

  • member, External Advisory Board to the University of Wisconsin Cancer Center 2016 - Present
  • member, American College of Physicians New York State Chapter Ethics Committee 2013 - Present

Professional Memberships