Dr. Schattner knows what it’s like on either side of the doctor’s desk.
Dr. Elaine Schattner is a trained oncologist, hematologist, educator and journalist who writes about medicine. Her views on health care are informed by her experiences as a patient with scoliosis since childhood and other conditions including breast cancer.
After graduating from Yale College she earned a medical degree at the New York University School of Medicine in 1987. She completed a residency in Internal Medicine and combined fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. Prior to 2006, she cared for patients on the oncology unit, directed the hematology clinic and served as an attending physician at the hospital’s outpatient breast cancer center. As a faculty member at Weill Cornell Medical College, she performed basic research in immunology and published papers on leukemia, lymphoma and rare blood disorders.
Dr. Schattner is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she teaches part-time. She holds an active New York State medical license and is board-certified in the Internal Medicine subspecialties of Hematology (blood diseases) and Oncology (cancer medicine).
She’s a wife and mother who likes to read, cook, swim and travel.
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elaine,
congratulations! this a great idea and a wonderful melding of your talents. I am eager to learn from you. thank you for starting this great blog!
Elaine, thank you for sharing not only your medical expertise but also your own experience–the combination makes everything you say have great value to your readers. Thank you for taking this big step!
Elaine, Congratulations on an awesome start to your blog! I will be most definitely be coming back for more.
Elaine, i’m so proud to say that you’re an old friend as well as a collegue! Your blog is wonderful, from a perspective that only you could give. Your insight is inspiring.I look forward to reading more.
Elaine,
this is great — I love it. Congratulations.
Elaine,
I was so happy to find your blog and learn of all that you have been doing recently. Congratulations!
Hi Elaine,
I don’t know if you remember me, but we were classmates at NYU. I love your blog.
You left a powerful impression on me during one incident in Anatomy lab. I was hoping you would write me back so we could discuss it.
I was sorry to read about your breast cancer but happy to hear that you are a “survivor”.
Mitch
Hi Mitch, Of course I remember you, and the anatomy lab. I will contact you. Thanks for your support! — Elaine