William Breitbart
Chair, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · Cornell Univ Joan and Sanford I Weill Med Coll
Credentials: · · · · · ·
History
PresentMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · Cornell Univ Joan and Sanford I Weill Med Coll
- Present
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
PresentNew York Presbyterian Hospital · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

1978–1981
1974–1978
Research
Impact of cancer-related fatigue on the lives of patients: new findings from the Fatigue Coalition
The Oncologist · 2000 · 839 citations
Cancer-Related Fatigue, Version 2.2015
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network · 2015 · 705 citations
Depression, hopelessness, and desire for hastened death in terminally ill patients with cancer
JAMA · 2000 · First of 8 authors · Corresponding · 688 citations

28 papers
- WL
26 papers · 4 as a resident
- YA
16 papers · 7 as a fellow
- KR
14 papers
- JH
12 papers

12 papers · 7 as a resident

10 papers · 4 as a fellow
- SB
10 papers
Grants
- 2015–2031
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy Training Program for Cancer Care Clinicians
National Cancer Institute · R25
Contact PI · $3.1M · Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research
- 2020–2026
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $622.5K · Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research
- 2010–2017
Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in Advanced Cancer Patients
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $3.9M · Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research
- 2007–2012
Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy in Advanced Cancer
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2.1M · Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research
Clinical trials
- 2021–2027
A New Psychotherapy Intervention for Older Cancer Patients
Principal investigator · Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- 2015–2026
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy Training for Cancer Care Providers
Principal investigator · Active not recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- 2011–2023
Trial of Individual Psychosocial Interventions for Cancer Patients
Principal investigator · Completed
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- 2007–2024
Randomized Controlled Trial of Group Psychotherapy Interventions for Cancer Patients
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 3
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
