Andrew S. Epstein, MD

Andrew Epstein, MD, is an Assistant Attending at Memorial Sloan Kettering and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Center. He earned his undergraduate degree in Psychology at Northwestern University in Chicago, where he stayed for medical school, at Loyola.  A New York native, he returned home for internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was later a Palliative Medicine fellow.  He completed medical oncology fellowship at Memorial, where he currently holds joint Department of Medicine service appointments in GI Medical Oncology and Supportive Care.

Clinically, Dr. Epstein cares primarily for patients with colorectal, pancreas, biliary, esophagogastric, and other gastrointestinal cancers.

His research focuses on improving the delivery of care to patients and their families by optimally integrating cancer care with palliative medicine, with the goal of reducing distress and maximizing quality living for people with cancer. He has received grant funding for research in patient–physician communication and advance care planning from various organizations including from ASCO (2010 Young Investigator Award), the National Palliative Care Research Center (2013 Career Development Award), and the Cambia Health Foundation (2017 Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program Award).

In collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, he teaches communication skills to fellows at Memorial. On the national level, he is active in palliative oncology, including in ASCO’s Palliative Oncology Symposium as well as NCCN, where he serves as a member of the Palliative Care Guidelines panel.

Termsof Appointment: May 2019 - April 2021