Elaine Jean Schattner MD MA

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

55 East End AvenueApt. 15HNew York, NY 10028
Phone+1 646-257-9807

Dr. Schattner is on Doximity

As a Doximity member, you’ll join more than three million U.S. healthcare professionals—including 85+% of physicians, and 2/3 of all NPs and PAs—in a private, secure network.

Gain access to free telehealth tools, such as our “call shielding” and one-way patient texting.
Connect with colleagues in the same hospital or clinic.
Read the latest clinical news, personalized to your specialty.

See Dr. Schattner's full profile Already have an account?

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

The following disclaimer is related to board certifications obtained from ABMS®, denoted by the ABMS® logo.

This information is proprietary data maintained in a copyrighted database owned by the American Board of Medical Specialties®. The display and presence of ABMS Data in no way constitutes any affiliation, association with, or endorsement of any advertising, promotion, or sponsorship by ABMS and its affiliates and subsidiaries, the ABMS Member Boards, or ABMS board certified physicians and medical specialists. Copyright 2026 American Board of Medical Specialties®. All rights reserved.

The user is responsible for ensuring that the profile obtained in this directory is the profile of the physician or medical specialist being sought.

A self-designated specialty, subspecialty, or practice area neither implies nor is equivalent to ABMS board certification or the existence of specialized training by or competence of a physician or medical specialist.

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Retraction Note: Dysregulation of CD30+ T cells by leukemia impairs isotype switching in normal B cells.
Andrea Cerutti, Edmund C Kim, Shefali Shah, Elaine J Schattner, Hong Zan
Nature Immunology. 2026-02-01
1 citations
High-Quality Mammography: A Step Forward for Women's Health.
Elaine J. Schattner
Radiology. 2021-02-01
8 citations
Correcting a decade of negative news about mammography.
Elaine J. Schattner
Clinical Imaging. 2020-04-01

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 BedsideDecember 1st, 2020
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 PublicJanuary 18th, 2017

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