Wendy G. Lichtenthal PhD

Wendy G. Lichtenthal, Ph.D., is an assistant attending psychologist in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and assistant professor of psychology in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is the director of the bereavement clinic, associate director of the psychotherapy laboratory, chair of the Junior Faculty Council and former leader of the Breast Psychosocial Care Team.

Dr. Lichtenthal obtained her master’s and doctoral degrees in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed a clinical psychology internship at the Payne Whitney Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical Center and a postdoctoral fellowship in psycho-oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where she was chief research fellow.