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William S. Breitbart M.D.

About

William Breitbart, M.D. is Chairman, and the Jimmie C Holland Chair in Psychiatric Oncology, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. Dr. Breitbart is also Attending Psychiatrist, Palliative Medicine Service, Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

Books by William S. Breitbart M.D.
Recent Posts
Your Legacy
Legacy isn't only how others remember you. It's how you witness the significance of your own life
Creating Your Soul in Every Moment
If you think of your soul as the essence of “who” you are, then it opens the possibility that you can create this essence just as you create many other aspects of your life: what you do with your life, your values, what you consider virtues, etc. So in contemplating this notion I realized that not only do we create our lives, we also have the ability to create who we are,
A Treatment for Despair and Loss of Meaning
A famous Talmudic question asks: “What is truer than the truth?” The answer: “The story.” This is the story of my personal journey in search of meaning and the development of an approach to care for patients with advanced cancer, which I came to call “Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy.”
Momentary Living

For me, it’s been a 30-year career in psycho-oncology and palliative care. The struggle and the central questions have always been the same, however I didn’t always realize it.

For me, it’s been a 30-year career in psycho-oncology and palliative care. The struggle and the central questions have always been the same, however I didn’t always realize it.