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Kelly McConnell, PhD

Assoicate Attending Psychologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York City, New York, United States

Dr. Kelly McConnell is an Associate Attending Psychologist and co-Director of the Psycho-oncology of Aging and Cancer research laboratory in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She has a PhD in clinical psychology and completed fellowship training in geriatric psychology at the VA Boston Healthcare System and psychosocial oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Her research examines the nature and predictors of distress in older adult patients with cancer and their caregivers and care received at the end-of-life. She also examines the efficacy and implementation of interventions to reduce distress and increase rates of advance care planning in patients and caregivers. She has received National Institutes of Health and foundation funding for this research. She is an Associate Editor for the journal Psycho-Oncology.

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