Janna S. Gordon-Elliott, M.D.

Dr. Gordon-Elliott earned her medical degree at Weill Cornell Medical College in 2004. She completed her residency in Adult Psychiatry at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/WCM, serving as co-Chief Resident in 2009-10, and a fellowship in Consultation-Liaison (C-L) Psychiatry (Psychosomatic Medicine) at Columbia University Medical Center. On faculty at Weill Cornell since 2011, Dr. Gordon-Elliott is a former Chief of the Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service. She has provided psychiatric services for the NYP Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Program, the Liver Disease and Transplantation Program, the Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program, and the primary care medicine program. Other areas of clinical engagement have included medical trainee mental health, and the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders in outpatient practice.

She has been active as a teacher and supervisor of trainees, including medical students, physician assistant students, residents and fellows. She previously served as the WCM Psychiatry Clerkship Director and Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry. and as the Site Program Director for the C-L Psychiatry Fellowship of Memorial Sloan Kettering and NYP. She has contributed as a study clinician to NIH- and DoD-funded studies in the areas of grief and traumatic stress. Dr. Gordon-Elliott has published in areas of medical psychiatry, eating disorders, and psychiatric training and education. She is board certified in Adult Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Dr. Gordon-Elliott served as the founding faculty advisor to the Weill Cornell Medical Student Wellness Program. She holds leadership roles in local and national associations for Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. She participates as a reviewer for medical journals, and has been the recipient of research and teaching awards.

She currently serves as the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Student Life for the WCM Medical School. In this role, she provides guidance and support to medical students going through their training in the various areas of life and experience that surround and encompass their learning. As a nominee for the Nanette Laitman Entrepreneurship Education Scholar Award, a 3-year career development award to support a targeted education project within medical education, she will be designing and implementing Transition to Medicine, a longitudinal, integrated educational program addressing the well-being and professional development of medical students.