Veerawat Phongtankuel, MD, is a graduate of SUNY Downstate Medical College and completed his residency at Temple University Medical Center. Dr. Phongtankuel joined the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine as an Assistant Professor after finishing his geriatric medicine fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in 2014. Dr. Phongtankuel is an AFAR/Hartford Foundation COE Scholar and an Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program Scholar. His areas of expertise are geriatrics, transitions of care and palliative medicine.  His research interest focuses on improving quality of care for patients at the end of life.