Faculty

NewYork-Presbyterian Queens

Faculty

Benjamin Fay, DO

Benjamin Fay, DO

Benjamin Fay, DO

Palliative Care Attending

Emergency Medicine Attending

Board Certifications:
Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine – Board Certified
Hospice and Palliative Medicine – Board Eligible

Academic Appointment:
Currently pursuing appointment to WCMC for Assistant Professor in Clinical Medicine

Practice Began: 
July 2023

Education and Training:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey – BA in Biology and English
NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine – DO
West Michigan Emergency Medicine Residency Program
NewYork Presbyterian Queens Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

Specialty Society Membership:
American College of Emergency Physicians
American Academy of Emergency Medicine
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Year Appointed at NYP Queens: 
2023

Academic Interests:
Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care Integration
Quality Improvement
Early identification of palliative care needs

Personal Interests:
Photography, Travel, Cycling, Camping and hiking

Languages Spoken:
English

Selected Publications:
Fay, B, Chung, J, Wuu, P, Palathra, B, Pan, C, Abdelaziz, H, Patterson, M, Krakowski, A, Crupi, R; A
Novel Screening Tool to Determine Need for Early Goals of Care: Leveraging the Electronic Medical
Record to Identify Medical Conditions Associated with Poor Functional Status at End of Life. Poster
presented at Annual Assembly for AAHPM; April, 2023. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Fay, B, Wuu, P, Chung, J, Palathra, B, Kawai, F, Sauan, P, Pan, C; The Association Between
Palliative Care Consultations and Hospice Referrals Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Patients.
Poster presented at Weill Cornell Medicine 7th Annual Weill Department of Medicine Research
Retreat; November, 2022. New York, NY and at Lang Research Day, May, 2023, NewYorkPresbyterian Queens, Queens, NY.