Experts for Media - Family/Social Medicine

Peter Selwyn, MD, MPH

Chairman, Department of Family and Social Medicine , Montefiore Medical Center

Director, Community Health and Wellness, Montefiore Medical Center

Professor, Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Professor, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr. Selwyn provides palliative care and specializes in teaching about AIDS. He has a memoir about his experiences in the early AIDS epidemic, Surviving the Fall: the Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor. He also develops new programs for caregivers to help people recover and heal through grief, loss, and trauma.

Areas of Expertise

  • Community health
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Palliative/end-of-life care
  • Health and social justice
  • Urban and underserved populations
  • Palliative and end-of-life care

Selected Media Coverage

Wall Street Journal, Advance for Nurses, Norwood News