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Irwin Redlener
Clinical Professor of Population and Family Health
and:Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons
Biography:
Dr. Irwin Redlener is a recognized national leader in disaster preparedness and the public health ramifications of terrorism and large-scale catastrophic events. He and his team have developed major programs to enhance public health and health systems readiness with respect to disasters. He has written and spoken widely on the response to Hurricane Katrina, U.S. readiness for pandemics and the concerns of children as potential targets of terrorism. Dr. Redlener has also had more than three decades of experience providing healthcare to medically underserved children in rural and urban communities throughout the U.S. As founder and president of the Children's Health Fund, he is a renowned advocate for access to healthcare for all children. Dr. Redlener served as a principal developer and president of the new Children's Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx. He has been a formal and informal adviser to the president and various cabinet members since 1993, over the last few years working with key members of the U.S. Congress on disaster preparedness and child health access. In 1993 & 1994, Dr. Redlener served as special consultant to the National Health Reform Task Force for the Clinton White House. He has taught medical students in rural Honduras and has led or assisted in international disaster relief in Central America and Africa. Dr. Redlener has also created a series of direct medical relief programs and public health initiatives in the Gulf region ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Education & Training:
Other, Hunter College, CUNY, 2001
MD, University of Miami, 1969
BA, Hofstra University, 1964
Affiliation(s):
Mailman School Affiliations:
Additional Affiliations:
- Commissioner, National Commission on Children and Disasters
Honors and Awards:
- Sabin Humanitarian Award, 2003
- Louis Z. Cooper Award for Child Advocacy, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2003
- President's Certificate for Outstanding Service, The American Academy of Pediatrics, 2000
- Robin Hood Foundation Hero of the Year Award, 1996 & 1990
- National Health Service Corps Director's Award, 1996
- Founding Editorial Board Member, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (AMA)
Selected Editorial Boards
Selected
New York City
Activities:
New York City
Activities:
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President, The Children's Health Fund
NY-based organization providing health care to homeless children in New York and supporting a national network of mobile-based and fixed site facilities caring for some of the nation's most medically underserved children.
Childhood Asthma Initiative
Providing health care to indigent children with asthma throughout New York City and the national network of the Children's Health Fund.
Starting Right
A program designed to enhance identification of children at risk of diabetes type 2, providing a wide-range of services to these children and their families. Services include clinical intervention and screening, nutrition counseling and related issues.
Selected Publications:
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Irwin Redlener, MD "Americans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now" Alfred Knopf US 2006
Redlener, I "Children in a Post-9/11 World" The Atlas of American Children 2004
Sherman, P., Redlener, I "Homeless Women and Their Children in the 21st Century" Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st Century Ed. HM Wallace, G Green, KJ Jaros, eds Jones and Bartlett London/UK 469-480 2003
Drezner, McLean, Bowen, Rowe, Sherman, Coutrier, Redlener, K., Redlener, I. "Asthma Among Homeless Children: Undercounting and Undertreating the Underserved" Archives Pediatric Adolescent Medicine 158 1-6 2004
Redlener, I., Markenson, D "Disaster and Terrorism Preparedness: What Pediatricians Need To Know" Advances in Pediatrics 50 1-36 2003
Redlener, I., Grant, R "The 9/11 Terrorist Attack: Emotional Consequences Persist for Children and their Families" Contemporary Pediatrics September 2002
Redlener, I. "Access Denied: Taking Action for Medically Underserved Children" Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine: A Journal of Urban Health 75(4) 724-731 1998
Horowitz, S. V., Boardman, S.K., Redlener, I "Constructive Conflict Management and Coping in Homeless Children and Adolescents" Journal of Social Issues 50(1) 1994
Redlener, I., Redlener, K "System-Based Mobile Primary Pediatric Care for Homeless Children: The Anatomy of A Working Program" Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine: A Journal of Urban Health 71(1) 49-57 1994
Redlener, I., Karich, K "The Homeless Child Health Care Inventory: Assessing the Efficacy of Linkages to Primary Care" Bulletin of New York Academy of Medicine: A Journal of Urban Health 71(1) 37-48 1994
Contact Information
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215 West 125th Street, Suite 303
New York, NY 10027
Website Address:
Phone:
212-535-9707
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