Steffie Woolhandler
Steffie Woolhandler | |
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Woolhandler in 2018 | |
| Born | 1950 or 1951 (age 73–74) |
| Alma mater | Stanford University Louisiana State University University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Employer | CUNY School of Public Health |
| Organization | Physicians for a National Health Program |
| Title | Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Health Policy |
| Partner | David Himmelstein |
Stephanie Joan "Steffie" Woolhandler (born 1950 or 1951 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American primary care physician and medical researcher. An advocate for single-payer health insurance in the United States, she is a co-founder and board member of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP).
She is Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Health Policy at the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College and an adjunct clinical professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
She is also a lecturer in medicine at Harvard Medical School, where she formerly co-directed the general internal medicine internship program.