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Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD

Joshua M. Sharfstein
  • Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement
  • Professor of the Practice

Departmental Affiliations

Center & Institute Affiliations

Contact Information

615 N. Wolfe Street
Room W1033D
Baltimore, Maryland 21205

443-424-8490

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Education

MD, Harvard Medical School, 1996

Overview

Dr. Sharfstein oversees the Office of Public Health Practice and Training and is director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative. He also holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Previously, he served as the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Principal Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as Commissioner of Health for Baltimore City, and as health policy advisor for Congressman Henry A. Waxman.

Honors and Awards

2018

Advising, Mentoring, Teaching, Recognition Award, JHSPH

2013

Circle of Commendation Award, Consumer Product Safety Commission

2008

Public Official of the Year, Governing Magazine

1999

Alpha Omega Alpha, Boston University School of Medicine

1996

Rose Seegal Award for Research, Community Service Award, Robert H. Ebert Prize in Primary Care, Harvard Medical School

1994

Jay S. Drotman Memorial Award, American Public Health Association

1991

Phi Beta Kappa, Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize, Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, Harvard College

I have written on a wide range of public health topics. Here are a few examples.

  • Sharfstein JM, Gerovich S, Chin D. Global Budgets for Safety-Net Hospitals. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2017 Nov 14;318(18):1759-1760.
  • Sharfstein JM. A New Year's Wish on Opioids. JAMA. 2018 Feb 13;319(6):537-538.
  • Olsen Y, Sharfstein J. Confronting the stigma of opioid use disorder—and its treatment. Journal of the American Medical Association 2014; 311: 1393-4.
  • Sharfstein JM. The FDA--a misunderstood agency. Journal of the American Medical Association 2011; 306:1250-1.
  • Sharfstein J and Sharfstein SS. Campaign contributions from the American Medical Political Action Committee to members of Congress: For or against the public health? New England Journal of Medicine.1994; 330: 32–37. Correction: 332:1450.

See all publications by Joshua M. Sharfstein

  • A Blueprint for Transforming Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Delaware

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