Education
MD, Harvard Medical School, 1996
Overview
Dr. Sharfstein is Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, and Professor of the Practice in 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. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Public Administration.
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