Elizabeth R Kolod, MD

Betty Kolod, MD, MPH is an internist and preventive medicine physician, practicing primary care and drug user health in East Harlem.  She trained at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, the Montefiore Primary Care Social Internal Medicine Residency, and the Mount Sinai Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency, where she now serves as associate director. Her advocacy and organizing roles include chairing the board of Physicians for a National Health Program-NY Metro Chapter, leading the NY Doctors Coalition—a group that fosters health worker engagement in community-led social justice work—and serving on the Health Justice Steering Committee of Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition. 

Dr. Kolod teaches and presents extensively on topics including harm reduction in primary care, physician advocacy, structural determinants of health, including universal healthcare, and health inequities. She is the recipient of a 2024 Excellence Award in Advocacy from the NY Chapter of American College of Physicians and a 2024 Excellence in Medical Education Award from the Mount Sinai Institute for Medical Education.

Born in Brooklyn, she now lives in the Bronx.