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About Me
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.
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Position
Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
About Me
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.
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Education
MD, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University - College of Medicine
Residency, Internal Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
Fellowship, Preventive Medicine, Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai
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Publications
Selected Publications
- “It’s Like A Partnership”: Exploring the Primary Care Experiences and Patient-Defined Goals of People Who Use Drugs. Katherine Dunham, Catherine Rivas, Paula Medina Blanco, Betty Kolod, Carli Salvati, Katie Clark, Kimberly L. Sue, Ashley Hagaman, Jeffrey J. Weiss. Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Symptoms Predicting SARS-CoV-2 Test Results in Resident Physicians and Fellows in New York City. Tania P. Chen, Meizhen Yao, Vishal Midya, Betty Kolod, Rabeea F. Khan, Adeyemi Oduwole, Bernard Camins, I. Michael Leitman, Ismail Nabeel, Kristin Oliver, Damaskini Valvi. COVID
- Transitioning Clinical Care for People Who Use Drugs to Telemedicine: Lessons Learned One Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic. Katherine Dunham, Martha Giardina, Betty Kolod, Elisa McBratney, Paula Medina Blanco, Farah Riazi, Katherine Tineo-Komatsu, Wilma Toribio, Linda Wang, Eric Woods, Jeffrey Weiss. Telemedicine and e-Health
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Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Kolod has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Kolod has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.