Lauren Peccoralo, MD, MPH

Lauren Peccoralo, MD, MPH, is the Interim Dean and Director for the Office of Professional Engagement and Development and a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In this role, she aims to create an environment in which faculty, students, and postgraduate trainees have open and fair pathways to success, are welcomed and appreciated, and have the tools to flourish both professionally and personally.

Prior to her work in her current role, Dr. Peccoralo served as the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Well-Being and Development, in which she created a robust Faculty Well-being Program and a leadership training program to build leadership skills that enhance well-being through communication and support. She also co-created the REDuCE grant program to ease the administrative burdens on clinicians, co-developed a curriculum to build knowledge of leadership practices that enhance well-being, and helped build a group coaching program for faculty. Dr. Peccoralo co-founded and directed the Primary Care Track in Internal Medicine and founded and developed an integrated behavioral health - primary program in the Internal Medicine Associates practice. Her scholarly work has focused on primary care workforce development, integration of behavioral and physical health care, and health care worker well-being and mental health. She has served as sole or co-Principal Investigator on a number of related grants, has published and presented extensively, and has earned a national reputation for her scholarly and educational portfolios.

Dr. Peccoralo graduated from Princeton University and earned her MD and Masters in Public Health from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency, chief residency and general medicine fellowship also at Mount Sinai. Dr. Peccoralo is a practicing primary care physician and educator of medical students, residents, and faculty. Her clinical focus is in prevention and management of chronic illnesses such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, depression, and anxiety.