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Mount Sinai DoctorsTreats ChildrenPerry E Sheffield, MD, MPH
Pediatrics, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
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Perry E. Sheffield, MD, MPH, is Professor in the Departments of Environmental Medicine and Pediatrics, and a faculty member of the Institute for Exposomic Research and the Center on Health and Environment Across the LifeSpan (HEALS), a P30 Core Center of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Dr. Sheffield is co-Director of the New York State Children’s Environmental Health Center (NYSCEHC) —the first such state-wide network in the United States - and also the Region 2 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU), a US Environmental Protection Agency and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program that provides environmental health services to communities in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
Dr. Sheffield’s research focuses on climate change and human health, with a particular emphasis on children and workers. She has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed articles or chapters, focused on extreme heat, air pollution, and children’s environmental health more broadly. She has spoken internationally and nationally and is an advocate for public policies that protect children’s health. She co-chaired the NYS Climate Impact Assessment’s Health and Safety team and is a member of the US Environmental Protection Agency Children’s Health Protection federal advisory committee.
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- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
About Me
Perry E. Sheffield, MD, MPH, is Professor in the Departments of Environmental Medicine and Pediatrics, and a faculty member of the Institute for Exposomic Research and the Center on Health and Environment Across the LifeSpan (HEALS), a P30 Core Center of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Dr. Sheffield is co-Director of the New York State Children’s Environmental Health Center (NYSCEHC) —the first such state-wide network in the United States - and also the Region 2 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU), a US Environmental Protection Agency and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program that provides environmental health services to communities in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
Dr. Sheffield’s research focuses on climate change and human health, with a particular emphasis on children and workers. She has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed articles or chapters, focused on extreme heat, air pollution, and children’s environmental health more broadly. She has spoken internationally and nationally and is an advocate for public policies that protect children’s health. She co-chaired the NYS Climate Impact Assessment’s Health and Safety team and is a member of the US Environmental Protection Agency Children’s Health Protection federal advisory committee.
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Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Education
MD, Medical College Of Georgia
Residency, Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics
Research
This work focuses on both the health impacts of climate change and potential adaptation strategies.
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Selected Publications
- Air Pollution and Temperature in Seizures and Epilepsy: A Scoping Review of Epidemiological Studies. Rachit Sharma, Leah H. Schinasi, Brian K. Lee, Jennifer Weuve, Marc G. Weisskopf, Perry E. Sheffield, Jane E. Clougherty. Current Environmental Health Reports
- Prescriptions (Rx) for Prevention: Clinical Tools for Integrating Environmental Health into Pediatric Clinical Care. Christopher Bland, Lauren Zajac, Joseph Wilson, Luz Guel, Sofía Curdumí Pendley, Annemarie Charlesworth, Katrina Korfmacher, Nicholas Newman, Marilyn Howarth, Sophie J. Balk, Maida Galvez, Perry Sheffield. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
- Climate change will impact childhood cancer risks, care and outcomes. Hannah M. Thompson, Perry Sheffield, Omar Shakeel, Nicole M. Wood, Mark D. Miller. BMJ Paediatrics Open
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.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Sheffield during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- Children's Environmental Health Network
- Concrete Safaris
- ACADEMYHEALTH
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.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Sheffield during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- Children's Environmental Health Network
- Concrete Safaris
- ACADEMYHEALTH
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.