Robert W. Amler is the dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice and a professor of public health, pediatrics and environmental health science at New York Medical College. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, New York University, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service, with residencies at Bellevue and at St. Luke’s–Roosevelt. A practicing physician, Dr. Amler previously served as regional health administrator for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As chief medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, he coordinated medical monitoring for anthrax response teams, launched a nationwide program to protect children from chemical hazards, established standardized environmental biomarkers and created a nationwide clinical network.

Areas of Expertise

Health policy and management, emergency and disaster medicine, disease control and prevention, and children’s environmental health

Education

• A.B., Dartmouth College
• M.M.S., Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• M.D., Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• M.B.A., New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business

Publications

• Amler, R. W. (2023). SHSP Dean's Newsletter, Summer 2023. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/nymc_shsp_newsletter/2
• Amler, R. W. (2023). SHSP Dean's Newsletter, Spring 2023. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/nymc_shsp_newsletter/1
• Amler, R. W. (2023). SHSP Dean's Newsletter, Winter 2023. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/nymc_shsp_newsletter/4
• Kadish, A., Amler, R., Nadler, J., Piscitelli, J., Myers, R., Rubin, R. W., Garrick, R., Pellicone, J., & Halperin, E. (2020). COVID-19 as of June 18, 2020: What Have We Learned? How Can We Use What We Have Learned?. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/covid19_symposia/7

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Publications

• Galvez M, Collins G, Amler RW, et. al. "Building New York State Centers of Excellence in Children's Environmental Health: A Replicable Model in a Time of Uncertainty." American journal of public health, 109(1), (2019) 108-112. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304742
• Aelion CM, Airhihenbuwa CO, Alemagno S, et. al. "The US Cancer Moonshot initiative." The Lancet. Oncology, 17(5), (2016) e178-80. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30054-7
• Dozor AJ, Amler RW. "Children's Environmental Health." The Journal of pediatrics, 162(1), (2013) 6-7.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.10.004
• Paulson JA, Karr CJ, Seltzer JM, et. al. "Development of the pediatric environmental health specialty unit network in North America." American journal of public health, 99 Suppl 3(Suppl 3), (2009) S511-6. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.154641
• Magdo HS, Forman J, Graber N, et. al. "Grand rounds: nephrotoxicity in a young child exposed to uranium from contaminated well water." Environmental health perspectives, 115(8), (2007) 1237-41.
• Amler RW, Barone S Jr, Belger A, et. al. "Hershey Medical Center Technical Workshop Report: optimizing the design and interpretation of epidemiologic studies for assessing neurodevelopmental effects from in utero chemical exposure." Neurotoxicology, 27(5), (2006) 861-74.
• Brown RT, Amler RW, Freeman WS, et. al. "Treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: overview of the evidence." Pediatrics, 115(6), (2005) e749-57.

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