Building the Patient-Centered Medical Home

In 2015, Dr. Fred Pelzman was asked to write a weekly opinion column for the popular physician website, MedPage Today, on the state of the healthcare system and innovative efforts to bring about positive change. He has written over 350 columns that are widely read by a national and international audience with millions of views.

*Note: Dr. Pelzman receives no financial restitution for his authorship of these columns nor from the advertising on the website.

Fred N. Pelzman, MD received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in 1993. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency program at the University of California, San Francisco, in 1996. Upon completion of his training, Dr. Pelzman returned to New York City to join Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates, where he serves as the Medical Director and practices General Adult Internal Medicine. Dr. Pelzman directs the ambulatory educational curriculum for medical house officers, and he is the recipient of numerous awards for excellence in teaching. In addition, Dr. Pelzman is the co-director of the Weill Cornell Primary Care Innovations program, and writes an online column about transforming our national healthcare system.