Dr. Howard A. Zucker is Commissioner of Health for New York State.
A native of the Bronx, Dr. Zucker earned his M.D. from George Washington University School of Medicine at age 22, becoming one of America's youngest doctors. He is board-certified in 5 specialties/subspecialties and trained in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital, anesthesiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, pediatric critical care medicine/pediatric anesthesiology at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and pediatric cardiology at Children's Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School.
Currently, Dr. Zucker is leading the Department of Health on a range of important issues such as breast cancer detection, drinking water protection, the rise in synthetic marijuana usage, medical marijuana treatments, Medicaid support, availability of organ donations, AIDS prevention, smoking cessation and preparedness and response initiatives in natural disasters and emergencies. Dr. Zucker will touch on some of these initiatives and how they affect Long Island, economic development and the business community.
There will be a question & answer session.
A native of the Bronx, Dr. Zucker earned his M.D. from George Washington University School of Medicine at age 22, becoming one of America's youngest doctors. He is board-certified in 5 specialties/subspecialties and trained in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital, anesthesiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, pediatric critical care medicine/pediatric anesthesiology at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and pediatric cardiology at Children's Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School.
Currently, Dr. Zucker is leading the Department of Health on a range of important issues such as breast cancer detection, drinking water protection, the rise in synthetic marijuana usage, medical marijuana treatments, Medicaid support, availability of organ donations, AIDS prevention, smoking cessation and preparedness and response initiatives in natural disasters and emergencies. Dr. Zucker will touch on some of these initiatives and how they affect Long Island, economic development and the business community.
There will be a question & answer session.
Date and Time
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
