David Muller is a physician who in 1996 co-founded the

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Visiting Doctors Program (VDP), a program of

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's Departments of Medicine and Geriatrics. He is Dean for Medical Education and the Marietta and Charles C. Morchand Chair in Medical Education at The

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and Associate Professor of both Medicine and Medical Education. As of 2020, Muller is senior advisor and co-founder (with Ramon Murphy and Philip J. Landrigan) of The Arnhold Global Health Institute, a division of The Mount Sinai Medical Center dedicated to finding evidence-based solutions to global health problems.

Biography

Muller was born in 1964 in

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. He graduated from

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in 1986 with a BA and earned his M.D. from the

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in 1991. His postdoctoral training included an internship and residency in

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at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he was Chief Resident from 1994 to 1995.

Career

Muller joined the faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 1993. In 2004, he was named associate professor of medicine; in 2005 he was named dean and associate professor of medical education. In September, 2005, he was named Chairman of the Department of Medical Education. In that role he addressed prevention of suicide, racism and curtaining debt among medical students.

Visiting doctors program

The Visiting Doctors Program, co-founded by Muller, is one of the first and largest in-home care programs for the elderly. The VDP serves approximately 1,000 homebound elderly patients annually and trains approximately 200 medical students, residents, and fellows annually in the provision of

house call A house call is medical consultation performed by a doctor or other healthcare professionals visiting the home of a patient or client, instead of the patient visiting the doctor's clinic or hospital. In some locations, families used to pay ...

s and

home care Homecare (home care, in-home care, care at home), also known as domiciliary care, personal care, community care, or social care, is health care or supportive care provided in the individual home where the patient or client is living, generally focu ...

. As of 2011, it was the largest academic physician home visiting program in the country, and in 2022 its physicians made 6,000 home visits.

Honors, awards and societies

Muller is a fellow of the

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, the

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Physicians for Social Responsibility Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) is a physician-led organization in the US working to protect the public from the threats of nuclear proliferation, climate change, and environmental toxins. It produces and disseminates publications, p ...

Physicians for a National Health Program Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) is an advocacy organization of more than 20,000 American physicians, Medical education in the United States, medical students, and health professionals that supports a universal, comprehensive sing ...

, and member of the

American College of Physicians The American College of Physicians (ACP) is a Philadelphia-based national organization of internal medicine physicians, who specialize in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of adults. With 161,000 members, ACP is the largest medical-specialty or ...

. He is a national board member of

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, and board member of the Susan and Norman Ember Family Foundation and the Atran Family Foundation. He received the AAMC Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Service in 2009.

Publications

*Haglund M, aan het Rot M, Cooper N, Muller D, Southwick SM, Charney DS. Trauma and Resilience in the Third Year of Medical School: A Prospective Study of the Effects of Clinical Rotations on Student Well-being. Academic Medicine, February 2009; 84(2):258-68. *Muller D. Trial by Fire. Annals of Internal Medicine, July 2008; 149:60. *Muller D. GOMER. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 May-Jun;26(3):831-5. *Smith KL, Ornstein K, Soriano T, Muller D, Boal J. A multidisciplinary program for delivering primary care to the underserved urban homebound: looking back, moving forward. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Aug;54(8):1283-9. Review. *Muller D. Do NOT Resuscitate. Health Aff (Millwood). 2005 Sep-Oct;24(5):1317-22. *Feigelson S, Muller D. Writing About Medicine: An exercise in reflection at Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai J of Med, September 2005; 72(5): 322-332. *Rhodes R, Cohen D, Friedman E, Muller D. Professionalism in Medical Education. American Journal of Bioethics, Spring 2004; 4(2): 20-22. *Smith L, Muller D, Feit E: Internal Medicine Subspecialty Training: Negative Impact of the Timing of the Application Process, Academic Medicine. 1997; 72(2):152-154. *Adler L, Sidlow R, Muller, D: Practicing Medicine Under the Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry, Mount Sinai J of Med. *Boal J, Muller D: The Role of Housecalls in Comprehensive Ambulatory Care, Ambulatory Outreach. Summer 1998: 4-5. *Muller D, Boal J: Serving Patients Well Means Acknowledging and Supporting Their Home Caregivers, Oncology Times. Volume 22, Number 1. January 2000.

References

External links

The Mount Sinai Hospital homepageIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai homepageThe Global Health Center
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