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Robert Bernstein, MD, Preventive Medicine, Chico, CA

RobertStevenBernsteinMD

Preventive Medicine Chico, CA

Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Medical Consultant, California Department of Public Health

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Summary

  • I am a performance-driven Public Health Physician with more than 30 years of successful professional experience that includes leadership, management, performance evaluation, teaching, and mentoring skills in Preventive Medicine, Public Health, Applied Epidemiology, Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Surveillance and Control, Environmental & Occupational Safety & Health. This includes extensive experience in Outbreak Investigation & Control, Health Literacy & Health Equity/Inclusiveness Communications, Academia, Public-Private Partnerships, Epidemiological and Pharmacological Surveillance, Preparedness and Response for Emergencies, Health Systems Development, and Capacity-building in the USA, Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. Extensive experience in monitoring, evaluating, and recommending Lean Six Sigma-based improvements in the design, management, performance, quality, and results of the public health, medical, nursing, pharmaceutical, and laboratory policies, programs, systems, and practices of USA states (Florida and California), and Ministries of Health in numerous low-, middle- and high-income countries. I have had highly successful high-profile assignments that included briefings for the CDC Director, the US President, the FEMA Director, and assistance for other top leaders of US and international government organizations, universities, and non-government community-based and faith-based partners, as well as with bilateral agencies (USAID and CDC), multilateral agencies (WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, ADB, and the World Bank), non-government agencies (Doctors Without Borders), and private sector agencies (Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, Wyeth and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, and Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals).

Education & Training

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Centers for Disease Control and PreventionResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 1979 - 1986
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 1978 - 1979
  • Uconn School Of Medicine
    Uconn School Of MedicineClass of 1977, MD
  • Yale University School of Medicine
    Yale University School of MedicineNIH Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Pharmacology, 1971 - 1973
  • Pennsylvania State University
    Pennsylvania State UniversityPhD, Biochemistry, 1966 - 1971
  • University of Pennsylvania
    University of PennsylvaniaBA, Chemistry, 1961 - 1965

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1981 - 2025
  • WV State Medical License
    WV State Medical License 1979 - 2024
  • American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Other Languages

  • Indonesian