Andrew D. Racine MD PhD

Chief Medical Officer; Professor, Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Summary

Dr. Racine was born in New York City, attended Harvard College and subsequently spent a year in Tanzania before returning to complete his MD, PhD (economics) at NYU and his pediatric training at the Boston Children’s Hospital. He is currently the System Senior Vice-President of the Montefiore Health System and Executive Director of the Montefiore Medical Group. He holds appointments as Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) and was previously a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in Manhattan. His research collaborations at the NBER have involved the impact of a variety of public health programs on child health outcomes. He has also been heavily involved in child health advocacy at the local and national level with the American Academy of Pediatrics having served on the AAP’s national Committee on Child Health Financing and Chair of the National Task Force of Poverty and Child Health. Dr. Racine was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees of the NBER, sits on the Board of the New York Academy of Medicine, and is currently the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Leadership Award Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center, 2015
Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2014-2017
Citation for Outstanding Service American Academy of Pediatrics, 2011

PubMed

Journal Articles

Babyboy/Babygirl: A National Survey on the Use of Temporary, Nondistinct Naming Conventions for Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Adelman J, Aschner J, Schechter C, Angert R, Weiss J, Rai A, Berger M, Reissman S, Yongue C, Chako B, Dadlez N, Applebaum J, Racine AD, Southern W, Clinical Pediatrics, 1/1/2017
Evaluating serial strategies for preventing wrong patient orders in the NICU
Adelman J, Aschner J, Schechter C, Angert R, Weiss J, Rai A, Berger M, Reissman S, Yongue C, Chako B, Dadlez N, Applebaum J, Racine AD, Southern W, Pediatrics, 1/1/2017
Social justice and the provision of health care for poor children
Racine AD, JAMA Pediatrics, 1/1/2017

Books/Book Chapters

Integrated Early Child Behavioral Health in Primary Care
Chapter: The economics of child development
Racine ADEditors: Briggs, R.Springer Publishing Co., New York, NY2016
Textbook of Pediatric Care
Chapter: Failure to Thrive
Racine ADEditors: McInerny TK, Adam HM, Campbell DE, Kamat DM, Kelleher KJ.McInerny TK, Adam HM, Campbell DE, Kamat DM, Kelleher KJ2008
Primary Pediatric Care
Chapter: Failure to thrive
Racine ADEditors: R.A. Hoekelman, H.M. Adam, N.M. Nelson, M.L. Weitzman, M.H. Wilson.Mosby, St. Louis, MOEdition 4th,2001

Abstracts/Posters

Comparing two models of behavioral health programs in pediatric primary care
German M, Briggs R, Rinke M, Colman S, Bloomfield D, Racine AD, Society for Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, 1/17/2016
Improving screening for sexual activity and STIs among adolescents in urban primary care: results of a learning collaborative approach to quality improvement
McKee MD, Racine AD, Briggs, R, Blank A, Meissner P, Mann M, Kus C, York DV, Patel N, and Hoidal KES, Annual Meeting of Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, Austin, TX, 1/24/2014
Is the primary care provider a gateway to improving access to mental health care for Asian adolescents?
Lim SW, Au L, Lao M, Silver EJ, and Racine AD, Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 1/2/2014

Lectures

Poverty, Child Health and the Response of the Health Care System: What is to be Done?
1/25/2016
Achieving Social Justice
San Francisco, CA - 1/25/2016
Emerging Trends in Health Care, Parts I and II
1/20/2016

Other

Reasessing the WIC effect: Evidence from the Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System
Joyce TJ, Racine AD, Yunzal-Butler C, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
Cambridge, MA - 1/1/2007
Does publicly provided health insurance improve the health of low income children in the United States
Kaestner R, Joyce TJ, and Racine AD, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
Cambridge, MA - 1/1/1999

What Oklahomans Need to Know About CDC Changes to Childhood Vaccine RecommendationsJanuary 12th, 2026
Confusion Surrounds CDC’s ‘Shared Clinical Decision-Making’ Paradigm for Childhood VaccinesJanuary 6th, 2026
HHS Overhauls Childhood Vaccine Recommendations: 4 Things to KnowJanuary 5th, 2026