David Muller, M.D., is Dean for Medical Education and the Marietta and Charles C. Morchand Chair in Medical Education at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Additionally, Muller is Associate Professor of both Medicine and Medical Education, as well as senior advisor and co-founder of The Arnhold Global Health Institute, a division of The Mount Sinai Medical Center dedicated to finding evidence-based solutions to global health problems. In 1996, Muller co-founded the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program, now the largest academic physician home visiting program in the country.
Biography
Muller was born in 1964 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He received his BA from Johns Hopkins University in 1986 and his M.D. from the New York University School of Medicine in 1991. Postdoctoral training included an internship and residency in internal medicine at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he was Chief Resident from 1994 to 1995. 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. Muller’s Visiting Doctors Program was conceived in 2005 as a response to the concern that the demands of residency training were creating a breed of physicians who needed to be reminded that "patients are people, not biochemical analyses." The program, the largest of its kind in the United States, services approximately 1,000 homebound elderly patients annually and trains approximately 200 medical students, residents, and fellows annually in the provision of home care. Muller holds a dual citizenship in Israel and the United States.
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Faculty Award, 2004
Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2004
Alexander Richman Commemorative Award for Humanism in Medicine, 2005
AAMC Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Service, 2009
American Medical Association’s Pride in the Profession Award, 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; 84:258-68.
Muller D. GOMER. Health Aff. 2007 May-Jun;26:831-5.
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;54:1283-9. Review.
Muller D. Do NOT Resuscitate. Health Aff. 2005 Sep-Oct;24:1317-22.
Feigelson S, Muller D. Writing About Medicine: An exercise in reflection at Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai J of Med, September 2005; 72: 322-332.
Rhodes R, Cohen D, Friedman E, Muller D. Professionalism in Medical Education. American Journal of Bioethics, Spring 2004; 4: 20-22.
Smith L, Muller D, Feit E: Internal Medicine Subspecialty Training: Negative Impact of the Timing of the Application Process, Academic Medicine. 1997; 72:152-154.
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.
