Samuel Wolfe

SAMUEL WOLFE is professor of public health and head of the Division of Health Administration at the Columbia University School of Public Health, and is also co-principal investigator for the Meharry Medical College Study of Unmet Needs. Earlier, he was at Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center and the State University of New York at Stony Brook and, before that, was director of Comprehensive Health Care Programs at Meharry. Dr. Wolfe has worked in Canada as a practicing physician, as a...See more

SAMUEL WOLFE is professor of public health and head of the Division of Health Administration at the Columbia University School of Public Health, and is also co-principal investigator for the Meharry Medical College Study of Unmet Needs. Earlier, he was at Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center and the State University of New York at Stony Brook and, before that, was director of Comprehensive Health Care Programs at Meharry. Dr. Wolfe has worked in Canada as a practicing physician, as a commissioner of Saskatchewan's Medical Insurance Plan, and as director of the Saskatoon Community Clinic. He is the author of numerous articles and essays on the organization of health services and, with Robin Badgley, has coauthored two books, The Family Doctor and Doctor's Strike. See less