Team
Doctors changing health education for NYC
The PEP Team is comprised of doctors (and future doctors) who believe it is their mandate to confront emerging public health crisis and prevent illness and injury before they occur.
PEP has trained over 500 doctors and future doctors to educate students throughout New York City.
Leadership
Larissa Laskowski, DO
Director
Dr. Laskowski is an assistant professor of emergency medicine and medical toxicology at NYU Langone Health and Health + Hospitals Bellevue, a consultant for the New York City Poison Control Center, and co-director of PEP. She is the creator of PEP Talks, a physician-led drug use prevention curriculum focused on reducing harm due to substance use and emerging drug epidemics.
Aaron L. Hultgren, MD
Director
Dr. Hultgren is an assistant professor of emergency medicine and global public health at NYU Langone Health and Health + Hospitals Bellevue and co-director of PEP. He is also a sitting member of the New York City Department of Education Office of School Wellness Program’s District Wellness Advisory Council which serves to enhance health education and physical education in New York City public schools.
Lewis R. Goldfrank, MD
Senior Project Advisor
Dr. Goldfrank was the first department chair of emergency medicine at NYU Langone Health and Health + Hospitals Bellevue, and his efforts led to the creation of the institutions’ Emergency Medicine Residency and Medical Toxicology Fellowship.
Dr. Goldfrank has spent his career working in the public hospitals of New York City, emphasizing the role of emergency medicine in improving access to care, public health, public policy, and medical humanism.
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