Alex Federman, MD

Professor of Medicine and Director of Research, Division of General Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Program Director, Older Adult Vulnerable Populations Post-Doctoral Research Training Fellowship, National Institute on Aging (NIA)

2021 Fellow

Dr. Federman is a Professor of Medicine and Director of Research in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and Director of a National Institute on Aging-funded T32 post-doctoral research training program on older adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and other high-risk populations. His research focuses on socioeconomic and cognitive factors that affect older adults’ management of their chronic illnesses. Dr. Federman is a primary care physician who serves patients from East Harlem and surrounding communities in Mount Sinai Hospital’s Internal Medicine Associates practice.

Areas of Interest
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, Health Disparities, Home and Community-Based Services, Person-, Family-, and Community-Centered Care, Social Determinants of Health,

Program Info

Program Track
Non-Residential

Placement
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging in the Office of the Chair, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA)

The 2021 Fellows