Robert Amler MD, MMS, MBA, FAAP, FACPM

Education

Dartmouth College, A.B.
Robert Wood Johnson-Rutgers Medical School, M.M.S., M.D.
New York University, M.B.A.
Harvard Business School Executive Education

Biography

Dr. Robert Amler (CAPT USPHS Retired) is widely quoted as an expert on COVID containment by business associations and TV/print media. A former CDC physician, he has led public health studies and programs in all 50 states and was a senior advisor to the U.S. Surgeon General. Among his many awards are an FBI decoration earned following the lethal anthrax attacks in 2001 and 2002.

Dr. Amler is a vice president and dean at New York Medical College, where he co-founded the Center for Disaster Medicine, which has been focused on COVID since it first broke in January 2020. He also helped launch their new dental school and a fully equipped laboratory wing for start-up bioscience companies. The Governor appointed him council chair of the “Berger” Commission that recommended financial support for hospitals and nursing homes in the mid-Hudson region.
Dr. Amler was educated at Dartmouth College, New York University, and Rutgers Medical School, with post-graduate studies at Harvard Business School. He is a director of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Council, Business Council of Westchester, and Westchester County Association; an honorary fellow of Rotary International; and the author/co-author of more than 225 publications on medical and scientific topics.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

FBI "Amerithrax" anthrax investigation, New York City 2001 and Boca Raton FL 2002

CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service 1981-1984

Jimmy Carter Presidential Center 1984-1987

CDC-Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 1987-2003 (CMO 1996-2003)

HHS Regional Health Administrator and ESF-8 Commanding Officer 2003-2005

Representative Bibliography

Amler RW, Dull HB. Closing the Gap: The Burden of Unnecessary Illness. A Consultation on National Health Policy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.

Amler RW, Eddins DL. Precursors of premature death in the United States. Amer J Prev Med 1987;3:5(suppl):181 7.

Amler RW, Moriarty DG, Hutchins EB. Healthier People: The Carter Center Health Risk Appraisal Program, Guidelines and Documentation. Volume I-User’s Guide. Volume II-Program Guide. Volume III-Modification Guide. Volume IV-Scientific Documentation. Volume V-Software Architecture. Atlanta: Emory University, January 1988.

Amler RW, Gibertini M. Pediatric Environmental Neurobehavioral Test Battery. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, September 1996.

Amler RW, Anger WK, Sizemore OJ. Adult Environmental Neurobehavioral Test Battery. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, September 1995.

Amler RW, Bloch AB, Orenstein WA, Bart KJ, Turner PM, Hinman AR. Imported measles in the United States. JAMA 1982;248:2129 33.

Foege WH, Amler RW, White CC. Special communication: report of the Carter Center health policy consultation. JAMA 1985;254:1355 60.

Dozor AJ, Amler RW. Children’s environmental health. J Pediatr 2013; 162(1):6-7.e2.

Paulson JA, Amler RW, et al Development of the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit Network: The North American Experience. Am J Public Health 2009;99:S511–S516.

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Quality Improvement, Subcommittee on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Clinical practice guideline: treatment of the child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Pediatrics 2001;108:1033-44.