Heather L. Brumberg, MD

Dr. Heather Brumberg is a Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Public Health in the

Division of Neonatology at the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center

in Valhalla, NY and the School of Public Health at New York Medical College where she also

serves as Associate Director of the Regional Perinatal Center.

After graduating from Harvard University, she earned her medical degree from Tufts

University School of Medicine followed by pediatric residency at the Tufts University- New

England Medical Center Floating Hospital for Children. She simultaneously earned a Master’s in

Public Health from Yale University while completing fellowship in Neonatology, also at Yale.

Dr. Brumberg is a neonatologist, public health researcher and advocate, particularly in

the areas of environmental health and social determinants of health. She is a past member of

the American Academy of Pediatrics’ National Council on Environmental Health and in that

capacity was the co-lead author of the “Ambient Air Pollution: Health Hazards to Children”

policy statement.

In addition to these roles, she is a past President of Chapter 3 of NY State American

Academy of Pediatrics (encompassing Manhattan, Bronx, Staten Island, and the lower Hudson

Valley of NY) and past President for the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (the first female

President in the organization’s history.