Dodi D. Meyer, MD

Pediatrics
Pediatrician (General Pediatrics), Primary Care
Treats Children
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Overview

Dodi Meyer is a professor of pediatrics and vice chair of community health in the Department of Pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and medical director of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Division of Community and Population Health. Dr Meyer’s work centers on equity through a community engagement lens. She has expertise in developing and sustaining community-academic partnerships for the purpose of training, service, and research. She oversees several population and community health initiatives that address major challenges to health through the interlinking contexts of biology, family, and community. Over the past several years her focus has been on addressing social determinants of health and on creating a two-generation approach to care for the mother-baby dyad in primary care settings and in the community.

As a member of the Division of Child and Adolescent Health she sees patients and teaches residents and medical students at a community-based, hospital-affiliated practice in Washington Heights.

Dodi is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires, Medical School and arrived in the US in 1988 to do her training in general pediatrics.

As a member of the Division of Child and Adolescent Health she sees patients and teaches residents and medical students at a community-based, hospital- affiliated practice in Washington Heights.

Academic Appointments

  • Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC

Administrative Titles

  • Vice Chair, Community Health

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Languages

  • Spanish

Gender

  • Female

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Insurance Accepted

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • POS

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • POS
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Local 1199

  • Local 1199

Medicare

  • Railroad
  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

UnitedHealthcare

  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Medicine (Argentina)
  • Residency: Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center - NY

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics

Honors & Awards

2016: people’s Theatre project “Impacto” award for unwavering commitment to community health

2015: College of Physicians and Surgeons “Award for Excellence in Community Service”, Columbia University Medical Center

2014: Association of American Medical Colleges Spencer Foreman award for Outstanding Community Service

2013: “Woman of Distinction” award, Manhattan Times, Bronx Free Press

2012: Community-Campus Partnership for Health annual award

2006: “Partnerships Make a Difference’, Center for community Health partnerships, Columbia University medical center

2005: 13th Dominican Women’s Conference, Alianza Dominicana

2005: Community Pediatrics Training Initiative Recognition Ceremony, The American Academy of Pediatrics

2002: Humanism in Medicine Award, Association of American Medical Colleges

Research

Dr. Meyer has received research funding from Federal, State and City agencies as well as philanthropy and national foundations. Her area of research includes population health specifically initiatives that address major challenges to children's health through the interlinking context of biology, family and community such as obesity, early childhood literacy and development and mental health. Dr. Meyer has authored multiple papers, curricular materials, participated in a number of webinars and is active in national initiatives targeted at improving child health and well-being.

Research Interests

  • Community and Population Health
  • Cultural Competency
  • Health Disparities
  • Health literacy
  • Service Learning