Dr Irwin Redlener is a leading Paediatrician who specialises in healthcare for children who are medically underserved. A prominent public health activist, Dr Irwin has been involved with health care reforms, paediatric medicine and disaster planning, response and recovery throughout his successful career. A co-founder of the Children’s Health Fund, Dr Irwin has also made it his mission to provide healthcare to the homeless and is now booked as a healthcare speaker for a variety of corporate, public and educational events.
Enjoying a successful medical career, Dr Irwin is the Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness and a Professor of Paediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center. He has also been a member of the White House Task Force on National Health Care Reform and the Vice Chairman of the Health Professional Review Group. Highly involved in paediatric medicine in New York, Dr Irwin has continually supported the mayors of New York City in the management of emergencies and the preparation and response to disasters.
Other prominent roles of Dr Irwin’s include being the Director of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami, the Chairman of the National Executive Committee of Physicians for Social Responsibility, the Head of Outpatients at Cornell/ New York Hospital, Head of Community Paediatrics at Montefiore Medical Centre and President of the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. Outside of performing his medical practice, Dr Irwin has also authored the books The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for 21st Century America and Americans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now.
Dr Irwin is also remembered as a founding member of the Task Force on Terrorism of the American Academy of Paediatrics and for establishing the National Center for Disaster Preparedness. He has also served as the Co-Chair of NYS Ready Commission and been appointed to the National Commission on Children and Disasters. Having run health centres in some of America’s most impoverished communities, Dr Irwin has countless years of hands-on experience and is highly passionate about ensuring that everyone has access to the healthcare that they need. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr Irwin has been sharing his expertise on vaccinations and is currently the Director of the Pandemic Resource and Response Initiative.
With a highly successful career as a paediatrician behind him, Dr Irwin is now a popular choice as a healthcare speaker for a range of events. A go-to speaker for various digital, print and broadcast news outlets, Dr Irwin has advised thousands of people on how to best prepare for disaster and how to recover when disaster strikes. As a speaker for corporate events, Dr Irwin covers topics such as when will the covid-19 pandemic be over, what is the impact of the pandemic on children and what lies ahead for our children, child poverty in America and creating change. A fantastic and highly knowledgeable individual, Dr Irwin Redlener is a great healthcare speaker for events.
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Dr Irwin's official speaking topics are listed below:
- When will the Covid-19 pandemic be over? What could derail progress in getting back to 'normal'?
- The 'Pandemic Generation'- What is the impact of the pandemic on children, and what lies ahead for our kids and our society?
- What businesses need to know about the return to 'normal' and why things will never be the same as they were prior to January 2020
- Child poverty in America- How did we get here, what we need to do going forward, what the lack of opportunity for millions of kids means for America's future
- Creating change with celebrity partners
