The World Trade Center (WTC) Medical Working Group was appointed by Mayor Bloomberg in June 2007. The Medical Working Group reviews the latest medical research on  potential health effects of the WTC attacks. The Group also reviews the adequacy of health and mental health services available to WTC-exposed persons, and advises city government on approaches to communicating health risk information.

WTC Medical Working Group’s Annual Reports

2009 Annual Report

2008 Annual Report

Linda Gibbs, Co-Chair
New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services

Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, Co-Chair
New York City Health Commissioner

Thomas K. Aldrich, MD
Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Division Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY

Lung Chi Chen, PhD
Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine
NYU School of Medicine

Kitty H. Gelberg, PhD, MPH
Chief, Epidemiology and Surveillance Section
Bureau of Occupational Health
New York State Department of Health

Eli J. Kleinman, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Hematology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Supervising Chief Surgeon, New York City Police Department

Susan Klitzman, DrPH, MPH
Professor and Director
Urban Public Health Program
Hunter College
City University of New York

Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, DIH
Professor and Chairman, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Center for Children's Health and the Environment
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

R. Richard Leinhardt, MD, FACS
Chief Surgeon
New York City Department of Correction

David Prezant, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Office of Medical Affairs
Co-Director, WTC Medical Monitoring & Treatment Programs
New York City Fire Department

Ramanathan Raju, MD
Executive Vice President and Corporate Chief Medical Officer
Medical and Professional Affairs
NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation

Joan Reibman, MD
Director, Bellevue Hospital WTC Environmental Health Center
Associate Professor, Medicine and Environmental Medicine
NYU Medical Center
Bellevue Hospital Center

Michelle S. Slone, MD
City Medical Examiner
Office of Chief Medical Examiner
City of New York

Lorna Thorpe, PhD, MPH
Deputy Commissioner, Division of Epidemiology
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene