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

2011 Annual Report (PDF)

2010 Annual Report (PDF)

2009 Annual Report (PDF)

2008 Annual Report (PDF)

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

Mitchell Cohen, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine
NYU School of Medicine

Joanne Difede, PhD
Director, Program for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Studies
Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medical College

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

Carolyn Greene, MD
Deputy Commissioner, Division of Epidemiology
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

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

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, Special Advisor to the Fire Commissioner for Health Policy
Co-Director, WTC Medical Monitoring & Treatment Programs
New York City Fire Department

Ramanathan Raju, MD*
Chief Executive Officer, Cook County Health and Hospital System

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

Pablo Sadler, MD
Mental Health Medical Director
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

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

Lorna Thorpe, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program
CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College

*Dr. Raju left the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation in September 2011