Howard S. Teitelbaum DO, PhD, MPH, FAOCOPM

Dr. Howard S. Teitelbaum, DO, Ph.D., MPH, FAOCOPM (dist.) is Professor Emeritus at both Michigan State University and the Lincoln Memorial University (LMU). He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine.

Dr. Teitelbaum received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing, Mich. He also holds a master of public health degree from Harvard University, a Ph.D. and MA from Michigan State University, and a BS in Mathematics from the California State Polytechnic College in Pomona, Calif. He completed his internship at Mount Clemens General Hospital in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, and his residency in preventive medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven Connecticut.

Dr. Teitelbaum has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and has written a book entitled, Osteopathic Medical Education in the United States- Improving the Future of Medicine. He is also a reviewer for the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. He has received numerous teaching awards during his career as a medical educator, including Professor of the Year at the Yale University School of Public Health, Clinical Professor of the Year Award from LMU-DCOM students eight times in nine years, and received LMU’s Houston Award for Teaching Excellence in 2010. Dr. Teitelbaum has been named to the American Osteopathic Association’s Mentor Hall of Fame every year since 1995. In 2011, Dr. Teitelbaum received the George W. Northup Educator of the Year Award from the National Student Osteopathic Medical Association.