Stephen J. Peterson MD, MACP, FAHA

Stephen J. Peterson, MD, MACP, FAHA, is a top internist who lends his skills and expertise to serve patients at Park Slope Medicine PC at New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. He additionally serves as chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (2013-present), Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College (2015-present), and Assistant Dean of New York Methodist Hospital at Weill Cornell Medicine (2016-Present). With thirty-five years of experience as an internist, Dr. Peterson specializes in diagnosing and treating a wide range of conditions, including asthma, anemia, arrhythmia, arthritis, acid reflux, atrial fibrillation, bronchitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, cholesterol management, complementary medicine, congestive heart failure, diabetes, diabetes, hypertension, mitral valve prolapse, and obesity. Before his current endeavors, Dr. Peterson served as associate program director at Metropolitan Hospital Center, now NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan, New York, New York, deputy director of the Department of Medicine, and director of the training program at Lincoln Medical Center, now NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, in the Bronx, New York, director of the internal medicine training program and chief of the section of general medicine at Westchester Medical Center, and professor of medicine, pharmacology, and clinical public health as well as executive vice chairman of medicine at New York Medical College.