About Edward Anselm, MD

Edward Anselm is a board-certified internist and public health advocate with decades of experience in clinical care, health plan leadership, and quality improvement.

An advocate for universal health coverage and single-payer healthcare, he serves on the advisory board of the New York Metro chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program.

Dr. Anselm has held senior medical leadership roles at HIP Health Plan of New York, Fidelis Care, and Health Republic Insurance. His experience includes medical management, benefit design, cost containment, and quality improvement.

He earned his medical degree from the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University and completed his internal medicine residency at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. He continues to teach at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

His public health work also includes tobacco control, smoking cessation, and harm reduction.

Additional information can be obtained at his website: About — Edward Anselm, MD