Dr. Barry Stimmel was former Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Ombudsperson, and Dean Emeritus for Medical Education at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Stimmel served as the Katherine and Clifford Goldsmith Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and was a member of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai.
He joined the Mount Sinai family after receiving his medical degree in 1964 from SUNY Downstate Medical Center. He completed his rotational internship, internal medicine residency, and residency in cardiology at The Mount Sinai Hospital.
Upon completing his residency, he was appointed Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs. He served as Dean of Graduate Medical Education from 1996 to 2008, and developed the Consortium for Graduate Medical Education at Mount Sinai, comprised of 11 institutions and more than 1,800 house staff-one of the largest associations of its kind in the United States.
In his role as Ombudsperson from 2008 to 2014, Dr. Stimmel offered a safe and confidential setting for members of the Icahn School of Medicine community to discuss academic, professional, and personal issues.
As a pioneer in the field of addictive medicine, Dr. Stimmel was internationally known for his treatment and research of heroin dependency. He established Mount Sinai's former Narcotics Rehabilitation Center in 1970, serving as Executive Director from 1975 to 2008. This was the first program in New York City to use methadone solely in an ambulatory care setting.Dr. Stimmel also served on the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Committee of Physicians for National Drug Control Strategy.
Dr. Stimmel was the founding editor of the Journal of Addictive Diseases, and the author of eight books, numerous book chapters, and more than 140 articles dealing with drug abuse, the effects of mood altering drugs on the heart, and pain control.