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Dr. Paul L. Geltman is a pediatrician and nationally recognized public health expert on immigrant and
refugee health issues. Dr. Geltman received his BA in History and Certificate in Latin American Studies
from Princeton University and his MD and MPH degrees from the George Washington University School
of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Geltman completed his pediatric residency at the Floating Hospital
for Children (part of Boston’s Tufts Medical Center) and then a post-doctoral fellowship in child advocacy
and community pediatrics that focused on immigrant and refugee children’s health at Boston Medical
Center (then Boston City Hospital). He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a diplomate
of the American Board of Pediatrics.

Throughout his career, Dr. Geltman has been actively engaged in public health and academic work
focused on refugee and immigrant health with his clinical practice grounded in communities with large
immigrant populations. His academic work has produced over 50 wide-ranging publications and has
included groundbreaking reports on health issues of refugees entering the US from overseas.

Dr. Geltman most recently served as Chief of Medicine and Interim Chief Medical Officer at the Pappas
Rehabilitation Hospital for Children, part of the Bureau of Public Health Hospitals, Massachusetts
Department of Public Health. Previously, he was Chief Medical Officer at Upham’s Community Care, a
FQHC in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. In addition, Dr. Geltman is Associate Editor for Pediatrics
and Refugee Health for the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. He holds academic appointments in
Health Policy and Health Services Research at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental
Medicine and in Pediatrics at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.