Dr. Paul L. Geltman is a nationally recognized public health expert on immigrant and refugee health issues. Dr. Geltman received his Bachelor of Arts in History and Certificate in Latin American Studies from Princeton University and his M.D. and M.P.H 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 epidemiologic analyses of health issues of refugees entering the US from overseas. A prominent example of Dr. Geltman’s work came with multi-year research funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to conduct what was at the time the largest study of the health status of a refugee population resettled in the U.S. The study investigated the relationships between health literacy, English language skills, acculturation and physical and mental health status. Currently, Dr. Geltman serves as Chief of Medicine at the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children (PRHC). PRHC is one of four public health hospitals in Massachusetts and provides long-term medical, rehabilitation, and educational services for children and adolescents with complex physical and cognitive disabilities. PRHC is part of the Bureau of Public Health Hospitals, Massachusetts Department of Public Health.