Steve is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Bellevue Hospital Center & NYU School of Medicine as well as an NIH-funded researcher of educational media approaches aimed to improve patient understanding and care. He is recipient of the prestigious K award and serves as a Primary Investigator funded via consecutive NIH R01 grants. He is the Founder and Director of EMPEI, the Electronic Media Patient Education Institute, at NYU. Stephen received his MD from NYU, completed his residency at Harbor UCLA, earned a Masters in Science in Health Services Research from UCLA, and finally a Masters in Educational Communications and Technology at NYU.