SUNY at Stony Brook - Bachelor - 5/1979 B.S. degree, Biochemistry. Graduated with honors. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Harvard School of Public Health - Masters - 5/1986 M.P.H. degree, Department of Health Policy and Management, June 1986. Kellogg Foundation fellow. Studied decision analysis, microeconomics, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, public health law, reimbursement systems, statistics, health economics, and meta-analysis.
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Ph.D. - 6/1984 Actually M.D. degree. Engaged in one year of basic research, including presentation of a research paper.