About The Authors

Jay Bernstein, MD MPH MS FACEP

Dr. Bernstein studied biochemistry and chemistry at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, then two years of research at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He earned his MD from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 1994. Dr. Bernstein completed a general surgery internship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, internal medicine internship at Tufts University/Newton-Wellesley hospital, and then completed an Academic Emergency Medicine residency at Boston University in 1999. Dr. Bernstein earned a Masters in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, a Masters in Healthcare Administration from Rosalind Franklin University, and he completed a fellowship in Occupational & Environmental Medicine at the University of Cincinnati.

Across 25+ years in practice, Dr. Bernstein has held numerous leadership positions in emergency medicine and EMS, and has clinical experience in occupational medicine, outpatient surgery, and academic medicine and medical school faculty administration. Clinically, he’s comfortable managing complex problems—injuries, infections, toxicological emergencies, cancer-related complications—and he integrates lifestyle medicine and natural treatments to reduce risk and promote durable health. Dr. Bernstein is a retired U.S. Army National Guard Major after serving for 21 years. His service also includes being a Company Commander, and combat in Kuwait during Operation Enduring Freedom. Dr. Bernstein is licensed in Ohio, Florida, Texas, and Colorado and is committed to rigorous, compassionate, and practical care that helps patients prevent disease, recover well, and extend their healthspan.