FACULTY
Michael A. Silverstein, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
Michael Silverstein, M.D., M.P.H., is a Clinical Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of Washington School of Public Health. For eight years prior to assuming this position in January 2005 he was the Assistant Director for Industrial Safety and Health with the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. This included responsibility for the state’s occupational safety and health program.
Dr. Silverstein originally came to the state of Washington in 1990 to work for the State Department of Health as State Health Officer and State Epidemiologist. He then spent two years in Washington, D.C. as Director of Policy for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and returned to the state in 1995. Prior to these government positions, Dr. Silverstein was Assistant Director for the Occupational Health and Safety Department of the United Automobile Workers Union in Detroit, Michigan. He worked for the UAW for nearly 15 years on a wide range of issues.
Dr. Silverstein also has practiced family medicine and occupational medicine in Michigan and California. He holds degrees from Harvard University, Stanford Medical School and the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He is board certified as a specialist in occupational medicine.
Contact Information
Box 3546954225 Roosevelt Way NE, Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98105
Tel: 206-897-1652
masilver@u.washington.edu
Links
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Research Interests
Education
MD, Medicine, Stanford University 1971
MPH, Medical Care Organization, University of Michigan 1978
