Allan Gibofsky, MD, JD is Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Professor of Law at Fordham University and Adjunct Faculty at the Rockefeller University. He is an Attending Physician and Rheumatologist at both Hospital for Special Surgery and The New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr. Gibofsky received his undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York , his MD from Weill Medical College of Cornell University and his law degree from Fordham University. He did his internship in Pathology, followed by a residency in Medicine at New York Hospital. He completed a fellowship in Rheumatology/Immunology jointly at Hospital for Special Surgery under Dr. Charles L. Christian, and at The Rockefeller University, where he worked in the laboratory of Dr. Henry G. Kunkel. Dr. Gibofsky has authored or co-authored numerous papers and text chapters, primarily on the immunogenetics of rheumatic diseases and legal aspects of medical practice. He is known for his work on mechanisms of host-microbe interactions in rheumatology, and, in particular for his basic and clinical studies on rheumatic fever.
Currently Secretary-Treasurer of The New York Rheumatism Association, Dr. Gibofsky is past-Chair of the Medical & Scientific Committee of the New York Chapter of The Arthritis Foundation and received their Physicians' Leadership Award in 1999. He also served as a member of the local and national Arthritis Foundation Board of Trustees, and was Chair for Professional Education. Dr. Gibofsky has participated in numerous professional and public education programs, nationally and internationally.
Dr. Gibofsky's civic activities include membership on the Brooklyn College Foundation Board of Trustees. He is a Jonas Salk Scholar of the City University and in 1997, he was named Alumnus of the Year by Brooklyn College. He is a member of the Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medciine. He is a past president of the American College of Legal Medicine, and is the current Chair of the American Board of Legal Medicine
Dr. Gibofsky resides with his wife, Karen, and their children, Lewis, Esther and Laura in Manhattan.
