Joseph A. Lieberman III, MD, MPH

Joseph A. Lieberman III, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Family Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, and Associate Editor of the Delaware Medical Journal. He received his BS from Georgetown University, his MD from Jefferson Medical College, and his MPH from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at Rutgers University. He also served as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.

Dr. Lieberman began his medical career in the United States Air Force followed by ten years of private practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He joined the faculty at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1977 where he eventually became a Professor of Family Medicine and Chairman of the Department. In 1991 he was named Chairman of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Christiana Care Health Services, (formerly Medical Center of Delaware) a position that he held until January 2002.

A frequent contributor to the medical literature, Dr. Lieberman is co-author of the popular textbook, The Fifteen Minute Hour: Practical Therapeutic Interventions in Primary Care, now in its third edition. He also serves on the Editorial Boards of The Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Consultant, and the Editorial Review panels of several journals including The Journal of the American Medical Association, American Family Physician, Annuals of Internal Medicine, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and Patient Care.

Dr. Lieberman is also involved in numerous professional organizations. He is active in the New Castle County and Delaware State Medical Societies as well as the American Medical Association, where he is a member of the House of Delegates. A Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, he has served that organization in a variety of capacities including the Presidencies of both the New Jersey and Delaware Academies of Family Physicians. In addition to his organized medical activities, he also serves the State of Delaware as a member of the Delaware Health Care Commission, the Delaware Health Fund Advisory Committee and the Delaware Institute for Medical Education and Research.