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ACGME Accreditation Field Representative
Judith D. Rubin, MD, MPH

Dr. Rubin is Board-certified in Pediatrics and in Preventive Medicine. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Following a Pediatrics internship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Rubin was an exchange resident in Pediatrics in Shiraz, Iran. She completed residency training in Pediatrics and in Preventive Medicine at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, during which time she also received the MPH degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.


Dr. Rubin has held a joint faculty appointment in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine since 1977. She was the director of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program at the University of Maryland from 1984–2005 and was a finalist for the ACGME Parker J. Palmer “Courage to Teach” award in 2003. She has been a member of the American Board of Preventive Medicine (1993–2002) and the Residency Review Committee for Preventive Medicine (1998–2004) and is chair of the Graduate Medical Education Committee of the American College of Preventive Medicine. As a clinician she has taught and supervised medical students and residents in both inpatient and outpatient pediatric settings. Her research interests have included congenital heart disease, lead poisoning, childhood dental caries, and pediatric immunization programs.


Dr. Rubin has served as a Specialist Site Visitor for the Residency Review Committee for Preventive Medicine and joined the ACGME field staff in April 2005 and has conducted 173 site visits.