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Carolyn Stern, MD, FAAFP

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center

Carolyn R. Stern, MD is a Board-Certified Family Physician. As the first female Deaf Family Physician in the United States, and as the first Deaf Physician to work at URMC, she currently works at UR Medicine Urgent Care. She also serves as the Medical Director and School Physician at Rochester School for the Deaf.

She has cared for and consulted with thousands of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH) patients and the extended D/HH community. She presents extensively in the D/HH, interpreter, medical, and general community both nationally and internationally, as a role model, advocate, mentor and educator.

At URMC, she is honored to serve on the Taskforce on Faculty Regulations, Deaf Professional Advisory Council (DPAC) under the University’s Office of Disability Resources, the Deaf Patient and Family Advisory Council (DPFAC) under the Patient Care Experience office, the Patient Language Accessibility Taskforce and the Language Access Strategic Plan Project as part of UR’s Equity and Inclusion.

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