Robin O. Winter, MD, MMM

Chair, Department of Family Medicine

Dr. Winter has been Director of the JFK Family Medicine Residency Program since 1989. After receiving a BA from Haverford College and a medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Winter did his Family Medicine Residency at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, New Jersey. To pursue his interest in the biopsychosocial model, he obtained a Certificate in Family Therapy from Trinity Counseling Service in Princeton, New Jersey. Board certified in both Family Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, Dr. Winter earned a Master of Medical Management degree at Carnegie Mellon University.

He is Medical Director of JFK Hartwyck Nursing, Convalescent and Rehabilitation Centers, and sits on their Board. Dr. Winter is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and an Associate Professor at St. George’s University School of Medicine.

A long-standing member of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM), Dr. Winter is currently on the Editorial Board of their Journal, Family Medicine. He is a Past-President of the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors, a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and served a seven-year term on the Family Medicine Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). In addition to various research papers, Dr. Winter has published a number of articles on the use of literature and the humanities in Family Medicine residency education.