Dreyer briefed journalists in September 2020: How Poverty Affects Children’s Health.

Dr. Benard Dreyer is a general and development-behavioral pediatrician who has spent his professional life serving poor children and families. Professor of Pediatrics at NYU, he leads the Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, is Director of Pediatrics at Bellevue Hospital and also works as a hospitalist. After graduating from NYU School of Medicine and chief residency at Jacobi Hospital, he stayed as Director of Emergency Medicine, starting the first Emergency Medicine Residency in New York State.

For over 30 years, he led a primary care program at Bellevue, including co-located mental and oral health services and clinics in homeless shelters. His research is focused on interventions in primary care to improve early childhood outcomes, including early brain development and obesity.

Dreyer has been AAP NY Chapter 3 President and a member of the Committee on Pediatric Research and the Executive Committee of the Council on Communications and Media. He co-chaired the AAP Health Literacy Project Advisory Committee, including editing the AAP publication Plain Language Pediatrics. He serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Section on LGBT Health and Wellness and the AAP Leadership Workgroup on Poverty and Child Health.

Dreyer was president of the Academic Pediatric Association and founded and chairs the APA Task Force on Childhood Poverty and the APA Research Scholars Program. He also hosts a weekly radio show on the Sirius XM Doctor Radio Channel, On Call for Kids.