Patient Care Bio
Steve Schultz, MD, became Program Director in May 2002, having joined the faculty on a part time basis in 1999. He is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and completed his MD in the Brown-Dartmouth program in 1992. Upon completing the Rochester residency program, he served as chief resident, and then spent a month in Kazan as part of a medical education exchange program.
His first job as a family physician was at Woodward Health Center, a federally funded community health center, where he practiced for five years and participated in the National Health Service Corps loan repayment program. Steve served as the medical director for Elisha House, a community hospice for AIDS patients for seven years. He has been involved in the AAFP since serving on a national commission as a medical student and was on the NYSAFP Board of Directors for two years. He continues to serve on the NYSAFP Commission on Leadership. Steve enjoys writing, and has won the University of Rochester's Human Values in Health Care Award for best creative work in 2001, 2007 and 2010. In 2010, he was also honored by the New York State Academy of Family Physicians as Family Medicine Educator of the Year.
Steve brings an infectious enthusiasm to his projects; a particular area of interest is international health, and he began an International Health Track (IHT) for the residency program during his first year as program director. Steve lives in Rochester's 19th ward with wife, Maeve Cullinane, and their children, Ben, Sarah, and Abigail. They are both active in the Rochester Friends (Quaker) Meeting; as part of the outreach of the Meeting, Steve has attended a worship group in Attica Prison once a month since 1996. In his spare time he enjoys tinkering and puttering, hiking, writing, and reading aloud with his family.
| Family Practice Educator of the Year Award | New York State Academy of Family Physicians |
2010 |
| AFMRD Program Directors Recognition Award, Silver Level | Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors |
2010 |
| Creative Excellence Award | University of Rochester, Human Values in Health Care |
2010 |
| Creative Writing Award | Board of Trustees, Family Medicine Education Consortium, Inc. | Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Northeast Region Meeting |
2009 |
| Provider of the Year Award | Highland Family Medicine Center |
2008 |
| University of Rochester Human Values in Health Care Award for Best Creative Work | University of Rochester |
2007 |
| AFMRD Program Directors Recognition Award, Bronze Level | Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors |
2007 |
| NYSAFP President's Award | New York State Academy of Family Physicians |
2003 |
| STFM New Faculty Scholar Award | Society of Teachers of Family Medicine |
2003 |
| University of Rochester Human Values in Health Care Award for Best Creative Work | University of Rochester |
2001 |
| AAFP Foundation / Parke-Davis Teacher Development Award | American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation/Parke Davis |
1998 |
| STFM Resident as Teacher Award | Society of Teachers of Family Medicine |
1995 |
| IHMEC Project Presentation Award | International Health Medical Education Consortium |
1993 |
| AAFP Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) Leadership Award | American Academy of Family Physicians FMIG |
1990 |
| Dartmouth Medical School Dept. of Family & Community Medicine Research Grant, Summer | Dartmouth Medical School |
1989 |
| Ben Bronstein Endowed Pre-Med Scholarship, University of New Hampshire | University of New Hampshire |
1987 |
| National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates Grant, Summer |
1987 |
