Paulo Pina, MD, MPH, is a pediatrician at Hasbro Children’s and division director of
ambulatory and community medicine at Rhode Island Hospital.

Prior to his work in Rhode Island, Dr. Pina was pediatric network medical director of
Family Health Centers at NYU Langone-Brooklyn and served as a clinical associate
professor in the department of pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He has
held academic positions with Albert Einstein College of Medicine and CUNY School of
Medicine.

Dr. Pina had a years-long affiliation with St. Barnabas Hospital in New York, serving as
president and vice-president of its medical board, associate director and program
director of its pediatric residency program, and held leadership positions including
associate chairman of its department of pediatrics. 

Dr. Pina obtained a medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and a
Master of Public Health degree in community health sciences from State University of
New York at Downstate. He completed his residency in pediatrics at NYU/Bellevue
Hospital Center-New York where he was chief resident. 

His scholarly and advocacy activities have focused on improving pediatric care quality,
addressing the social determinants of health during medical visits, increasing
vaccination rates, PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) use among adolescents, and health
equity.