Howard Feinberg is a 1984 graduate of The College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, CA (now Western University). After graduation he did an Osteopathic internship at Botsford General Hospital in Farmington Hills, MI followed by an internal medicine residency at Metropolitan Hospital in Philadelphia and a Rheumatology fellowship at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. After completing his medical training he founded the Ashland Arthritis Center in Ashland, KY, dedicated to patient care, research and teaching, where he practiced medicine until joining the faculty of Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2016.  

In addition to medical practice Dr. Feinberg has been active in health care policy, health care education, and in medical research. He has run an active clinical research program performing both independent and pharmaceutical industry sponsored research. 

Since 1989 Dr. Feinberg has been involved in medical education training students, interns and residents in Rheumatology. He has also been a regular lecturer at several medical schools and GME programs. In 1995 Dr. Feinberg helped with the development of a new Osteopathic medical school in Kentucky serving as its dean from the applicant status through the pre-accreditation process and attainment of provisional accreditation. He has won multiple teaching awards and community service awards for this work during his career.

In 1995 Dr. Feinberg completed a fellowship in health care policy through a joint Ohio University and Michigan State University program. After this he was asked to serve as faculty for the American Osteopathic Association Fellowship in Health Care policy and was given an academic appointment, for health care policy, in the department of social medicine of Ohio University. He has continued to study, teach, and be actively involved in health care policy since then. Dr. Feinberg has served on numerous federal and state commissions, done advisory work for members of both major political parties, and has had the experience of running for the U.S. House of Representatives. For his work in health care policy he has received multiple awards and honors.

Education

• BA, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
• DO, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Pomona, CA
• Internship Botsford General Hospital Farmington Hills, MI
• Internal Medicine Residency Metropolitan Hospital Central Division Philadelphia, PA
• Rheumatology Fellowship Albert Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, PA

Honors and Awards

• 2020 Awarded Gillum Society of Master Fellows by A.C.O.I.
• 2019 OPSC Physician Recognition Award
• 2018 Stephen Abrahamson Award for Innovation (medical Education)
• 2015 Kings Daughters Medical Center 25 years of Service Award
• 2012 Preceptor of the year IM 'WVSOM
• 2012 Outstanding subspecialty preceptor award
• 2011 Appointed Honorary Kentucky Colonel by Governor Steven Beshear
• 2011 Osteopathic Physician of the year ' Kentucky
• 2010 Kings Daughters Medical Center 20 years of service award
• 2008 Mentor Hall of Fame -  American Osteopathic Association
• 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Consumers Research Council of America Top Physicians
• 2007 Health policy teaching award
• 2006 Fellow American College of Rheumatology
• 2004 Community Recognition Award
• 2003 Medical school preceptor of the year
• 2001 Top Ten Rheumatologists in Southeast Region of U.S.
• 1999  Kentucky Physician of the Year
• 1999 Kentucky Quality Care Award
• 1998  Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists
• 1996 Certificate of Appreciation KY Health Policy Board
• 1996 American Academy of Family Practice Teaching Award
• 1995 American Academy of Family Practice Teaching Award
• 1994 Appointed an Honorary Kentucky Colonel by Governor Patton of Kentucky
• 1992 Appointed an Honorary Kentucky Colonel by Governor Wilkinson of Kentucky
• 1991 Arthritis Foundation Speakers Award
• 1988 Best Original Research Paper Albert Einstein Medical Center
• 1988 American Rheumatism Association resident award for presentation Association Regional Convention-Nashville, TN
• 1984 Certified by the National Osteopathic Board of Examiners
• 1983 Recipient of American College of General Practitioners Fellowship Award
• 1977-1980 Appointment to Deans Scholar Program University of Delaware
• 1976-1977 Freshman Honors Program University of Delaware

Publications

• Healy, A., Shubrook, J. H., Feinberg, H., & Ahmed, S. (2021). The Necessary Evolution of Diabetes Fellowships in the United States. Postgraduate Medicine, 133 (4), 385-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.2021.1894055

• Shubrook, J. H., Ramirez, B. F., Healy, A. M., Salzberg, L., Ahmed, S., Feinberg, H., Schutta, M., Schwartz, F. L., & Wang, C. C. L. (2020). Primary Care Diabetes Fellowship Programs: Developing National Standards. Clinical Diabetes, 39(1), 88–96. https://doi.org/10.2337/cd20-0055

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Memberships and Affiliations

• AOA
• AMA
• CMA
• NAPA Solano County Medical Association
• OPSC
• ACOI
• ACR