It is with great sadness that CHCANYS shares the news of the passing of Dr. Robert "Red" Schiller.
A visionary family physician, educator, and champion for community-based primary care, Dr. Schiller dedicated his career to improving health equity and training the next generation of family medicine leaders. Through his decades of leadership at the Institute for Family Health, where he served as Chief Academic Officer and led its family medicine residency programs for nearly 40 years, he mentored hundreds of physicians whose work continues to strengthen communities across New York and the nation.
Dr. Schiller also served as the founding Vice Chair and most recently Interim Chair of the Alfred and Gail Engelberg Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. His leadership, mentorship, and commitment to excellence left an indelible mark on family medicine education and the future of primary care.
Throughout his career, Dr. Schiller was known not only as an exceptional physician and teacher, but also as a compassionate caregiver who treated every patient with dignity, respect, and kindness.
On behalf of the CHCANYS Board of Directors and staff, we extend our heartfelt condolences to Dr. Schiller's family, friends, colleagues at the Institute for Family Health, and the many physicians, students, and patients whose lives he touched. His extraordinary legacy will continue to inspire the community health center movement for generations to come.