Street Medicine, Founder of Homeless Outreach Program for Einstein Students

Dr. Littleton is a dedicated physician who has been caring for unstably housed patients in the Bronx since completing her residency in Social Medicine at Montefiore in 2002. She has served as an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, spent a decade as a Team Leader for Family Medicine residents, and now serves on the core faculty of the Homeless Medicine Fellowship. At Albert Einstein College of Medicine, she has worked with students for decades and has led the HOPE (Homeless Outreach Program for Einstein Students) initiative since its founding in 2005. She also helps guide the Service Learning Curriculum, supporting student engagement in community health. Dr. Littleton has been instrumental in developing New York City's first street-based homeless medicine program through Care for the Homeless, where she provides care to those living on the streets, including substance use treatment and housing referrals. For the past 15 years, she has also served as Medical Director of BronxWorks, a nonprofit advocating for Bronx residents. In recognition of her compassionate care and community leadership, she received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award in 2012 and presented her work internationally at the Street Medicine Symposium in London in 2022.