Michael D. Stein (born January 15, 1960) is an American physician, health policy researcher, and author.
[1] For the past three decades, Dr. Stein has produced work that has spanned the topics of sleep and pain, addiction and HIV/AIDS, mental health and behavioral risk-taking, health care access and quality.
[2] Stein's research expertise spans behavioral medicine, primary care, substance use disorders, HIV/AIDS, mental health, and the determinants of risk-taking behavior.
His first nonfiction book "The Lonely Patient," won the Christopher Award.
[4][5][6] His recent books about public health topics have included "The Turning Point: Reflections on a Pandemic" (2024),[7] co-authored with Sandro Galea.