Stephanie Joan "Steffie" Woolhandler (born 1950 or 1951 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American primary care physician and medical researcher.

Her involvement in the movement against the war at that time influenced her decision to pursue medicine, reflecting that “I sought a career that allowed me to continue my work for social change.” [3] She received her medical degree from Louisiana State University.

[4][5] Since she was young, Woolhandler imagined that she would help the underserved that she grew up around, and that her medical career would involve “providing hands-on care” to those in need.

[6] Some activities include direct lobbying of policy makers, attempting to persuade other physicians to support a government-run health care plan, as well as organized sit-ins and demonstrations at various private run insurance company locations.

[2] She is co-chair of the Lancet Commission on Public Policy and Health in the Trump Era, in February 2021 issuing a report that compared US deaths from Coronavirus disease 2019 to mortality rates in the other G7 countries.

[10] In 1994, Woolhandler received the Edward K. Barsky Award from the Physicians Forum, and in 1996 the Ethical Culture Society named her "Humanist of the Year.