Roberta Satow, Ph.D.

Biography

Roberta Satow, Ph.D. is a Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and a practicing psychotherapist in Manhattan.  She is the author of Doing the Right Thing: Taking Care of Your Elderly Parents Even if They Didn’t Take Care of You (Tarcher/Penguin 2006 paperback).

Dr. Satow has been quoted in The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine and other national publications. She has appeared on the Diane Rehm Show, AARP Prime Time Radio, Ed Gordon News and Notes, and several other NPR programs. Excerpts of her book have appeared in Today’s Caregiver and Caregiver.Com.

Dr.  Satow has been featured in articles in Newsweek’s Web edition, The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Charlotte Observer, Tampa Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times, and the Star-Ledger.

She gave the keynote speeches at the 2006 EASNA conference in Toronto and the 2005 White House Conference on Aging at Brooklyn College. Dr. Satow has given presentations and workshops at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Overlook Hospital, the National Caregivers Conference, the National Conference on Family Relations, the New York City Alzheimer’s Conference, and the Joint Conference of the National Council on Aging, and the American Society on Aging.