Scott P. Charles, MAPP, FCPP | BIO

Scott Charles is the Trauma Outreach Manager for Temple University Hospital and is Director of TUH's Cradle to Grave Program, an award-winning hospital-based violence prevention initiative that illustrates the harsh realities of gun violence for public school students and adjudicated youth. He also coordinates the hospital’s Trauma Victims Advocates Program which connects violently injured patients to crime victim services throughout Philadelphia. Scott also directs the hospital’s Fighting Chance program, which teaches community members to provide first aid to victims of gunshot injury, as well as the Safe Bet program, which has distributed more than 10,000 free gun locks to Philadelphia residents. His work with Dr. Amy Goldberg has been showcased on CNN, CBS News, ABC World News, MSNBC, Huffington Post, and NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Their work has also been featured in the documentaries Gun Fight, Number One with a Bullet, and GSW. Scott holds degrees in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and in 2023, he was inducted as a fellow of the Philadelphia College of Physicians for his work in community health.