Stephen G. Post has held teaching positions at the University of Chicago Medical School, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (1988-2008), and currently at Stony Brook University School of Medicine. He is an elected member of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the Royal Society of Medicine in London. Post addressed the U.S. Congress on volunteerism and public health, receiving the Congressional Certificate of Special Recognition for Outstanding Achievement. He received the Kama Book Award in Medical Humanities from World Literacy Canada in 2008. Post co-authored the bestseller "Why Good Things Happen to Good People: How to Live a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life by the Simple Act of Giving" (with Jill Neimark). His work "The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying" was designated a "medical classic of the century" by the British Medical Journal (2009). He served as Editor-in-Chief of the 5-volume Encyclopedia of Bioethics (2004), which won the American Library Association's "Best Reference Work" award.
- Why Good Things Happen to Good People (2007) Book
- The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying (2000) Book
- Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People: How Caregivers Can Meet the Challenges of Alzheimer's Disease (2022) Book
- The Hidden Gifts of Helping: How the Power of Giving, Compassion, and Hope Can Get Us Through Hard Times (2011) Book