As senior vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer, Dr. Sharma will be responsible for facilitating medical staff interactions with hospital administration and the governing board and for assuring the effective and efficient delivery of quality medical care consistent with the mission of South Nassau. He will also oversee strategic planning and execution, as well as the implementation of care management programs, and monitor the effectiveness of management practices and productivity indicators.

1. News From:
For Immediate Release October 15, 2015
Contact: Damian Becker, Manager of Media Relations
(516) 377-5370
Dr. Adhi Sharma Appointed SVP/Chief Medical Officer
At South Nassau Communities Hospital
Oceanside, NY… South Nassau Communities Hospital has named Adhi Sharma, MD, FACMT,
FACEP, as senior vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer (CMO). Dr. Sharma had been
serving as South Nassau’s interim CMO.
“In addition to being an outstanding emergency medicine physician, Dr. Sharma has demonstrated a
broad understanding of professional practice administration and patient management,” said Richard J. Murphy,
president and CEO. “Working with physician leaders and senior administrative staff, Dr. Sharma has provided
a valuable perspective on critical programs and initiatives. He is focused on improving the patient experience
and the quality of healthcare services we provide.. On a personal level, Dr. Sharma is someone who enjoys the
respect of his peers and has a strong relationship with our patients and the communities we serve. He is a
natural leader. ”
As senior vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer, Dr. Sharma will be responsible for
facilitating medical staff interactions with hospital administration and the governing board and for assuring the
effective and efficient delivery of quality medical care consistent with the mission of South Nassau. He will
also oversee strategic planning and execution, as well as the implementation of care management programs, and
monitor the effectiveness of management practices and productivity indicators.
“I look forward to this opportunity,” said Dr. Sharma. “South Nassau’s staff has been nationally
recognized for providing quality care and is on the leading edge of patient focused medicine. Our profession is
changing rapidly, with increased emphasis on keeping patients well, and out of the hospital. Part of my goal will
be to continue to improve the quality of health care we provide, each and every day.”
Prior to joining South Nassau in 2014 as the hospital’s medical director for utilization, Dr. Sharma
served at Progressive Emergency Physicians, where he was the chief operations officer responsible for strategic
planning and operations; oversight and development of existing and future contracts, and contract negotiations
with third party payers. From 2007-12, Dr. Sharma held senior administrative positions at Catholic Health

2. Services of Long Island, including chair of the department of emergency medicine at Good Samaritan Hospital
Medical Center and medical director of patient safety and simulation center. Designed and implemented by Dr.
Sharma, the center is utilized by an interdisciplinary, inter-professional team of physicians, nurses, educators
and human factors engineers who work side-by-side with a particular focus on patient safety and quality.
A member of the American College of Emergency Medicine and American College of Medical
Toxicology, serving on the practice and education committees respectively, Dr. Sharma launched his career in
medicine at Elmhusrt Hospital Center, where he was the director of the division of toxicology and an attending
physician in the emergency department from 2001-05. He then moved on to Victory Memorial Hospital,
serving as chair of the department of emergency medicine until 2007.
Co-author of papers published in the Journal of Emergency Medicine, Academy of Emergency Medicine
and Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, Dr. Sharma has authored chapters published in clinical
textbooks, including Rosen’s Textbook of Emergency Medicine; 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Consult, and Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies.
Designated a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), South Nassau®
Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 455 beds, more than 900 physicians and
3,000 employees. Located in Oceanside, NY, the hospital is an acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that
provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac, oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and
emergency services. In addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, South Nassau provides emergency
and elective angioplasty, and is the only hospital on Long Island with the Novalis Tx™ and Gamma Knife®
radiosurgery technologies. South Nassau is a designated Stroke Center by the New York State Department of
Health and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the American College of Surgeons and is an
accredited center of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Association and Quality Improvement Program. In
addition, the hospital has been awarded the Joint Commission’s gold seal of approval as a Top Performer on
Key Quality Measures, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care; and disease-specific
care for hip and joint replacement, wound care and end-stage renal disease. For more information, visit
www.southnassau.org.
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