Dr. Glatt was a guest editor of the Infectious Diseases Clinic of North America and infectious diseases editor of Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary.
Infectious Disease Specialist Named Chair of Medicine At South Nassau Communities Hospital
1. News From:
For Immediate Release November 13, 2015
Contact: Damian Becker, Manager of Media Relations
(516) 377-5370
Leading Infectious Disease Specialist Named Chair of Medicine
At South Nassau Communities Hospital
Oceanside, NY — Internationally recognized infectious disease specialist Aaron Eli Glatt, M.D.,
FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, has been named chair of the Department of Medicine and division chief of
infectious diseases at South Nassau Communities Hospital.
“Dr. Glatt is a respected physician leader and is in the forefront of medicine, epidemiology and
infectious diseases in the medical community,” said Adhi Sharma, MD, South Nassau’s chief medical
officer. “His experience and acumen in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening and
common infectious diseases such as pneumonia and shingles to more complex infections such as those
caused by HIV and MRSA will be of benefit to the communities and patients served by South Nassau.”
As chair of medicine, Dr. Glatt will lead the overall administrative, academic and clinical
activities of the department of medicine and work closely with the other clinical departments, nursing
and pharmacy leadership, and directors to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of high quality,
patient-centered care.
Dr. Glatt has extensive administrative, academic, clinical and grant experience in healthcare. The
former executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Mercy Medical Center, he was a full
professor of clinical medicine (and former Associate Dean) at New York Medical College. Prior to
serving at Mercy, Dr. Glatt served as president and chief executive officer at New Island Hospital
in Bethpage, NY, where he had been the Vice President of Medical Affairs from 2005-06. From 2003-
05 he served as the medical director of Mercy Ambulatory Care Center and chairman of the Department
of Medicine at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, NY. His impressive career in healthcare also
includes more than a decade of service at St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, where he served as
director of Graduate Medical Education, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and chairman of
Infection Control for this eight hospital system.
Board-certified in both internal medicine and infectious diseases, Dr. Glatt earned a BA from
Yeshiva University, where he was class valedictorian, and his medical degree from New York's
2. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After completing his internship, residency,
and chief residency in internal medicine at the Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, he
completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at the State University of New York Health Sciences
Center in Brooklyn. He is also an ordained Rabbi, and is the Assistant to the Rabbi at the Young Israel
of Woodmere.
The author of 200 scientific journal articles and presentations at national meetings and an
internationally known medical and medical ethics lecturer, Dr. Glatt was a guest editor of the Infectious
Diseases Clinic of North America and infectious diseases editor of Dorland's Illustrated Medical
Dictionary. In addition, he has served on the editorial boards of major publications, has been a reviewer
for many prestigious journals, and has served on many government, hospital, medical school and local
public health committees. Spokesman for the Arlington, Va.-based Infectious Diseases Society of
America, his medical interests include general infectious diseases, infection control, Clostridium
difficile, tuberculosis, fungal infection, occupational-related HIV seroconversion, appropriate antibiotic
utilization and medical ethics.
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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