Speaker
Michael Gitman, MD, FACP
Since 2021, Michael Gitman has served as CEO of Long Island Jewish Medical Center, where he is responsible for the medical center’s strategic, operational and financial activities. Prior to this role, Dr. Gitman served as CMO of North Shore University Hospital, where he oversaw the hospital’s medical affairs, quality management and patient safety efforts. Dr. Gitman is an associate professor of medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. During the past two decades, he has been extensively involved in physician education and has received multiple teaching awards, including the Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Samuel M. Rosen Award for Outstanding Teaching. Dr. Gitman is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American Society of Nephrology, and has multiple publications and presentations in the field of clinical nephrology. Dr. Gitman received a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and a medical degree from SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, where he was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He completed an internal medicine residency and fellowship in nephrology at Mount Sinai Medical Center.