MESSAGE FROM VICTOR F. POLITI, MD, FACP, FACEP, NUHEALTH’S PRESIDENT/CEO
Victor F. Politi, MD, FACP, FACEP
President/CEO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 16, 2014
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Message from Victor F. Politi, MD, FACP, FACEP, NuHealth’s President/CEO
East Meadow, NY………..Please join me and Michael B. Mirotznik, Chairman of the Board of Directors, in congratulating Victor Scarmato, MD, Chair of Radiology, upon accepting the position of NuHealth’s Acting Chief Medical Officer, following the resignation of Dr. Steven Walerstein. We wish Dr. Walerstein the best of luck in his future endeavors and thank him for his dedicated service.
Dr. Scarmato, who will continue in his role as leader of the radiology department in addition to his responsibilities as acting CMO, will play a vital role in advancing our mission at this time of great transformation in the health care industry. His vast clinical and managerial experience will be an asset as a member of NuHealth’s administration to help ensure that our system is sustainable for the long term, with a real commitment to safety, high quality and life saving care.
Dr. Victor J. Scarmato graduated with a B.S. in biology from SUNY Binghamton. After graduating from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., he completed his residency training in radiology at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY. He subsequently completed his fellowship in gastrointestinal radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Dr. Scarmato began his career at North Shore University Hospital, where he was the physician in charge of gastrointestinal radiology. Dr. Scarmato was recruited to NUMC as chairman of radiology in 2007 and was named patient safety officer in 2009. Dr. Scarmato is on the executive committee of the New York State Radiological Society and chairs the insurance and compensation committee. He has been a counselor or alternate counselor to the ACR since 2004 and is a member of the committee on economics. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Radiology and is an oral boards’ examiner. Additionally, he is the author of several papers and multiple presentations, and is an assistant professor of radiology at the Hofstra/NSLIJ School of Medicine where he is an instructor to the medical students.
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