David Louis Battinelli MD

Dr. David Battinelli, M.D., currently serves as the Dean for Medical Education at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and Chief Medical Officer of the North Shore-LIJ Health System. In this capacity, he is responsible for facilitating alignment of the clinical initiatives of the Health System with those of the undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical educational programs.

Dr. Battinelli received a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in biology from the University of Scranton and his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where he was elected to membership in Alpha Omega Alpha. He completed an internship, residency, and chief residency at Boston City Hospital. After his chief residency, he became an Assistant Director in the Department of Medicine and Assistant Director of the Internal Training Program at Boston City Hospital. Later, Dr. Battinelli directed the Training Program at Boston University Medical Center Hospital, and subsequently, the integrated Boston City Hospital/Boston University Medical Center Hospital/Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center Combined Internal Medicine Training Program. In 1996, he became Vice-Chair for Education and led the Internal Medicine Training Program after the formation of the Boston Medical Center , the result of the merger of Boston City Hospital and Boston University Medical Center Hospital. In July 2007, Dr. Battinelli left Boston University and assumed the position as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer at the North Shore - LIJ Health System.

Dr. Battinelli's interests are primarily in the area of medical education and faculty development. He is a trained facilitator for the Stanford Faculty Development Program for clinical teachers and has taught more than 200 local, regional and national faculty development seminars, courses and workshops on improving clinical teaching. He also has presented over 100 grand rounds and clinical problem solving presentations, and given more than 40 Boston University continuing medical education lectures on a variety of topics for the general internist. A Past-President of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, he has worked closely with, and served on numerous committees for, a variety of national medical organizations, including the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, Association of Professors of Medicine, Association of Subspecialty Professors, Association of Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, American College of Physicians, American Association of Medical Colleges and the Accreditation Committee on Graduate Medical Education. He recently initiated and chaired a national effort to reform the fellowship application and matching process to help restore the balance of interests between resident applicants and fellowship programs.