Bernadette A. Riley, DO Elected Assistant Secretary of the Medical Society of the State of New York

For Immediate Release

 

Bernadette A. Riley, DO Elected Assistant Secretary of the Medical Society of the State of New York
MSSNY is the State’s Primary Professional Organization for Physicians

 

Westbury, NY—April 15, 2024 – Bernadette A. Riley, DO, MS was elected Assistant Secretary of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) on April 13. Dr. Riley is currently the Director of New York Institute of Technology’s Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)/Hypermobility Treatment Center and Professor of Family Medicine at NYITCOM where she wrote the curriculum and started the EDS 4th year elective (MTFP 890).

A graduate of Fordham University (BS-2001), New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (DO-2005) and NYIT (Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition with Distinction-2023), Dr. Riley’s postgraduate training started as an ENT/Facial Plastic surgery intern at the former Union Hospital, NJ (2005-2006) and she completed two years of residency at the Union Hospital/Newark Beth Israel/St. Barnabas Medical Center (2006-2008) before switching specialties. She finished her Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment residency at Long Beach Medical Center (2010), where she served as Chief Resident (2009-2010), and was awarded Family Medicine Resident of the Year (2010). Dr. Riley is board certified in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine.

Dr. Riley achieved an academic qualification in international medicine and public health from the Institute for International Medicine. In 2016, she became a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (FACOFP). She was inducted as a fellow of the Institute of Leadership in Medicine (FILM) and ACOFP’s Physician Leadership Institute and became a certified physician leader. Dr. Riley is a member of the national faculty for the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) and Chair of DEI.

Dr. Riley has been active in advocacy for many years. She was elected President of the New York State Osteopathic Medical Society (NYSOMS) in April 2022 and re-elected President of NYSOMS in May 2023. She is an alumni of the American Osteopathic Association’s (AOA) Training in Policy Studies (TIPS) Fellowship (2010) and graduated from American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Osteopathic Health Policy Fellowship (OHPF Class of 2020). Dr. Riley is also currently the Treasurer for the Nassau County Medical Society, a member of the Nassau Academy of Medicine (NAM) Board of Trustees and serves as Chair of NAM’s Education Committee.

In addition, Dr. Riley is a committee member for the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) Women Physicians Committee and faculty and speaker of the Women’s Physician Leadership Academy 2023 and 2024. She has served as NYITCOM’s delegate representative for MSSNY’s HOD since 2019.

Dr. Riley was inducted into the Alpha Eta National Honor Society and received the John J. Theobald Graduate Achievement Award in Clinical Nutrition in 2023. In 2023 she received the Nassau County Women of Distinction Award.

Dr. Riley lives in Bayville and enjoys Impressionist Art, hiking, and reading.

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Founded in 1807, the Medical Society of the State of New York is the state’s principal non-profit professional organization for physicians, residents, and medical students of all specialties. Its mission is to represent the interests of patients and physicians to assure quality healthcare services for all. 

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