With new role, Otterbeck will focus on expanding clinical services and addressing community health needs
Richmond University Medical Center has appointed Philip Otterbeck, MD, as its new Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Otterbeck assumes the new role while also continuing to serve as RUMC’s Department of Medicine Chair and Chief of Endocrinology.
As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Otterbeck’s primary focus will be to assess institutional and community needs with the goal of expanding and enhancing quality and best practice clinical services both on the hospital campus and throughout Staten Island. He will also assist in enhancing the hospital’s graduate medical education programs, ensuring that students, residents, and fellows are exposed to the best available evidence-based medicine and cutting-edge technology.
“Richmond University Medical Center is synonymous with clinical excellence delivered with compassion. We treat our patients like family because they are our families, friends, and neighbors,” Dr. Otterbeck said. “Working alongside our clinical and administrative partners, I will work with the medical staff to construct quality and performance improvement initiatives to achieve institutional targets in publicly reported data such as Star Ratings and Leapfrog. With a comprehensive interdepartmental focus and meticulous attention to eliminating barriers to discharge, we have seen improvements in both throughput and length of stay, despite increases in patient volume. Success in these areas requires teamwork and I am so delighted to be part of this team in this expanded role.”
A native Staten Islander who was born at RUMC when it was known as St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dr. Otterbeck graduated from New York University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and a minor in Russian and Slavic Studies. He earned his Doctor of Medicine Degree from SUNY-Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, where he also completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolism.
“Dr. Otterbeck has been serving the healthcare needs of Staten Island for many years and has earned the trust and respect of his patients, our medical staff, our organization, and the entire Staten Island community,” RUMC President and Chief Executive Officer, Daniel J. Messina, PhD, FACHE, said. “Our board of trustees and entire leadership team are excited to be working alongside Dr. Otterbeck as we navigate the growing and ever changing healthcare market with one goal in mind: providing the best quality care for everyone in Staten Island.”
In addition to maintaining a large private practice, Dr. Otterbeck is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at SUNY-Downstate Medical Center and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, St. George’s University, and American University of Antigua.
“Dr. Otterbeck is a true gentleman, a passionate physician and a great advocate for the community of Staten Island,” Francesco Rotatori, MD, FACC, President of the RUMC Medical Staff, said. “There is no better person than him to incarnate the values and skills necessary to be our Chief Medical Officer.”
Dr. Otterbeck continues to call Staten Island home along with his wife Victoria and their two children, Ava Grace and Philip Thomas.
“Dr. Otterbeck has distinguished himself as a leader, possessing extraordinary vision, passion, conscientiousness, kindness and commitment to his patients, to his hospital, and to his community,” Timothy C. Harrison, Chair of RUMC’s Board of Trustees, said. “The board welcomes Dr. Otterbeck with heartfelt appreciation for his having accepted this vitally important new role and look forward to working together with him to enhance the breadth and quality of medical care that RUMC provides to all Staten Islanders.”
Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC), is a not-for-profit healthcare provider serving the ethnically diverse community of Staten Island and its neighbors. We provide premier-quality patient care through a full spectrum of emergent, acute, primary, behavioral health and educational services. We do this in an environment that promotes the highest satisfaction among patients, families, physicians and staff. For more information call 1-718-818-1234 or visit www.rumcsi.org. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
