Robert Glatter, MD

Robert Glatter, MD is Editor at Large of Medscape Emergency Medicine, a columnist for Medscape hosting 'Hot topics in EM' and a member of the Editorial Board of Medscape Emergency Medicine (www.medscape.com/emergencymedicine)He also served as Chair of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine's (AAEM) Society Page from 2005-2011. Dr. Glatter has been a past clinical reviewer and author for AAEM's Ask the Expert series from 2005-2011. He has also been a member of the Education and ACCME Committees of AAEM since 2004. He was voted Spokeperson of the Year by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) in 2016.

Dr. Glatter is currently an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Zucker School of medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell where he has been practicing Emergency Medicine since 2002. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Kings County Hospital/SUNY Downstate after graduating from Emory University School of Medicine in 1991.

Prior to completing training in Emergency Medicine, Dr. Glatter participated in research utilizing specialized lasers to treat burn patients at The Wellman Labs of Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School from 1995-1998. Results of his research were published in Annals of Surgery in 1998.

Dr. Glatter has been a contributor for Forbes Healthcare and Innovation, (www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/) since 2012,where he writes about important news in medicine, medical technology and public health. He also has a private practice in New York City (DR 911; www.DR911MD.com) where he makes house calls to travelers and residents needing acute medical care since 2007.

Dr. Glatter currently serves as a medical advisor to the American Council on Science and Health (www.acsh.org), Mens's Health Magazine and provides medical commentary to CBS News, ABC News, NBC News, The Today Show, WebMD, and other major media organizations.

He was selected to serve as a physician for US soccer in 2020. Prior to his selection to US soccer, he was a sideline physician for the New York Jets from 2004-2008.