Dr. William Wertheim Named Interim Leader at Stony Brook Medicine
October 6, 2023
Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis today appointed William Wertheim,
MD, MBA, as interim Executive Vice President for Stony Brook Medicine.
Dr. Wertheim replaces Dr. Hal Paz, who will no longer serve in that role.
Dr. Wertheim, who came to Stony Brook in 1996, currently serves as vice dean for graduate
academic affairs of Stony Brook’s Renaissance School of Medicine (of which he previously
served as interim dean). He also holds the Endowed Chair in Graduate Medical Education
at RSOM and is president of the Stony Brook Medicine Community Medical Group.
A graduate of Harvard University and New York University School of Medicine, Wertheim
completed his internal medicine residency at University of Michigan Hospitals, where
he also served as chief resident. He worked as a clinical faculty member at the University
of Michigan’s Veterans Administration Hospital, then moved to New York, where he worked
at The Brooklyn Hospital Center.
Dr. Wertheim began his Stony Brook career by leading the Medical Consult Service.
He later served as associate program director and director of the primary care track
of the Internal Medicine residency, then Internal Medicine residency program director,
followed by executive vice chair of the Department of Medicine and associate dean
for clinical outreach. He has also served as president of the medical staff of Stony
Brook University Hospital.
Stony Brook Medicine’s strong leadership team will report to Dr. Wertheim and will
continue leading SBM’s various components in providing excellence in health care,
education and research.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Wertheim on his appointment and welcoming him
to his new role.