Bernadette Riley, DO

Dr. Riley, a graduate of Fordham University (2001) and New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (2005), started her training as an ENT/Facial Plastic surgery intern and completed two years of residency at Union Hospital/Newark Beth Israel/St. Barnabas Medical Center before switching specialties. She finished her Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment residency at Long Beach Medical Center, where she served as Chief Resident, and was awarded Family Medicine Resident of the Year. Dr. Riley became the Director of New York Institute of Technology's Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)/Hypermobility Treatment Center in August 2018. Before joining NYITCOM as an associate professor in October 2017, she served as Program Director of the Osteopathic Traditional Rotating Internship at South Nassau Communities Hospital, where she was also core faculty of their Family Medicine Residency and Coordinator of Simulation Medicine. Prior to that, she served as Medical Director of the Long Beach Group Practice and faculty attending physician at Long Beach Medical Center. Dr. Riley has held past academic titles as clinical assistant professor at Hofstra/Northwell School of Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ross University School of Medicine, and American University of Antigua School of Medicine. She serves as national faculty for the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) and a member of the 20202021 COMAT Family Medicine subcommittee. In 2017, 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), and in 2013 she was made a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership in Medicine (FILM). She also was inducted into the ACOFP's Physician Leadership Institute in 2013 and became a Certified Physician Leader. In 2010, she received a Training in Policy Studies Fellowship. She has completed the ACOFP's Future Leaders series and served as a Future Leader Mentor. Dr. Riley is board certified in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. Dr. Riley has an interest in health policy and is Vice President of the New York State Osteopathic Medical Society (NYSOMS). She is on the Executive Committee for the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY)-Nassau County, and Chairs the Education Committee at Nassau Academy of Medicine (NAM). She has been Chair of the Regional Osteopathic Conference (ROC-NY) since 2016 and has served as a delegate for the American Osteopathic Association since 2010. She also serves as a member of various national committees at the ACOFP. Dr. Riley served as Chair of ACOFP's Virtual 2020 National Convention.