Elected chair of Long Island Hospital Council

Merrick resident and CEO of Long Beach Medical Center Douglas Melzer was recently named chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council, the association that represents Long Island’s 24 not-for-profit and public hospitals. His two-year term will expire in June 2012. The CEOs from each of the member hospitals comprise the board of directors.

Melzer is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and has served as chairman of the Continuing Health Services Committee of the Healthcare Association of New York State. He holds an Master of Business Administration from Wagner College and has served as a clinical instructor in the Graduate School of Public Administration at New York University and a preceptor in the School of Healthcare Policy at Pennsylvania State University.

“I am honored to assume the chairmanship of the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council,” said Melzer. “I look forward to working closely with my colleagues representing all of the hospitals on Long Island to advance the mission of the council and in so doing the missions of its member hospitals.”