About Me
I have always enjoyed solving puzzles, and that is why I decided to become an infectious disease specialist. It is both challenging and rewarding to diagnose and manage complicated illnesses in children.
As the director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, I ensure that children who have an infection or who are at risk of developing one receive the highest-quality care. In this role, I care for premature babies and children with cancer, immune system deficiencies, and other illnesses.
I enjoy collaborating with doctors in every specialty to help children, ranging from newborns to young adults, recover from a variety of infections. I am particularly interested in infections that occur in newborns, including bacterial sepsis and viral infections such as respiratory syncytial virus. During the pandemic, my colleagues and I helped to determine the most effective ways to diagnose and treat COVID-19 in children and prevent the disease through vaccination.
In addition to caring for patients, I enjoy teaching medical students, residents, and fellows. I also direct a National Institutes of Health–funded research laboratory. It is best to prevent infections in the first place, so I conduct research on vaccines and other methods for prevention. One of my main areas of interest is preventing infections caused by group B Streptococcus, which is a leading cause of meningitis and bloodstream infections in newborns.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- antibiotic-resistant infections
- bacterial resistance
- bone & joint infections
- brain inflammation
- clostridium difficile infections
- epstein barr virus
- fungal infection
- gastrointestinal infection
- hepatitis
- herpes simplex virus infection
- hospital-acquired infection
- inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart
- lyme disease
- malaria
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus infection (mrsa)
- mycobacterium infection
- neonatal infection
- opportunistic infection
- osteomyelitis
- parasitic disease
- pelvic infection
- pneumonia
- respiratory tract infection
- sepsis
- septic arthritis
- sexually transmitted disease
- shingles
- sinus infection
- spine infection
- staphylococcal infections
- tonsil inflammation
- tuberculosis
- urinary tract infections
- vertebral osteomyelitis
- viral hepatitis
- viral infection
Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Antibiotic-Resistant Infections , Sepsis in Children , Staphylococcal Infections , Tonsillitis & Adenoiditis in Children , TuberculosisCredentials
Positions
- Professor, Department of Pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Professor, Department of Microbiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatric Infectious Diseases), 2005
- American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatrics, 2001
Education and Training
- Fellowship, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2004
- Residency, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Pediatrics, 2001
- MD from Columbia University, 1998
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This provider accepts the following insurance plans.
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Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Indemnity
- Aetna Medicare
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO/EPO
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Amidacare
- Amidacare
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Cigna
- Cigna EPO/POS
- Cigna PPO
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ElderPlan
- ElderPlan
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Emblem
- Emblem Select Care Exchange
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Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus Essential
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Indemnity
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield MediBlue
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield POS
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
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Fidelis
- Fidelis Child Health
- Fidelis Essential
- Fidelis Exchange
- Fidelis Medicaid
- Fidelis Medicare
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GHI
- GHI CBP
- GHI HMO
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HIP
- HIP Access I
- HIP Access II
- HIP Child Health
- HIP EPO/PPO
- HIP Essential
- HIP HMO
- HIP Medicaid
- HIP Medicare
- HIP POS
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HealthSmart
- HealthSmart (WTC)
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Healthfirst
- Healthfirst
- Healthfirst Essential
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Hotel Trades
- Hotel Trades
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Humana
- Humana Medicare
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Local 1199
- Local 1199 PPO
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MagnaCare
- MagnaCare PPO
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Medicaid
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
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Medicare
- Medicare
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MetroPlus
- MetroPlus Child Health
- MetroPlus Essential
- MetroPlus Exchange Plans
- MetroPlus Medicaid
- MetroPlus Medicare
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MultiPlan/PHCS
- MultiPlan/PHCS PPO
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NYS Health Insurance Plan
- The Empire Plan
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Oxford
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford Liberty
- Oxford Medicare
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Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare
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Tricare
- Tricare
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UHC
- UnitedHealthcare EPO
- UnitedHealthcare HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare
- UnitedHealthcare POS
- UnitedHealthcare PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Top Tier
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UPN
- UPN Elite
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VNS
- Visiting Nurse Service (VNS) Medicare
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WellCare
- WellCare Medicare
Adam J. Ratner, MD does not accept insurance.
Research My Research
Interests
Microbiology, Group B Streptococcus, Congenital and Perinatal Infections, Vaccines
Academic Contact
Academic office
430 East 29th Street, Alexandria West
Room 505
New York, NY 10016
Phone
Lab Website
Research Interests Timeline
Clinical Trials and Research Studies
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Specimen Collection for Infectious Diseases with Public Health Importance
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Phlebotomy of Healthy Adults for the Purpose of Evaluation and Validation of Immune Response and Microbiology Assays
Publications
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Klass, Perri; Ratner, Adam J
New England journal of medicine. 2022 03 31; 386(13):1202-1205
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Klass, Perri; Ratner, Adam J
New England journal of medicine. 2021 Feb 18; 384(7):589-591
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Feldstein, Leora R; Rose, Erica B; Horwitz, Steven M; Collins, Jennifer P; Newhams, Margaret M; Son, Mary Beth F; Newburger, Jane W; Kleinman, Lawrence C; Heidemann, Sabrina M; Martin, Amarilis A; Singh, Aalok R; Li, Simon; Tarquinio, Keiko M; Jaggi, Preeti; Oster, Matthew E; Zackai, Sheemon P; Gillen, Jennifer; Ratner, Adam J; Walsh, Rowan F; Fitzgerald, Julie C; Keenaghan, Michael A; Alharash, Hussam; Doymaz, Sule; Clouser, Katharine N; Giuliano, John S; Gupta, Anjali; Parker, Robert M; Maddux, Aline B; Havalad, Vinod; Ramsingh, Stacy; Bukulmez, Hulya; Bradford, Tamara T; Smith, Lincoln S; Tenforde, Mark W; Carroll, Christopher L; Riggs, Becky J; Gertz, Shira J; Daube, Ariel; Lansell, Amanda; Coronado Munoz, Alvaro; Hobbs, Charlotte V; Marohn, Kimberly L; Halasa, Natasha B; Patel, Manish M; Randolph, Adrienne G
New England journal of medicine. 2020 Jul 23; 383(4):334-346