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NYU Langone Provider

Adam J. Ratner, MD

NYU Langone Provider
  • Specialty: Pediatric Infectious Disease
  • Language: English

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

For Children
Conditions
  • acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • bacterial resistance
  • bone or joint infection
  • brain inflammation
  • Clostridium difficile infection
  • Epstein Barr virus
  • fungal infection
  • gastrointestinal infection
  • hepatitis
  • herpes simplex virus infection
  • hospital-acquired infection
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • 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
  • resistant infection
  • respiratory tract infection
  • sepsis
  • septic arthritis
  • sexually transmitted disease
  • shingles
  • sinus infection
  • spine infection
  • staphylococcus bacteria infection
  • tonsil inflammation
  • tuberculosis
  • urinary tract infection
  • vertebral osteomyelitis
  • viral hepatitis
  • viral infection
View All Conditions and Treatments
Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Antibiotic-Resistant Infections , Fever in Returning Travelers , Infections After Stem Cell or Organ Transplants , Staphylococcal Infections , Sepsis in Children , Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections , Tonsillitis & Adenoiditis in Children , HIV Infection & AIDS , Tuberculosis , Chronic Sinusitis , Urinary Tract Infections in Children , Hepatitis A, B & C , Concussion

Positions
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.

  • Aetna
    • Aetna HMO
    • Aetna Indemnity
    • Aetna Medicare
    • Aetna POS
    • Aetna PPO/EPO
  • Amidacare
    • Amidacare
  • Cigna
    • Cigna EPO/POS
    • Cigna PPO
  • ElderPlan
    • ElderPlan
  • Emblem
    • Emblem Select Care Exchange
  • 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
  • Fidelis
    • Fidelis Child Health
    • Fidelis Essential
    • Fidelis Exchange
    • Fidelis Medicaid
    • Fidelis Medicare
  • GHI
    • GHI CBP
    • GHI HMO
  • HIP
    • HIP Access I
    • HIP Access II
    • HIP Child Health
    • HIP EPO/PPO
    • HIP Essential
    • HIP HMO
    • HIP Medicaid
    • HIP Medicare
    • HIP POS
View All Accepted Plans This list of insurances changes regularly, and insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider. Before your appointment, please confirm with your insurance company that this provider accepts your insurance.

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

646-501-0044

Lab Website

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These focus areas and their associated publications are derived from PubMed and the MeSH term library. *
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  • Vaccinating Children against Covid-19 - The Lessons of Measles

    Klass, Perri; Ratner, Adam J

    New England journal of medicine. 2021 Feb 18; 384(7):589-591

  • Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in U.S. Children and Adolescents

    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

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) in febrile infants without respiratory distress

    Paret, Michal; Lighter, Jennifer; Pellett Madan, Rebecca; Raabe, Vanessa N; Shust, Gail F; Ratner, Adam J

    Clinical infectious diseases. 2020 Nov 19; 71(16):2243-2245

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