Nathan Litman, MD

Nathan Litman, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS, is Vice Chair, Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus centers on general pediatric infectious diseases.

After earning his Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Brooklyn College in 1967, Dr. Litman obtained his Doctor of Medicine from Einstein in 1971. He completed his straight pediatric internship, pediatric residency, and Chief Pediatric Residency at Montefiore Medical Center. He served for 2 years as Lieutenant Commander in the US Public Health Service. He returned to Montefiore to complete a two-year Infectious Disease Fellowship in 1978.

Dr. Litman’s research has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals, books, chapters, review articles and abstracts, including the New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of Pediatrics, Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases and many more. Dr. Litman has served as a reviewer for Medical Letter, Journal of Perinatology, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal, the Journal of Pediatrics, Journal of National Medical Association and the Journal of the American Medical Association. He has also served on many committees such as the Advisory Committee on AIDS and the Advisory Committee on Health Curriculum, and is currently a member of the Pediatric Research Day Committee at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore.

Dr. Litman is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases by the American Board of Pediatrics. He has received many awards and honors including the Teaching Excellence Award in Recognition of Outstanding Teaching in the Division of Infectious Diseases from Montefiore Einstein in 2014, Appreciation for Dedication, Support, and Commitment to Pediatric Hospital Medicine from the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in 2013, the Peer to Peer Excellence in Medicine Award from Bronx County Medical Society in 2008 and the William Obrinsky Award Outstanding Medical Student Teaching Award in Pediatrics from the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in 2004