Dr. Joseph Mattana received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. He completed a residency and fellowship in both clinical and research Nephrology at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Dr. Mattana received numerous awards during his training and research while at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and received the Teacher of the Year award and Faculty Research Award as a staff Nephrologist. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Mattana became the Chief of the Division of Kidney Diseases and Hypertension at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and went on to become the Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the Winthrop-University Hospital. Prior to coming to St. Vincent’s, he was the Chief of Medicine at Kings County Hospital Center and the Vice Chair of medicine at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Dr. Mattana has held many academic appointments in his career, most notably a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine.
At St. Vincent’s, Dr. Mattana is the Chairperson of Medicine, the Program Director of our Internal Medicine Residency Program, and a Professor of Medicine at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University.