Timothy B. Glynn, Esq. named Mather Hospital Advisory Board Chairman
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Mather Hospital today announced the appointment of Timothy B. Glynn, Esq., as chairman of the hospital’s Advisory Board. Mr. Glynn, who practiced law for four decades in East Setauket, was named to the post with the support and guidance of the two prior Chairmen, Ken Jacoppi and Leo Sternlicht.
A Brooklyn native and Port Jefferson High School graduate, Mr. Glynn attended Fordham College and Fordham Law School and was admitted to practice law in New York in 1976.
Mr. Glynn was employed by and then entered a partnership with Bruce Miles Sullivan in Stony Brook. In 1984, he formed a partnership with Anthony W. Mercep, also based in Stony Brook and, through various iterations, currently practices as Glynn, Mercep, Purcell and Morrison. He served as managing partner of the firm through 2022 and is currently, of counsel, to the firm.
His practice has focused on litigation including general, commercial, construction, real property, first amendment, civil rights and employment matters in both New York State and Federal Courts, including trial practice and appeals.
Mr. Glynn devoted a portion of his practice to volunteer emergency medical service organizations and represents numerous volunteer ambulance companies and fire departments.
He is a board member and past President of the Frank Melville Memorial Foundation. He was a 17-year member of the board and past President of the Old Field Club, a private beach and tennis club.
He joined the Mather Hospital Advisory Board and Mather Health System in 2012 and was appointed to the By-laws Committee and the Nominating Committee where, under the leadership of John Sini, he supported recruitment of a more diverse board membership. He later served as Treasurer and Vice Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Mather Executive Compensation Committee.
He also served on the committee charged with selecting the best healthcare system for Mather to join. Once the affiliation with Northwell was completed, he helped develop Mather’s Strategic Growth Plan. He serves as a member of Northwell’s Board of Advisors by virtue of membership on Northwell’s Committee on Community Health.
He and his wife, Kerri, live in Setauket.
About Mather Hospital
Mather Hospital is an accredited 248-bed, non-profit community teaching hospital dedicated to providing a wide spectrum of high-quality health care services to Suffolk County residents, showing compassion, respect and treating each patient in the manner we would wish for our loved ones. Mather has earned the prestigious Magnet®
recognition three times from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, which recognizes healthcare organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. Mather also was named one of America’s 250 best hospitals for 2023 by Healthgrades and received the Healthgrades 2023
Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ for the third consecutive year. Our Graduate Medical Education program prepares physicians for future careers through Internal Medicine, Transitional Year, Diagnostic Radiology, Interventional Radiology, and Psychiatry residency programs and gastroenterology and hematology/oncology fellowships. Mather was rated high performing by U.S. News & World Report hospital rankings in heart failure, geriatrics, kidney failure, orthopedics, hip fracture, COPD, and urology. For information about Mather Hospital, visit matherhospital.org or follow us @MatherHospital on Facebook.
About Northwell Health
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 21 hospitals, 850 outpatient facilities and more than 12,000 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 81,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,900 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We’re training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.