Maria Obaid,MD

Primary Service

Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Additional Languages:

Spanish
Polish

Areas of Interest

Newborn medicine, neonatal resuscitation, breastfeeding medicine

Medical School

St. George's University School of Medicine, True Blue, Grenada

Residency

Rutgers University, Newark, NJ

Fellowship

Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY

Biography

Board Certifications
Pediatrician, The American Board of Pediatrics
Lactation Consultant, International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners

Hometown
Brooklyn, NY

Additional Languages
Polish and Spanish

Awards
2021 Mead Johnson Trainee Diversity in the Workforce Travel Award from the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (ESPR)
2021 Trainee Registration Grant from the Pediatric Academic Society (PAS)

Presentations
Telemedicine for Breastfeeding Support in the NICU during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond. Obaid, M et al. 2021. Abstract accepted for presentation at the 2021 Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Scientific Meeting, the Poster Session at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual Meeting and for the Podium Presentation at the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) 2021 26th Annual International Virtual Meeting.

Publications
Obaid, M et al. Lactation Bundle and Breastfeeding Rates in Mothers of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants (ELBW). Breastfeeding Medicine. Jun 2021. 463-470. http://doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2020.0322