Alefiyah Malbari

Alefiyah Malbari, M.D., is the Chief of the Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics for Dell Medical School and an associate professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Education. Dr. Malbari has strong clinical and practice-building expertise along with a passion for medical education. Under her guidance, the Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics fosters the practice of excellent, patient and family centered clinical care while also building medical education and research arms of the program. Dr. Malbari’s medical education appointments include serving as a mentor in the DOCS clinical skills course for medical students in all four years as well as being involved in pediatric residency education and curriculum development at the graduate medical level.

Dr. Malbari earned her Bachelor of Arts at New York University and her medical degree at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. She completed her pediatric residency training and served as chief resident at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. She also served as the medical director for the General Pediatric Faculty Practice as well as the course director for the Art and Science of Medicine introduction to clinical skills course in the medical school. She was significantly involved in undergraduate and graduate medical education while at Mount Sinai and was inducted as a fellow educator in the Institute of Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2020. In addition to teaching, Dr. Malbari was involved in medical education scholarly research and served on several medical education committees.

Dr. Malbari was named as a Top Pediatrician 2020 in New York Magazine. She was also awarded the Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Physician Communication in 2016 and 2018. She has earned numerous teaching awards and was inducted into the Susan M. Cox, M.D. Academy of Distinguished Educators at Dell Medical School in 2025.