Dr. Hina J. Talib, is an associate professor of medicine with a specialty in pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology as well as an attending and director of the adolescent medicine post-doctoral fellowship program at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, in New York. Her clinical focus is adolescent health, including mental health, care of children in foster care, and the care of hospitalized adolescents. Her research centers on vitamin D deficiency, HIV testing in adolescents, confidentiality, fertility counseling in adolescents, medical education, and teaching gynecology.
Dr. Halid is a proud Brown University summa cum laude graduate, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience. She received her Doctor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, where she served as vice-president of her class. Dr. Talib completed a residency in pediatrics at New York-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health – Weill Cornell Medical Center. She became Chief Resident in Pediatrics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center the year after. Dr. Talib went on to complete a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. After fellowship, Dr. Talib completed additional training in substance abuse through Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and in child mental health through the New York State Project TEACH initiative.
