New York Magazine: (Vol. 29, NO. 20 ) May 20th., 1996 The Best Doctors in New York : Pediatrics : Paula M. Elbirt MD Manhattan, Mt. Sinai Medical Center

Road Traveled:

• Born in New Jersey on a chicken farm,
  Raised in Brooklyn, New York

• City College of New York, (Bachelor of Science; Psychology)

• Hahnemann Medical College (Doctor of Medicine)

• Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City (Intern, Resident: Pediatrics; Fellow: Pediatric Pulmonary)

Today:

• Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City (Assistant Professor, Pediatrics)

• Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City (Associate Pediatrics)

• Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City (Attending, Pediatrics)

• Newborn Mothers' Groups & Parenting Workshops with Naomi Siegel MS.

• Medical Consultant to SEVENTEEN Magazine, Sex and Body column

• Medical advisor: Triaminic Cold Products (Sandoz)

• Consultant to:
  • Children Tylenol. (McNeil)
  • Children's Mylanta (Johnson & Johnson / Merck)

Best part of my life . . .
being the mother of DAVID and SHIRA

HOST ON THE NET : @parentsoup chat

Published:

• Dr. Paula's "House Calls to Newborns"
  (FREE EXCERPT)

• "A New Mother's Home Companion"
  with Linda Lee Small, Dell 1995

• "Seventeen Guide to Sex and Your Body"
  with Sabrina Solin, Simon & Schuster 1996 (Available at bookstores)

• The Foreward to the Book "Babywatching"
  by Desmond Morris, published by Crown Publishers, Inc. 1991, 1992