Dr. Maria Maldonado, MD

Dr. Maria Maldonado is an internist and obesity medicine specialist who is passionate about helping her patients achieve their health and wellness goals. She initially became interested in pursuing a career in obesity medicine after navigating her own health and wellness journey.  
Dr. Maldonado attended City College of New York for her undergraduate education, and after graduation she completed medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  Dr. Maldonado completed her internship and residency training in Internal Medicine, at New York- Presbyterian Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center.  After completing her training, she committed to a career in medical education, serving in various roles such as Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut. In 2016, she joined the Mount Sinai Health System where she had a busy primary care practice, and was Faculty Advisor and Director of Education for Cross Cultural and Patient Centered Communication at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she remains as Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine. She is presently a medical director at Reside Health, a company devoted to delivering primary care in the way that patients and physicians desire. There and at FORM™, she is passionate about helping her patients transform their relationship with themselves through better understanding their struggles with weight.
Dr. Maldonado is board certified in Internal Medicine, and a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, an educator at the Institute for Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and a member of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine and the Obesity Medical Association. 
Dr. Maldonado lives in Yonkers, NY, a suburb of New York City. She enjoys hiking, biking and riding her Peloton, broadway shows, and she is a published author of medical narrative.  She is working on a memoir about her own experiences with her weight loss journey.