Dr. Ingrid Walker-Descartes is a pediatrician and the Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Pediatrics, at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. She is also the Program Director for the Pediatrics residency training program as well as the Child Abuse fellowship. Dr. Walker-Descartes completed her residency at New York Methodist Hospital, followed by a fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Ingrid Walker-Descartes is active in research and authored several publications and educational materials, and given many presentations. Her academic appointments include an HRSA Clinical Research Fellowship in General Academic Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where she also is an instructor. Dr. Walker-Descartes is the Co-chair for the Child Protection Committee and Co-chair for the American Academy of Pediatrics, Chapter 2 Committee on the Prevention of Family Violence. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Ambulatory Pediatric Association. She is an APA New Century Scholar Junior Mentor, part of the AAP Special Interest Group on Child Abuse and Neglect, and a Faculty Scholar at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Office of Ethnic and Multicultural Affairs. Dr. Walker-Descartes has been the recipient of numerous honors, such as the Woodward Scholarship of the Office of Ethnic and Multicultural Affairs, the Medical Society of the State of New York Community Service Award, the Fannie Henry Rice Scholarship, and the Rochester Prize Scholarship. She is involved in community service including the Organization for International Development, which provides medical outreach to underserved communities in Jamaica without access to healthcare.
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Areas of Expertise
Maltreatment Services
Child Advocacy-Like Model (CALM)
General Pediatrics
Pediatric Primary Care
Conditions Treated
General Pediatrics
Child & Adolescent Development
Child Maltreatment Concerns
Common Diseases of Childhood
Injuries and Injury Prevention
Pediatric Nutrition
Preventative Health
Social Determinants of Health
Treatments
Primary Pediatric Care
Child Abuse Management
Urgent Care
Immunizations
Education
Medical Degree
University of Rochester
Internship
New York Methodist Hospital
Residency
New York Methodist Hospital
Fellowship
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Board
Child Abuse Pediatrics, Pediatrics
Insurance
Aetna
Affinity Health Plan
Centivo
Cigna
EmblemHealth
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
Empire Plan (United Healthcare)
Fidelis
HealthFirst
Hotel Trades
Local 1199
MagnaCare
Medicaid
Medicare
MetroPlus
MultiPlan
Oxford
Tricare
United Healthcare
VNS Choice
Wellcare
WTC Health Program
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