Maria Lame

Associate Director of Pediatric Telemedicine, Department of Emergency Medicine; Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Clinical Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine | Assistant Attending Physician, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Dr. Maria Lame is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Attending Physician at Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital. Dr. Lame earned her Bachelor of Science degree at Queens College and attended SUNY Downstate Medical Center for her M.D. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at Jacobi Medical Center and her Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at New York University Langone Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center.

Dr. Lame is also the Associate Director of Pediatric Telemedicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. She is passionate about addressing issues related to disparities in healthcare, with a focus on ensuring telemedicine services are accessible to patients in underserved communities.

Selected publications

• Telemedicine Medical Screening Evaluation Expedites the Initiation of Emergency Care for Children. Pediatric emergency care. 2021 Academic Article
• Telemedicine Surge for Pediatric Patients in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City. Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association. 2021 Academic Article
• Utilizing Telemedicine in a Novel Approach to COVID-19 Management and Patient Experience in the Emergency Department. Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association. 2020 Academic Article Times cited: 2
• Implementation of a Pediatric Emergency Telemedicine Program. Pediatric emergency care. 2020 Academic Article