Staff Bio

Maritza Molina, M.D.

Director, Adult Health Care

Dr. Maritza Molina joined WIHD as Director of Adult Health Care in 2000 and received her New York Medical College appointment as Assistant Professor in 2001. She completed medical school and a medical internship in 1979 in her native Bogota, Colombia, where she worked as a private practitioner and Medical Director of a community hospital. In 1988, she relocated to the United States to begin training in Internal Medicine at Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, New York. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at St. Barnabas Hospital, a Cornell University Affiliate in 1991. She remained at St. Barnabas/Union Hospital Division as an Attending Physician and in 1992 became the Director of Employee Health Services.

In 1997 Dr. Molina was appointed Clinical Instructor at Cornell University Medical Center in New York City and in the same year became the Medical Director of Ambulatory Care at the Concourse Division of St. Barnabas Health Systems. In 1998, she became the first Chief of the newly created General Internal Medicine Division at St. Barnabas Hospital. Dr. Molina has maintained an active practice in the Belmont and Pelham Parkway sections of the Bronx, conducted clinical teaching rounds for medical residents and students, and maintained a strong commitment to unserved and underserved populations. In addition to her clinical and administrative duties at WIHD, Dr. Molina teaches medical students and is actively involved in clinical research focusing on health issues facing individuals with developmental disabilities.