Paula Elbirt

Paula Elbirt, M.D. , opened her pediatric practice in 1983. She teaches at Mount Sinai/NYU Medical Center and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, where she holds appointments as Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Elbirt has contributed articles to Parents, Glamour , and Healthy Kids , and has also appeared as a pediatric consultant on national television. In 1997 she and her husband founded drpaula.com, the only site at which a doctor answers questions posted by parents about...See more

Paula Elbirt, M.D. , opened her pediatric practice in 1983. She teaches at Mount Sinai/NYU Medical Center and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, where she holds appointments as Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Elbirt has contributed articles to Parents, Glamour , and Healthy Kids , and has also appeared as a pediatric consultant on national television. In 1997 she and her husband founded drpaula.com, the only site at which a doctor answers questions posted by parents about their children's health. It receives over three million hits a month and registers 600 new users a week. See less