About us

Dr. Maria Lame is an assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine and assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine.  Dr. Lame is board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine and practices pediatric emergency medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.  She earned her medical degree from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, NY and completed her Pediatric residency training at Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY.  Dr. Lame subsequently completed a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at New York University School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital Center.Dr. Lame also plays a key role in both the Department of Emergency Medicine and Weill Cornell Medicine’s many diversity initiatives.  She has served as a mentor for both WCM’s Diversity Center of Excellence Mentorship Cascades Program and Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) pediatric residents. Dr. Lame’s academic interests include medical education and simulation.