Maayan Leroy-Melamed, MD, MPH, FAAP, an adolescent medical specialist and general pediatrician, is a primary care physician at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. She sees children throughout their teenage years to help them become healthy adults, allow them to see their strengths, and become the healthiest people they can be.
Dr. Leroy-Melamed focuses on areas that are particularly critical for teenagers such as menstrual disorders, gynecological and reproductive health issues, gender dysphoria, eating disorders, substance abuse, and other psychiatric problems.
She earned a doctor of medicine degree from Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, in collaboration with Columbia University. Her residency was in pediatrics at Baystate Children’s Hospital, University of Massachusetts Medical School. She completed two fellowships at the Indiana University School of Medicine: one in clinical pharmacology and the other in adolescent medicine at Riley Children’s Health. Following her medical training and education, she pursued a master of public health with a concentration in epidemiology from Indiana University-Purdue University.
She is a member of several professional organizations, including the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, American Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Leroy-Melamed is fluent in Hebrew and Spanish.
Education
- Medical School: Ben-Gurion University Negev Faculty Health Sciences
- Fellowship: Indiana University School of Medicine
- Residency: Baystate Medical Center, Inc.
