Before retiring as clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California-San Francisco, Dr. Ana Malinow spent three decades working as a pediatrician with immigrant, refugee, and underserved children and adolescents in Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, and California. Prior to working at UCSF, she was associate residency program director at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, and before that, associate professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and attending physician in the pediatric emergency and ambulatory center at Ben Taub General Hospital. Dr. Malinow is the recipient of the 2007 Award for Excellence at Baylor Pediatric Grand Rounds on Health Care, the 2007 AAMC Nominee for Humanism in Medicine Award, and the recipient of the Seeds of Hope Results Award in 2009 given to individuals fighting to bring an end to poverty.
Born in Argentina, Dr. Malinow completed her medical degree at Case Western Reserve University, residency in pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, and master’s degree in health care policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Malinow is a past president of Physicians for a National Health Program and co-founder of Health Care for All Texas, Doctors for Change, and the Movement to End Privatization of Medicare, and a lead organizer for National Single Payer.
