The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce the appointment of Duncan Hau, M.D., Director of the Pediatric Hospitalist Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital (NYP/LMH), as Associate Medical Director of the Well Newborn Nursery. In this role, Dr, Hau will continue to lead the pediatric hospitalist program and will work closely with Abieyuwa Iyare, M.D, Medical Director of the Well Newborn Nurseries, in ensuring quality equitable care for the babies and families at NYP/LMH.
Dr. Hau is an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics and is board certified in general pediatrics and board eligible in pediatric hospital medicine. After completing medical school at Tufts University, he completed a pediatric residency at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center before spending two years in Tanzania with the Baylor Pediatric AIDS Corp. Dr. Hau returned to Weill Cornell Medicine in 2014 where his focus has been on pediatric hospitalist medicine and global health. He has published on pediatric post hospital outcomes in Tanzania as well as on global health education. Dr. Hau received a department of pediatrics pilot award in 2016 to support his scholarly work in Tanzania and is the rotation director of the global health elective for pediatric residents.