Marleine Ishak

Marleine Ishak, MD, is an attending physician, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Dr Ishak brings unique specialized medical skills, experience and commitment to the care of your child with respiratory disease. She has a particular interest in pediatric asthma and bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

In 2005, Dr. Ishak received her medical degree from the Lebanese University Faculty of Medical Sciences in Beirut, Lebanon. After completing her pediatric residency in 2008 at Saint George Hospital/Balamand in Beirut, she came to the United States and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric pulmonology at Yale Children’s Hospital in 2011 and her residency in pediatrics at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital (CHONY) in 2013.

Dr. Ishak’s research focuses on hypoxia. She has shared her work through publication in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and national presentations.

Dr. Ishak is board certified in both General Pediatrics and Pediatric Pulmonology by the American Board of Pediatrics. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society.