Line Malha, M.D., M.S.

Nephrology

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Personal Statement

I am a nephrologist with a specialization in hypertension. My field of interest is obstetric nephrology. My practice and research endeavors focus on the care of women with hypertension and/or kidney disease who are currently pregnant or planning to be pregnant.

Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disease of pregnancy that can have devastating effects on mother and child. Although this syndrome dates back to the times of Hippocrates, modern medicine has yet to fully understand all of its mechanisms to be able to stop them. At the Weill Cornell Hypertension Center, our research team studies women with hypertension during pregnancy in order to help shed more light into possible biomarkers, mechanisms and therapies for preeclampsia.

Pregnancy, especially when it is complicated by hypertension and/or kidney disease, can be a very trying time. Our philosophy is to partner with the obstetricians to help our patients with compassionate and state-of-the-art care.

Biographical Info

Line Malha MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Medicine in Obstetrics & Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medical College and Assistant Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Malha graduated from the American University of Beirut (Lebanon) with a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 2005 and a Doctor of Medicine in 2009. She completed her Residency in Internal Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. She completed a Fellowship in Nephrology at New York University Langone Medical Center and a Fellowship in Hypertension at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Dr. Malha practices at the Weill Cornell Hypertension Center, which is one of the few hypertension practices in the United States dedicated to the investigation and treatment of all forms of hypertension. Her research is dedicated to the investigation of preeclampsia and other forms of kidney disease during pregnancy and in women planning to become pregnant.

Honors and Awards

Zuspan Award for the most outstanding clinical science work in relation to the study of hypertension in pregnancy, ISSHP World Congress, São Paulo, Brazil  2016

Lila A. and Benedict Wallis Prize for Women's Health Research Award 2018

Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine (Nephrology)
American Society of Hypertension
Clinical Expertise
Nephrology Consults
Nephrology Consultation
Pre-Eclampsia Added to Pre-Existing Hypertension
Pre-Eclampsia
History of Pre-Eclampsia In Prior Pregnancy, Currently Pregnant
Hypertension
Hypertension Complicating Pregnancy, Childbirth and Puerperium With Baby Delivered and Postnatal Complication
Hypertension In Pregnancy, Pre-Existing, Antepartum
Languages
English
Education 
  • M.S.
    Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University
    2019
  • M.D.
    American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine (Lebanon)
    2009
  • B.S.
    American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
    2005
Appointments 
  • Assistant Attending Physician
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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