Dr. Michael Rosenbaum is a native New Yorker who graduated from Amherst College and Cornell University Medical College. He completed his pediatric training at Columbia University (Babies) Hospital and a fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at The New York Hospital/Weill- Cornell Medical Center. After an Assistant Professorship at Rockefeller University, he was recruited to Columbia University Irving Medical Center where he is now a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine.

Dr. Rosenbaum chose pediatrics because of its diversity and emphasis on preventive medicine. He enjoys working with families through the rapid changes that make newborns, toddlers, and teenagers so fantastically different. He believes that the optimal care for each family should be highly personalized to reflect what is the best care for their child in the context of other factors such as their family history, the school their child attends, where they live, and other factors. He works closely with each family to promote health habits that will maximize each child’s well- being long after they have outgrown their pediatrician.

Dr. Rosenbaum maintains an active research and teaching presence at Columbia that focuses on

promoting growth and good nutrition and preventing weight problems. His work has resulted over 200 peer-reviewed publications in major scientific journals, book chapters and op-ed or narrative medicine pieces. He has received numerous teaching and research awards.

Outside of the office, he enjoys old movies, theater, and writing. He and his wife Nina live in Manhattan as do their wonderful family: a son, a daughter, an almost daughter in law, an almost son in law, and a golden retriever.