Monica Amoo-Achampong - Pediatrics | Mount Sinai

About Me

Monica Amoo-Achampong, MD, is an Assistant Professor of General Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital. Dr. Amoo-Achampong is a board-certified general pediatrician and a Certified Lactation Counselor.

Dr. Amoo-Achampong completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania where she studied Health and Societies and graduated magna cum laude. She received a Fulbright research award and conducted a global health project at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. She then attended medical school at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai where she was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Dr. Amoo-Achampong completed her residency training in pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Clinical Focus:

Newborn and Infant Care
Well Child Care
Immunizations
Lactation Counseling

Language

English

Position

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Pediatrics, General Pediatrics

Hospital Affiliations

Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Mount Sinai Morningside
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Mount Sinai Queens
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Mount Sinai West

Clinical Focus

Annual Pediatric Checkup
Immunization Updates
Immunizations
Lactational Problems
Well Child Care

Education

MD, mtssm

MD, Icahn School of Medicine

Residency, Pediatrics, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital - Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Residency, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine

New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

Locations

Physicians Office

The Cohen Center for Pediatric Comprehensive Care, 1468 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY, 10029

212-659-8559

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Physicians OfficeThe Cohen Center for Pediatric Comprehensive Care, 1468 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY, 10029

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