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Gary Mak

Gary Mak

Gary Mak, MD, FAAP based in Plainview, New York. 12 years of experience with specialization in Pediatrics, Newborn Nursery, Level II NICU.

MD, FAAP ·

Plainview, New York

About

Double board-certified pediatric hospitalist and pediatrician; focus on newborn care from delivery to discharge; 11+ years of clinical experience with 2,800+ newborns cared for and 1,000+ high-risk deliveries attended; Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) co-management with home-call neonatologists; stabilization and transfer of critically ill newborns; comprehensive newborn risk surveillance before discharge; training resident physicians and medical students in life-saving skills and high-stakes decision-making at live deliveries; delivery of over 70 lectures; policy development aligned with latest evidence-based guidelines; Editor-in-Chief (Pediatric Hospital Medicine) at StatPearls.

I review cases involving:
*Neonatal resuscitation
*Birth injury
*Sepsis
*Hypoglycemia
*Kernicterus/hyperbilirubinemia
*Delayed transfer
*Missed/delayed/wrong diagnosis (from 0-17y/o)

Specialties

Pediatrics
Newborn Nursery
Level II NICU
Neonatology
Neonatal Resuscitation
Sepsis
Hyperbilirubinemia
Birth Injury
Missed/Delayed/Wrong Diagnosis
Hypoglycemia
12
Years Experience
5
Cases Handled

Work Experience

Full Time Pediatric Hospitalist in Newborn Nursery, Level II NICU, and PediatricsCurrent
St. John's Episcopal Hospital
2023Present
Clinical Assistant Professor
Mount Sinai South Nassau
20172023
Full Time Pediatric Hospitalist in Newborn Nursery, Level II NICU, and Pediatrics
Mount Sinai South Nassau
20172023
Resident in General Pediatrics
NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
20142017

Clinical Instructor to Medical Students

Clinical Associate ProfessorCurrent
Ross University School of Medicine
2025Present

Education

Doctor of Medicine
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
20102014

Chair of Referrals Committee of Brooklyn Free Clinic

Bachelor of Science in Biology
Stony Brook University
20062010

Minor: Music, Dean's List

Credentials & Licenses

M.D.

SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Pediatric Hospital Medicine

American Board of Pediatrics

General Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics

NBME Item-Writing Workshop

NBME

Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support

Society of Critical Care Medicine

New York State License

Office of the Professions

NRP Cardiac Course

NRP

NRP Advanced Provider

NRP

NRP Instructor

NRP

Basic Life Support

American Heart Association

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

American Heart Association

5
Cases Worked
100:0
Plaintiff / Defendant

Publications

Sexual Dimorphism in the Mechanical Advantage of the Biceps Brachii Muscle
The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology·2011
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
StatPearls·2025
Well-Baby Examinations
Magill's Medical Guide. 9th ed. Pasadena: Salem Press·2022
Brief Resolved Unexplained Event
StatPearls·2025

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics
Fellow· Fellow
Current

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