Mona Anita Kennedy MD, Preventative Medicine Specialist
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Mona Anita Kennedy MD

Family Practitioner

4/5(13)
55 Palmer Ave Bronxville New York, 10708
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Mona Anita Kennedy, MD, is an established family medicine, internal medicine, and obesity medicine specialist who Works at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group/Westchester in White Plains, New York. Dr. Kennedy is a board-certified family medicine physician with additional certification in obesity medicine. She specializes in pediatrics, womenâ??s health, adult medicine, and urgent care and has a particular interest and expertise in nutritional and weight loss management. Dr. Kennedy is affiliated with NewYork- Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital. Dr. Kennedy joined NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group/Lawrence from DOCS Medical, a multispecialty group practice affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital. She is a licensed New York State Volunteer Emergency Medical Technician and served with the Bay Ridge Ambulance Volunteer Organization in Brooklyn for five years. Dr. Kennedy received her medical degree from the SUNY Stony Brook University School of Medicine, followed by residency training at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut as part of the Columbia University Family Medicine Program. She completed her undergraduate degree at the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York. During medical school and residency training, Dr. Kennedy was the recipient of a number of honors and awards. These include Senator Goldenâ??s Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Dedication and Service to the Community and the Leon Marienberg Family Practice Award. She took first place for her poster presentation, â??Identifying High-Risk Patients for Substance Abuse in the Stamford Communityâ? in a competition sponsored by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, Connecticut chapter. She is a professional member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Medical Association.

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Fellowships

  • Continuing Medical Education Fellowship

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Academy of Family Physicians, American Medical Association

What do you attribute your success to?

  • Beginning as a private tutor in high school, she has felt the need to teach as an expression of her desire to enhance others' learning and education. She hopes to enlighten her patients and help them assume more responsibility for their health and well being.

Hobbies / Sports

  • Traveling, Cooking, Baking, Scrapbooking

Favorite professional publications

  • Journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians

Mona Anita Kennedy MD's Practice location

55 Palmer Ave -
Bronxville, New York 10708
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New patients: 914-787-1000
www.nyplawrence.org

1153 BROADWAY -
NEW YORK, NY 10001
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New patients: 833-334-6393
Fax: 415-354-3430

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