Dr Katie Malbon
Consultant Paediatrician with Special interest in Adolescent Medicine
Womens Health
Sub-specialties: Gynaecology, General Paediatrics, Adolescent Health.
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Overview
Dr Katie Malbon is a Consultant Paediatrician with a Special interest in Adolescent Medicine. She has trained in the UK and the USA and is Lead for Adolescent Gynaecology, Mental health and Rheumatology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Dr Katie Malbon
Dr Katie Malbon is a Consultant Paediatrician and Lead for CYP Acute Mental Health at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Having completed her paediatric training in London, she moved to the USA in 2007 to undertake a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.
During that time, she established an innovative text messaging service, “Text in the City,” for young people attending an adolescent health centre. She also used this platform to design and run a randomised controlled trial on birth control adherence, for which she served as the principal investigator. While in New York, she trained and practised as a forensic medical examiner for cases of sexual assault.
Following her fellowship, Dr Malbon worked as an Attending Consultant in Adolescent Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. In 2013, she took a position at Tribeca Pediatrics, where she developed and led a specialist adolescent service and served as President of the New York Chapter of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.
Katie returned to London in 2015 to take up her current post, where she has established new services in paediatric rheumatology, gynaecology, and adolescent medicine. She has been named Doctor for Safeguarding and is currently the Lead for Adolescents and Paediatric Mental Health.
She served as the Safeguarding Trustee for the Girls’ Day School Trust during the pandemic and currently advises on Luna, a health and wellbeing app for young people. She is also the Clinical Coordinator for Child Studies for the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD).
Areas of Expertise
Additional Information
Dr Malbon holds the following qualifications: MBChB, MD (USA)
She is an active member of:
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child health
- Young Persons Health Special Interest Group
She currently holds clinical posts at:
- Welbeck, London
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Mayfair Children's Clinic
Research Highlights
Dr Malbon's notable publications are:
- K Malbon, A Michalski. Joint Care? A review of the quality of care provided to children and young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. A report published by NCEPOD. February 2025.
- K Malbon. A Goodwin. Endometriosis. A Long and Painful Road. A report published by NCEPOD. July 2024.
- A Michalski, K Malbon, A Tavare. The Inbetweeners: A review of the barriers and facilitators in the process of transition of children and young people with complex chronic health conditions into adult health services. A report published by NCEPOD. July 2023.
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