Specialty Spotlight: Dina Faiden (Dick), MD, Pediatrics

JOWMA (Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association) Podcast

Dr. Dina Raizel Faiden (Dick) is a Pediatrician. She started her medical education at Boston University where she graduated from a 6 year medical program in 1994. She then went back home to Miami where she completed a custom made Shomer Shabbos residency program at University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital. From there, she traveled back to the northeast where she worked in private practices in New York and New Jersey from 1997 to 2014. Since 2014, she has loved working at the Ezras Choilim Health Center, an FQHC centered in Kiryas yoel, New York. Dr. Faiden aims to create an environment where the child and parent can feel comfortable. She sees her role as being the ultimate parents' helper/support and resource. As a native Spanish speaker, Dr. Faiden is able to deliver culturally attuned care to her many Spanish speaking patients. Dr. Faiden is a grateful mother of children whose ages range from 9 to 25. This year, she had the privilege of becoming a Bubby! Together with her family, they serve as Chabad shluchim to a yeshiva in Morristown, New Jersey that caters to male Baalei Teshuva. Outside of her official work hours, she enjoys bonding with her family, preparing for Shabbos meals for her husband's students, and running for exercise. _______________________________________________________ Become a JOWMA Member! www.jowma.org Follow us on Instagram! www.instagram.com/JOWMA_org Follow us on Twitter! www.twitter.com/JOWMA_med Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/JOWMAorg/ Stay up-to-date with JOWMA news! Sign up for the JOWMA newsletter! https://jowma.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=9b4e9beb287874f9dc7f80289&id=ea3ef44644&mc_cid=dfb442d2a7&mc_eid=e9eee6e41e