Kristina Malik, MD

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics-General Pediatrics


FacultyPhoto
Medical School
  • MD, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Graduate School
  • MSCS, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Department
Pediatrics-General Pediatrics

Professional Titles

  • Assistant Professor
  • Medical Director, KidStreet

Research Interests

I am health services researcher focusing on improving wellness for children with medical complexity (CMC) delivered through the medical home using implementation science methods. My research focus includes 1. preventive care for CMC (oral health, mental and behavioral health, nutrition/obesity prevention, home care), 2. medical home model, and 3. improving care for neurogenetic conditions. I completed the ACCORDS SCORE fellowship and am a member of ACCORDS. I also have a passion for evidence-based care dissemination; I am the co-director of the Complex Care Journal Club Podcast, a podcast focusing on practical implications of recent publications in the field of complex care: https://www.openpediatrics.org/complexcarejournalclubpodcast

Publications

  • Gleason E, Malik K, Sannar E, Kamara D, Serrano V, Augustyn M. Challenging Case: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Demystifying Chronic Sleep Impairment in an Infant with a Complex Medical and Behavioral Profile. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2024 Mar-Apr 01;45(2):e176-e179. PubMed PMID: 38290114
  • Malik K, Goodwin EJ, Arakelyan M, Dewan T, Easterly C, Huynh K, Kaushik R, Leyenaar J, Nageswaran S, Reedy J, Wright SM, Yu J, Huth K. Practice-Changing Research in Complex Care at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2024 Annual Meeting. 5/2024. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast. Links: https://youtu.be/s3_vEe-PLFA, https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/practice-changing-research-in-complex-care-at-the-pediatric-academic-societies-2024-annual-meeting.
  • Shaikh U, Malik K. Preventing Pediatric Medication Errors at Home: Putting a Policy Statement into Practice. 3/2024. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast. Openpediatrics – Preventing-pediatric-medication-errors-at-home-putting-a-policy-statement-into-practice
  • Malik KE, Scarbro S, Yu J, Chin K, Braun PA, Feinstein JA. Differences in the Oral Health of Children with Medical Complexity. Acad Pediatr. 2024 Aug 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39096999
  • Gleason E, Malik K, Sannar E, Kamara D, Serrano V, Augustyn M. Challenging Case: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Demystifying Chronic Sleep Impairment in an Infant with a Complex Medical and Behavioral Profile. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2024 Mar-Apr 01;45(2):e176-e179. PubMed PMID: 38290114
  • Santucci K, Malik KE, Angione K, Bennink D, Gerk A, Mancini D, Stringfellow M, Dinkel T, Demarest S, Miele AS, Saenz M. Chromosome 8p Syndromes Clinical Presentation and Management Guidelines. Clin Genet. 2024 Oct 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39390634
  • Goodwin E, Mann K, Malik K. Third Quarter Century (1998 - 2023) - Cultivating Complex Care: Landmark Articles From the Past 25 Years of Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 13 Oct 2023.
  • Ames S, Malik K. Telling Their Stories: Discrimination at the Doctor for Children with Disabilities. 09/2023. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast: https://youtu.be/xkoS0qhCtiE
  • Ramgopal S, Foster CC, Malik K. Navigating the Intersection Between Medical Complexity and Mental Health in the Emergency Department. 05/2023. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast: https://youtu.be/wvA4t9nyeo0
  • Diskin C, Malik K, Gill PJ, Rashid N, Chan CY, Nelson KE, Thomson J, Berry J, Agrawal R, Orkin J, Cohen E. Research priorities for children with neurological impairment and medical complexity in high-income countries. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2022 Feb;64(2):200-208. PubMed PMID: 34462917
  • Serrano V, von Schulz J, Buchholz M, Malik K, Wrenn A, Talmi A. (2021). After the NICU: Primary Care Behavioral Health Services. In Dempsey A, Saxton S, Cole J (eds). Behavioral Health Services with High-Risk Infants and Families: Meeting the Needs of Patients, Families, and Providers in Fetal, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Follow-Up Settings. Chapter 28. Oxford University Press.
  • Diskin C, Malik K, Gill PJ, Rashid N, Chan CY, Nelson KE, Thomson J, Berry J, Agrawal R, Orkin J, Cohen E. Research priorities for children with neurological impairment and medical complexity in high-income countries. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021 Aug 30. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.15037. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34462917.

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Children's Hospital Colorado - KidStreet
860 N Potomac Cir
Aurora, CO 80111
720-777-6020

Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Pediatrics, Board Certification
Conditions & Treatments
  • Wellness and Prevention
  • Primary Care
  • Child and Teen Health
  • Child and Teen Health - Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Child and Teen Health - Children's Health
  • Child and Teen Health - Infant and Toddler Health
  • Child and Teen Health - Pediatric Diseases and Conditions
  • Child and Teen Health - Teen Health
Clinical Interests
I am a general pediatrician specializing in the care of children with medical complexity (CMC) and disabilities including neurogenetic conditions and their families, focusing on wellness and preventive care in the medical home. I am the Medial Director of KidStreet, a medical therapeutic program for young children with chronic medical conditions, and a primary care and consulting pediatrician in Special Care Clinic complex care program at Children's Hospital Colorado. I am the co-director of the SYNGAP1 and SCN2a/8a multidisciplinary clinic and provide care in many neurogenetic multidisciplinary programs at CHCO.

Care Philosophy
I partner with families to develop whole child care plans focusing on wellness for their child.

Personal Interests
Fly fishing, gardening, knitting & telemark/uphill skiing