Dr. Mallika MarshallPhysician, Medical Anchor, Wife and Mother
Dr. Mallika Marshall is the kind of medical doctor you want to consult when you are in need of health advice. Board certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics, she is on staff at Harvard Medical School and is a practicing physician who treats children and adults at the Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea Urgent Care Clinic.
Dr. Marshall has been a television correspondent for over a decade. She was recently named the Medical Contributor for “Katie”, Katie Couric’s new daytime talk show. Before that she served as a regular medical contributor for the CBS Early Show, CBS Newspath, and the CBS Evening News and as the HealthWatch reporter for the CBS affiliate in Boston, WBZ. She has made recent appearances on ABC News Now and Fox and Friends.
Dr. Marshall recently served as the Medical Director for Everyday Health, the Internet’s most popular source of medical news and information for consumers. Dr. Marshall appeared frequently on “Everyday Health”, the weekly television show on ABC stations, on which she helped provide viewers with a better understanding of a broad range of health issues, from childhood bullying to epilepsy to diabetes.
Dr. Marshall also served as the host of “Dr. Mallika Marshall,” a series of health news reports that was nationally syndicated and aired in more than 70 markets, including major cities such as San Francisco, Atlanta, St. Louis, Cleveland, and Houston.
Dr. Marshall can currently be seen giving live expert medical advice on New England Cable News (NECN) in all six New England states.
A cum laude graduate of Harvard College, Dr. Marshall received her medical degree at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF), with honors. She completed her medical residency at Harvard in internal medicine and pediatrics. She is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Association of Health Care Journalists, and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Urgent Care Foundation and on the Board of Directors for Dress for Success Boston. In addition to numerous medical awards, she was also an associate editor of the Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide and a contributing editor for the Harvard Medical School affiliated website, InteliHealth.
Dr. Marshall is writing a series of children’s books that will deliver healthy messages in entertaining stories for school-age children. She is also a wife, a mother of three young children, and the daughter of former ABC News anchor, Carole Simpson.