Sonia Malhotra, MD, MS, FAAP

Dr. Sonia Malhotra is the Associate Section Chief for Palliative Medicine at Tulane School of Medicine in and Director for the Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care Services at University Medical Center New Orleans (UMCNO) and East Jefferson General Hospital (EJGH). UMCNO is a safety net, tertiary referral, Level 1 Trauma Center that serves the entire Gulf region. EJGH is set to be the largest provider of transplant services for Medicaid patients in the states of Louisiana and Mississippi.

She is an Associate professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the Tulane and Louisiana State University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Malhotra has been building Palliative Medicine programs in the New Orleans region since 2015, starting at Ochsner Health System, where she built the state's first pediatric palliative medicine program and improved partnership with oncology services. At UMCNO in 2017, she built a freestanding Palliative Medicine outpatient clinic as well as inpatient consultative and hospice services. Dr. Malhotra assisted in the development of Louisiana's first Palliative Medicine fellowship at Tulane School of Medicine and serves as the Site Director for UMCNO.

Dr. Malhotra serves on the Louisiana Governor's Council on Palliative Care. Among Dr. Malhotra’s honors are New Orleans’ Gambit Magazine 40 Under 40, Ochsner's Educator of the Year, and finalist for the NRC Excellence in Human Understanding Award 2020. She lectures on Palliative Medicine nationally and internationally.