Eleanor Bathory

Eleanor Bathory, M.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics (Academic General Pediatrics) and Department of Family and Social Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is affiliated with Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY. Her clinical practice focuses on pediatric medicine with a particular emphasis on social determinants of health and community health initiatives. Dr. Bathory holds dual appointments at Montefiore Medical Group-Comprehensive Health Care Center and the Einstein College of Medicine.

Education: Medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine (residency completed there), followed by a fellowship at New York University School of Medicine. Prior to medicine, she worked as a high school chemistry teacher and engaged in extensive community health volunteering, including international work in Guatemala.

Research interests include sleep hygiene practices in low-income families, integration of mental health services in primary care, pediatric literacy programs, and infant nutrition strategies. Active projects explore parental perspectives on infant sleep issues and the role of health literacy in early childhood behavioral health.

Her academic contributions focus on pediatric behavioral health, with recent work addressing bedtime routines' impact on toddler behavior and parental readiness for lifestyle interventions in obese adolescents. Research methodologies include community-based participatory approaches and qualitative analysis of healthcare provider-patient interactions.