A graduate of Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Kendi received her pediatrics training from the Social Pediatrics Program at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, where she spent an additional year as chief resident. She completed her fellowship training in pediatric emergency medicine at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and earned her Master of Public Health degree as a Bloomberg American Health Initiative Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Additionally, Dr. Kendi is a certified child passenger safety technician and a member of the executive committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Injury Violence and Poison Prevention.