Dr. Elizabeth Malinzak is an Advisory Dean in the School of Medicine and an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology.  She is a North Carolina native, born and raised in Greensboro.  She graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas, with a B.S.E. in Bioengineering, magna cum laude.  She is also a proud alumna of Duke University School of Medicine, where she received her medical degree.  She then completed her anesthesiology residency at Duke and pursued a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at the University of North Carolina before joining the Duke faculty in 2014.

Dr. Malinzak previously served as the Director of Medical Student Education for the Department of Anesthesiology and Director for Anesthesia Services at the Duke Eye Center.  She is passionate about career development, mentoring future generations, and enhancing gender equity.  She is an international and national speaker on these topics, has grant funding to study these areas in anesthesiology, and has successfully advocated for professional societal policy and cultural change related to parenthood and well-being.  Dr. Malinzak has served in leadership positions in many organizations, including Women in Anesthesiology (Past President), American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Board of Anesthesiology, Association of University Anesthesiologists, and Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology.  She is a Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and was honored in 2023 with the Distinguished Educator in Anesthesiology Award from the ASA and the Society of Education in Anesthesia.  As a pediatric anesthesiologist, her clinical interests include malignant hyperthermia, fasting guidelines, and adults with pediatric diseases.  Outside of the hospital, her greatest joys include spending time with her family (especially her two children), her zoo of animals, and traveling to new places.