Director of Health Equity Education, Pediatric Residency Program; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Theiline T. Gborkorquellie, MD, MHS, FAAP, is a board-certified community pediatrician who cares for children and families at Children’s Health Center at THEARC (Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus) in Southeast Washington, D.C., which is part of the Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health at Children’s National Hospital. Dr. Gborkorquellie is also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Assistant Director of Health Equity Education for the Pediatric Residency Program, an affiliate faculty member of the Child Health Advocacy Institute (CHAI), and a Pediatric Consultant for the DC Mother-Baby Wellness (DCMBW) program. 

Dr. Gborkorquellie has dedicated her career to advocacy and research related to mental health, health equity, and reducing health disparities in under-resourced communities. As a general academic pediatrician, she is also passionate about teaching, medical education, and mentorship. Dr. Gborkorquellie’s work has been recognized on a local, regional, national, and international scale with various awards, invited presentations, as well as in peer-reviewed publications.  

In her role as Director of Health Equity Education, Dr. Gborkorquellie is actively engaged in creating, evaluating, and implementing a health equity curriculum for the pediatric residency program through the Building Equity in Graduate Medical Education (BEING) Initiative. She is leading the development of a curriculum to train pediatric faculty to teach and model health equity principles. Dr. Gborkorquellie is also the curriculum director for the BEING Pediatric Resident Service-Learning Curriculum aimed at improving social accountability and community engagement of the residency program. 

As Pediatric Consultant for DCMBW, Dr. Gborkorquellie is leading the development of a robust program that follows the mother-baby dyad of under-resourced postpartum women and children from birth to 3 years of age, with a focus on mental health. DCMBW launched at THEARC in 2022 and provides embedded no cost screening, prevention, and treatment for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) as well as care coordination to address social determinants of health. 

Dr. Gborkorquellie earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Health Studies from the Johns Hopkins University, her Master of Health Science degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and her Medical Doctorate from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences with a focus on Community and Urban Health. She completed her pediatrics residency at the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital.