Dr. Stephanie Malleus, MD, FAAFP

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Get to know Family Physician Dr. Stephanie Malleus, who serves patients in Wilmington, Delaware.

Dr. Malleus, a trusted family physician, is the co-founder & co-owner of Family Medicine at Greenhill in Wilmington, Delaware. She has been serving area patients, from infants to seniors, since the start of the practice in 1983.

Viewing family medicine as the most personal way to treat people as individuals, Dr. Malleus enjoys cultivating relationships with her patients. She particularly likes meeting several generations of families in order to best provide care to their members. This is an approach she teaches medical students when they train at Family Medicine at Greenhill.

Following the completion of her medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Dr. Malleus went on to perform her residency in family medicine at what is now Christiana Care Health System. She assumed more duties as President of the Delaware Board of Medical Practice, the Delaware Academy of Family Physicians, and the Medical Executive Committee at St. Francis Hospital.

A Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP), the doctor is board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). The mission of the ABFM is to improve the health of the public through Board Certification, Residency Training, Research, Leadership Development, and promoting the development of the specialty of Family Medicine. 

Early in her career, Dr. Malleus brought aid to migrant workers in a Dover clinic. She appreciates her continuing experiences working with multicultural patients and performs immigration physicals as a certified U.S. Civil Surgeon.

Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. The specialist is called a family physician or family doctor. A family physician is often the first person a patient sees when seeking healthcare services. They examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailments to a specialist or appropriate facility. 

On a more personal note, Dr. Malleus relishes time with her husband and children, and looks forward to opportunities to travel abroad. She is a proponent of yoga, which she has practiced for more than eight years for physical and mental well-being.

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