Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Pediatrics residency (3 years) or emergency medicine residency (3-4 years) 3–4 years
4. Pediatric emergency medicine fellowship 2–3 years

Training after medical school: 6 years. From the start of college: about 14 years.

Usual minimum program lengths from ACGME program requirements. Some doctors take extra research years or a second fellowship.

Who they are

• MD (DOs make up the rest) 91%
• Women 61%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 7%
• Offer telehealth 0%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 85%

Sex and credentials from NPPES. Graduation year, telehealth and Medicare assignment from Medicare Care Compare, which covers clinicians enrolled in Medicare.

What they do most for Medicare patients

• Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making 6,238
• Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making 2,927
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 2,734
• Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only 2,011
• Critical care, first 30-74 minutes 1,042
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 793
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 684
• Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for influenza virus 483
• Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making 417
• Detection test by immunoassay technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 403
• Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19) 364
• Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for streptococcus, group a (strep) 313

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Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.

What they prescribe most

• Prednisone (Rayos) 10.4%
• Cephalexin 8.7%
• Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav (Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Pot Er, Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass) 7.7%
• Azithromycin (Azasite, Zithromax) 6.0%
• Albuterol Sulfate (Ventolin Hfa, Proair Digihaler, Proair Respiclick) 4.9%
• Ondansetron 3.8%
• Methylprednisolone (Medrol) 3.0%
• Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 3.0%
• Doxycycline Hyclate (Doxy 100, Targadox) 2.7%
• Nitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst (Macrobid, Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro) 2.5%
• Amoxicillin 2.4%
• Fluticasone Propionate (Flovent Hfa, Flovent Diskus, Xhance) 2.3%
• Levothyroxine Sodium (Euthyrox, Levo-T, Ermeza) 2.2%
• Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir (Paxlovid, Paxlovid (Eua)) 2.0%
• Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim (Bactrim Ds, Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim) 1.7%

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Share of this specialty’s Medicare Part D prescriptions in 2024, including refills. Select a drug to see which of these clinicians prescribe it most, and where.

Hospitals where the most work

• Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ 9 Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Phoenix Children's Hospital
• Indiana University Health Indianapolis, IN 8 Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Indiana University Health
• Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA 4 Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Stanford Health Care
• UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr San Diego, CA 3 Pediatric Emergency Medicine at UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr
• Ohio State University State Health System Columbus, OH 3 Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Ohio State University State Health System
• Prisma Health Richland Hospital Columbia, SC 3 Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Prisma Health Richland Hospital
• Children's Hosp of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 3 Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Children's Hosp of Los Angeles
• Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO 3 Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Children's Hospital Colorado
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH 2 Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• University of Colorado Hospital Authority Aurora, CO 2 Pediatric Emergency Medicine at University of Colorado Hospital Authority

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Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.

Schools they graduated from most

• University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 14
• University of Alabama School of Medicine 11
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 11
• Baylor College of Medicine 10
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 9
• Indiana University School of Medicine 9
• University of Arizona College of Medicine 9
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 9
• Medical College of Wisconsin 8
• New York Medical College 8

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From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).