Pediatric cardiology is a subspecialty of pediatrics focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of heart problems in infants, children, and young adults. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), pediatric cardiologists are physicians who have completed training in pediatrics with...
Pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons provide preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative surgical care to patients under the age of 18 with structural abnormalities involving the heart and major blood vessels. Includes correction or treatment of various conditions of the heart and related blood...
Physicians in neuromusculoskeletal medicine/osteopathic manipulative medicine treat newborn, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients to address the somatic components, both anatomic and physiologic, of any common and complex illness, affliction, disease, or functional...
Pediatric critical care medicine is the subspecialty of pediatrics that focuses on treating children, from birth to young adulthood, for illnesses or injuries that result in the child being in an unstable, critical condition. Pediatric critical care medicine specialists are often referred to as...
Pediatric dentists specialize in oral and dental care for children ranging in age from infants to teenagers. Pediatric dentists are specifically qualified to provide care related to children’s teeth, gums, and mouth.
Core privileges are those procedures or privileges that any well-...
A pediatric dermatologist specializes in diagnosing and treating children, including newborns and infants, who have diseases that affect the skin, hair, or nails. Such conditions affect children differently than they affect adults, and certain skin diseases occur more commonly or even...
Pediatric endocrinology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that manages diseases related to hormonal regulation during infancy, childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Pediatric endocrinologists diagnose, treat, and manage endocrine disorders including: growth...
Pediatric gastroenterology is a subspecialty in which physicians diagnose and manage young patients with acute and chronic diseases involving organs of the digestive system (i.e., esophagus, stomach, intestines, hepatobiliary system, and pancreas) and with nutritional disorders. Pediatric...
Physicians practicing pediatric hematology/oncology provide treatment to children and adolescents presenting with diseases and disorders of the blood and immune system and provide treatment or consultative services to children and adolescents with cancerous diseases...
Pediatric infectious disease physicians care for children and adolescents, including newborns and infants, with acute and chronic infectious or suspected infectious or immunologic diseases, underlying diseases that predispose to unusual or severe infections, unclear...
