Also called: Pediatric ER Doctor
Emergency doctor who specializes in treating sick and injured children.
Calms a panicking parent while stitching a toddler's forehead, then leads the resuscitation of a child pulled from a pool. Children's ERs see everything from earaches to car-crash trauma.
BLS top-codes physician pay; estimate for attending physicians after residency/fellowship.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 13 years after high school. Bachelor's, medical school, pediatrics or emergency medicine residency, then a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry.
Growing about average. Tracks physicians and surgeons overall (about 3% over 10 years); shortages in many regions.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps triage and read X-rays; treating sick and injured kids and calming parents stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Child development, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1214.
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