A Specialist: This is a doctor, trained as a pediatrician. Then further training was obtained in the area of childhood infections. Thus they are specialists in the area of childhood (pediatric) infections.
Answered 4/7/2013
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Highly educated: A pediatric id specialist is a fully trained board certified pediatrician who then completes 2-3 years of pediatric infectious disease fellowship training. They are then id board eligible and when they pass their boards are id board certified.
Answered 9/28/2016
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