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Anyone know what is a pediatric infectious disease doctor?

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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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Dr. Michael Ein answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

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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