Nature of the work:
A personal physician who encompasses qualities of both an internist (physicians for adults) and a pediatrician (physicians for children). This includes providing long-term comprehensive care in a variety of settings (e.g. the office, the hospital setting, ICU) managing all illnesses of newborns, toddlers, school-age children, adolescents, adults and the elderly whether they are common or complex, acute or chronic. A med-peds physician is concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of people of ALL ages. The med-peds physician is trained in the biological, social and environmental influences on the developing child as well as the impact of disease and dysfunction on development. S/he is also trained to recognize how this may impact their development into adulthood. S/he is trained in the diagnosis and management/treatment of cancer, infections, and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints, digestive, respiratory and vascular systems and to distinguish the differences in presentation between children and adults.
A med-peds physician can receive additional training in the following sub specialties:
- Adolescent medicine
- Cardiovascular disease – adult
- Cardiovascular disease - pediatric
- Clinical cardiac electrophysiology
- Critical care medicine – adult
- Critical care medicine – pediatric
- Developmental-behavioral pediatrics
- Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism
- Endocrinology – pediatric
- Gastroenterology – adult
- Gastroenterology - pediatric
- Geriatric medicine Rheumatology – pediatric
- Hematology Sleep medicine – adult
- Hospice and palliative medicine – adult
- Hospice and palliative medicine - pediatric
- Infectious disease – adult
- Infectious disease - pediatric
- Interventional cardiology
- Medical oncology
- Medical toxicology
- Neonatal-perinatal medicine
- Neurodevelopmental disabilities
- Nephrology – adult
- Nephrology – pediatric
- Pediatric emergency medicine
- Pediatric hematology-oncology
- Pulmonary disease – adult
- Pulmonary disease – pediatric
- Rheumatology – adult
- Sleep medicine – pediatric
- Sports medicine – adult
- Sports medicine – pediatric
- Transplant hepatology – adult
- Transplant hepatology – pediatric
Training/residency information
Following graduation from medical school, med-peds physicians complete 4 years of education in a Med-Peds residency program. The 4-year residency includes 24 months of internal medicine rotations and 24 months of pediatric rotations, rotating from internal medicine and pediatric rotations in 3-6 months blocks. Typically, up to 3 additional years of training are required to be certified in a particular subspecialty but this may be longer if it is a combined adult and pediatric sub specialty.
For more information
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American College of Physicians
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Society of General Internal Medicine
- National Med-Peds Residents’ Association
Medicine/Pediatrics Faculty Advisors
| Dr. Timothy Lee | tdlee@llu.edu |
| Dr. Andrew Wai | awai@llu.edu |
Medicine/Pediatrics Interest Group 2024-2025
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