-
The Swedish physician Nils Rosén von Rosenstein (1706-1773) is considered the founder modern pediatrics as a medical specialty
-
founded in 1915 to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care and medicine.
-
The creation of a new national pediatric society is discussed at informal meetings at the home of James W. Rosenfeld, MD, in Portland, Oregon.
-
Founded by a group of 35 pediatricians to address pediatric healthcare standards
-
The American Board of Pediatrics was founded in 1933. It is one of the 24 certifying boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties. The ABP is an independent and nonprofit organization
-
Fast and safe way to deliver medication, glucose or fluids, rather than putting a central line in.
-
The first partial remission of pediatric leukemia was achieved in a 4-year-old girl using the drug aminopterin
-
Dr. Virginia Apgar invented the Apgar Score to evaluate the condition of the newborn
-
By the 1960s, the pendulum had swung back to treating surgical nursing as a distinct specialty.
-
The first case of laparoscopy in pediatric surgery was reported by Stephen Gans
-
The medical-surgical nursing profession began to further distinguish itself as a distinct entity in 1991 with the founding of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses.
-
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median hourly wage for a pediatrician was $77.60 and the median annual wage $161,410 in May 2009.
-
a 2010 survey by the American Academy of Pediatrics found 55.6 of graduate pediatricians and 68.9 percent of pediatric residents were female
-
As of 2011, salaries averaged at $505,281 a year.
-
Today, pediatrics as a specialty is certified and regulated by the American Pediatric Society and American Academy of Pediatrics in the United States
