What are the different subcategories or specialties in the field of pediatrics?

Hi Amy,
Thankyou for your question.
Please find the list of Sub-specialties in the field of pediatrics as below
• Adolescent medicine
• Child abuse pediatrics
• Developmental-behavioral pediatrics
• Neonatology
• Pediatric allergy and immunology
• Pediatric cardiology
• Pediatric critical care
• Pediatric emergency medicine
• Pediatric endocrinology
• Pediatric gastroenterology
• Pediatric hematology
• Pediatric infectious disease
• Pediatric nephrology
• Pediatric neuropsychology
• Pediatric oncology
• Pediatric neuro-oncology
• Pediatric pulmonology
• Pediatric rheumatology
• Social pediatrics
• Sports medicine
Other specialties that care for children include:
• Child neurology, a specialty in its own right
• Epilepsy
• Neurocritical Care
• Pediatric neuro-oncology
• Child psychiatry, subspecialty of psychiatry
• Pediatric anesthesiology, subspecialty of anesthesiology
• Pediatric dermatology, subspecialty of dermatology
• Pediatric neurosurgery, subspecialty of neurosurgery
• Pediatric ophthalmology, subspecialty of ophthalmology
• Pediatric orthopedic surgery, subspecialty of orthopedic surgery
• Pediatric otolaryngology, subspecialty of otolaryngology
• Pediatric rehabilitation medicine, subspecialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation
• Pediatric surgery, subspecialty of general surgery
• Pediatric urology, subspecialty of urology

All the best for your future.

Hi Amy,
I am a Mom, not a pediatrician, so I'll give you the advice from the perspective of someone who has a child and knows a lot of mommies with other children. Children's Nuero/Cardio/Pulmonary is very common since that is mostly what kids suffer the most ailments with commonly. There is also pediatric ENT, my own child did have surgery as a baby and her ENT was phenomenal in treating her recurring ear infections. You can think about pediatric dentistry, or pediatric ophthalmology.... my daughter sees a specialist for her eyes. There's always physical therapies/medicines for children and babies that have growth or development challenges with their bones/muscles/movements. If you really have the strength for it, there is pediatric oncology. Good luck with whatever you choose! it will be in great demand no matter what and you will end up helping the world :)