Mark X Cicero MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine); Director, Pediatric Disaster Preparedness; Principal Investigator, Pediatric Research in Disaster Education (PRIDE)

Biographical Info

Mark X. Cicero MD, FAAP is an assistant professor in the section of pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) at the Yale School of Medicine. Prior to this appointment, he completed medical school at State University of New York at Buffalo, pediatrics residency and chief residency at the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, and PEM fellowship at Yale. He has designed experiential and didactic curricula in pediatric disaster medicine, and has published original research about disaster medicine educational strategies. Firsthand disaster experience includes hurricane Isabel in Norfolk VA, as well as an epidemic. In addition to scholarly work in disaster medicine, Dr. Cicero studies the relationship between respiratory viruses and serious bacterial infections in febrile young infants. He lives in Hamden, CT with his wife, two daughters, and two disastrous cats.

Education & Training

M.D.

State University of New York at Buffalo (2001)

Resident

Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Pediatrics (2001 - 2005)

Fellow

Yale University School of Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (2005 - 2008)

Board Certification

Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Board Certified  (2009)