Antonio Riera MD, FAAP

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine); Director, Pediatric and Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Emergency Medicine Rotations

Biographical Info

Antonio Riera, MD, completed a residency in pediatrics at Weill Cornell-New York Presbyterian Hospital and a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Yale University School of Medicine, and an Attending Physician at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital. Dr. Riera’s clinical and research interests include the use of bedside ultrasonography to improve health care outcomes in children and the relationship between language, communication and health care disparities in children.

Education & Training

M.D.

Boston University School of Medicine (2004)

B.A.

Princeton University (5/2000)

Fellow

Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, Pediatric Emergency Medicine (2007 - 2010)

Resident

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell, Pediatrics (2004 - 2007)

Board Certification

Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Board Certified  (2011)

Board Certification

Pediatrics, Board Certified  (2007)

Honors & Recognition

• Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award
  Yale Pediatric Housestaff (2009-2010)
• Young Investigator Travel Award
  Pediatric Academic Societies (2010)
• Travel Award
  Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (2010)
• Travel Award
  Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (2009)
• Award for Teaching Excellence
  NYPH-Weill Medical College, Department of Pediatrics (06/2007)