Magdy W. Attia, MD

Emergency Medicine

Primary Office

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803 Appointment: (800) 416-4441

Education & Training

Fellowship

  • Emergency Medicine - Bellevue Hospital Center, 1992

Internship Residency

  • Pediatrics - New York University Medical Center, 1990

Medical/Dental School

  • MD - University of Alexandria-Faculty of Medicine, 1982

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Awards & Recognition

  • 2014 Best Doctors in America
  • 2014 Delaware Today magazine, Top Doctors
  • 2013 Best Doctors in America
  • 2011 Best Doctors in America

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
  • Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
  • Cigna Lifesource Transplant
  • Cigna/Great West HMO EPO POS
  • Cigna/Great West PPO
  • Delaware First Health
  • Delaware Medicaid/Diamond State
  • Delaware Medicare
  • Devon Health Services
  • Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid HMO
  • First Health/Affordable PPO
  • Geisinger Health Plan Commercial
  • Global Medical Managment DE/PA
  • Health Partners Medicaid/Kidz Partner HMO
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware *PA Loc Contiguous to DE*
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware *PA Loc NONContiguous to DE*
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania
  • Highmark Medicaid Health Options
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
  • Independance Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone Health Plan
  • Insurance Administrators of America
  • INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
  • Keystone First Medicaid HMO
  • Lifetrac Transplant
  • Maryland Medicaid
  • Multiplan PPO
  • National Transplant (Humana)
  • New Jersey Medicaid
  • Pennsylvania Medicaid
  • Plan Vista/NPPN PPO
  • Preferred Healthcare PPO
  • Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
  • Qualcare HMO/POS/PPO
  • Star Healthcare Network
  • Three Rivers Provider Network
  • Tricare/Humana Military Health Services/CHAMPVA
  • United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic
  • UPMC MCAID/CHIP PA DE
  • US Family Health Plan
  • Wellpoint Maryland Medcaid

Medical Interests

  • Infectious diseases
  • Toxicology
  • Trauma

  • COVID-19 Screening in the Pediatric Emergency Department; Cureus; (2023).

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  • COVID-19 Testing Pattern in a Suburban Pediatric Urgent Care Center.; Journal of Urgent Care Medicine ; (2021).

  • Mild hepatomegaly in a 14‐year‐old boy; Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open; (2021).

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  • Girl with left‐sided hip pain and fever; Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open; (2021).

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  • Does the Role of A Rapid Triage Provider Improve Pain Control in an Academic Pediatric Emergency Department?; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2020).

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  • Young Child With Dyspnea and Vomiting; Annals of Emergency Medicine; (2020).

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  • An unusual cause of an isolated scapula fracture; Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants; (2018).

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  • Comparison of primary care provider office hours and pediatric emergency department return visits; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2017).

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  • An Unusual Cause of Limp in a Toddler; Annals of Emergency Medicine; (2016).

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  • Commentary; Annals of Internal Medicine; (2013).

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  • Mesenteric adenitis; Fleisher and Ludwig's 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult; (2012).

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  • Ovarian torsion; Fleisher and Ludwig's 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult; (2012).

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  • Influenza; Fleisher and Ludwig's 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult; (2012).

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  • Emergency severity index version 4: A valid and reliable tool in pediatric emergency department triage; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2012).

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  • Pulmonary Function Tests in Emergency Department Pediatric Patients with Acute Wheezing/Asthma Exacerbation; Pulmonary Medicine; (2012).

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  • Consistency between emergency department and orthopedic physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of distal fibular Salter Harris i fractures; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2011).

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  • Review: C-reactive protein has moderate diagnostic accuracy for serious bacterial infection in children with fever; Evidence-Based Medicine; (2009).

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  • The Paediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS) was useful in children with acute abdominal pain; Evidence-Based Medicine; (2009).

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  • The emergency severity index version 4: Reliability in pediatric patients; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2009).

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  • Fever: Parental Concerns; Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine; (2008).

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  • Acetabular fracture in a 16-year-old secondary to an all-terrain vehicle accident; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2008).

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  • Clinical predictors of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children; Pediatrics International; (2008).

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  • Predicting pertussis in infants; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2008).

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  • Report of 4 cases of testicular rupture in adolescent boys secondary to sports-related trauma; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2008).

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  • In reply; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2007).

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  • Duration of fever and markers of serious bacterial infection inyoung febrile children; Pediatrics International; (2007).

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  • Clinical Features of Bacterial Conjunctivitis in Children; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2007).

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  • An unusual case of knee pain; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2006).

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  • Patterns of injury associated with routine childhood falls; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2006).

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  • Buccal oxycodone reduced pain more than placebo in children with acute undifferentiated abdominal pain: Commentary; Evidence-Based Medicine; (2005).

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  • Influenza A-associated meningoencephalitis; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2005).

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  • Clinical prediction model for influenza; Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; (2004).

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  • Clinical Predictors of Influenza in Children; Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; (2004).

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  • The role of group C and group G streptococci in acute pharyngitis in children; Clinical Microbiology and Infection; (2004).

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  • Influenza A in Young Children with Suspected Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2003).

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  • Pediatric pharyngitis; Pediatric Case Reviews; (2003).

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  • C-reactive protein? [5] (multiple letters); Pediatrics; (2002).

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  • Does a day make a difference? Duration of illness and clinical presentation of group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis in children; Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice; (2002).

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  • Early use of oxygen in pediatric emergency patients: A standard but underrated therapy; Journal of Emergency Nursing; (2002).

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  • C-reactive protein in febrile children 1 to 36 months of age with clinically undetectable serious bacterial infection; Pediatrics; (2001).

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  • Atraumatic spinal epidural hematoma in an infant with hemophilia A; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2001).

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  • Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor angioedema in a pediatric patient: A case report and discussion; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2001).

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  • Glucagon use for esophageal coin dislodgment in children: A prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2001).

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  • Performance of a predictive model for streptococcal pharyngitis in children; Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; (2001).

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  • Isolated first rib fracture in a high school lacrosse player; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2000).

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  • Sports-related injuries in children; Academic Emergency Medicine; (2000).

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  • Multivariate predictive models for group a beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis in children; Academic Emergency Medicine; (1999).

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  • Pharyngitis in children.; Delaware medical journal; (1999).

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  • Effect of weather on the number and the nature of visits to a pediatric ED; American Journal of Emergency Medicine; (1998).

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  • The blizzard of 1996: A pediatric emergency department; Prehospital Emergency Care; (1998).

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  • Plastic bowing type fracture of the forearm in two children; Pediatric Emergency Care; (1997).

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  • Traumatic hip dislocation in a young child: A case report and discussion; Pediatric Emergency Care; (1995).

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