Kurt D Piggott, MD
Cardiac Critical CarePrimary Office
Get to Know Me
Kurt Piggott, MD is a pediatric cardiac critical care physician at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida in Orlando. Dr. Piggott is the recipient of numerous awards, including the UCF College of Medicine Research Mentor Student Choice Award, the Orlando Health Exemplary Physician Award, the Orlando Health Medical Records Award, Physician of the Quarter at Children's Hospital New Orleans, and Health Research Mentor of Year in 2020 at LSU School of Medicine.
He has been very involved in medical education, most recently as associate professor of clinical pediatrics at LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans. He was also an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine for eight years prior.
Dr. Piggott has been an active researcher, presenter, and an author of peer-reviewed medical journal articles. He’s also a journal reviewer for Pediatrics, World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, PLOS ONE, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Cardiology, and Cardiology in The Young.
Education & Training
Fellowship
- Pediatric Critical Care Med - Children's Hospital of Michigan, 2009
- Pediatric Critical Care Med - Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System, 2007
Residency
- Pediatrics - University of Nevada School of Medicine, 2006
Medical/Dental School
- MD - American University of the Caribbean, 2003
Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics/Critical Care
Insurance Accepted
- Accountable Health Plans PPO
- Aetna Better Health FL Medicaid and Healthy Kids
- Aetna HMO/POS/PPO/EPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas Florida (FKA Prestige Health Choice)
- AvMed
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Non HMO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Florida Blue Select
- Cigna & Great West HMO/POS Open Access
- Cigna & Great West PPO/EPO
- Community Care Plan Medicaid
- Employers Health Network PPO
- Evolutions Healthcare
- First Health Aetna PPO/EPO
- Florida Medicaid
- Health First Health Plans
- HUMANA HEALTHY HORIZONS (FKA HUMANA MEDICAID)
- Humana HMO/POS
- Humana PPO/EPO
- Molina Healthcare Medicaid
- Multiplan PPO
- Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO ORL
- Seminole Tribe of Florida
- Simply Healthcare Healthy Kids
- Simply Healthcare Medicaid HMO
- Star Healthcare Network
- Sunshine SMI/CMS 19 & 21
- Sunshine State Health Plan Medicaid
- Three Rivers Provider Network
- Tricare/Humana Military Health Services
- United Healthcare Commercial Products
- United Healthcare Community Plan Medicaid HMO
- Volusia Health Network PPO/EPO
- English