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    Roberto Jorge Ortiz-Aguayo, MD, MMM

    Psychiatry
    (800) 416-4441
    Researcher Profile

    Primary Office

    Nemours Children's Health, Rockland II Nemours Children's Health, Rockland II 1801 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803
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    Appointment: (800) 416-4441

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    Get to Know Me

    Dr. Ortiz-Aguayo (he/him/his)'s career has spanned areas including direct clinical care for children with complex physical illness, children with neurological, metabolic and associated disorders, leadership and development of systems-of-care and graduate medical education. Dr. Ortiz-Aguayo is a Fellow of the American Board of Pediatrics, a Fellow of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Ortiz-Aguayo has served in leadership positions at the local and national levels, including at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and as a content expert for the American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and the Food and Drug Administration.

    In his free time Dr. Ortiz-Aguayo enjoys spending time with his family, including his dog and two cats, traveling, photography and is an avid cinephile.  

    Why I Treat Children

    I come from a family of educators and my mom had a specialty in educational systems for children with developmental or medical needs and learning differences.Their work was always moving and from an early age I was also inspired by my own pediatrician and knew I wanted to be one “when I grew up”. Neurosciences became an academic interest in college and medical school, and triple board training affords me the privilege of caring for youth and their families in this interface.  

    What I'm Passionate About

    I am motivated by the remarkable resilience children and adolescents demonstrate amidst almost all challenges. It is an honor to be a part of facilitating the best care and support they can receive to achieve their goals, be it at the systems-of-care-level, or at the bedside and everywhere in between. 

    I'm also passionate about the quality of all the health care that we deliver. To that end, I earned a Master of Medical Management (MMM) degree to learn management techniques to promote high-quality health delivery among our various teams of health care practitioners.

    How I Try to Make A Difference

    I aim to be present and a source of comfort, support and advocacy for youth and their caregivers.

    Education & Training

    Internship

    • Pediatrics/Psychiatry/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2007

    Medical/Dental School

    • MMM - Carnegie Mellon University, 2016
    • M.D. - University of Puerto Rico - School of Medicine, 2002

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatrics - General
    • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology/Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
    • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology/Psychiatry

    Awards & Recognition

    • 2022 Top Doctor Award, Al Día Doctors
    • 2014Clinical Educator of the Year Award: Outstanding Clinical Education of Medical Students, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    • 2012Clinical Excellence Awards: Physician of the Year Award, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian Shadyside
    • 2010Certificate of Recognition–Praise from Patients, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Insurance Accepted

    • Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
    • Aetna HMO
    • Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
    • Ambetter Health of Delaware
    • Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
    • Amerihealth Caritas Delaware VIP Next (DE - All Sites) (PA - Delaware & Chester County Sites & TJU Sites Only)
    • Cigna Behavioral Health
    • Community Care Behavioral Health
    • Compsych DE
    • Delaware First Health
    • Emerging Therapies Transplant
    • Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid HMO
    • First Health/Affordable PPO
    • Geisinger Health Plan Commercial
    • Global Medical Managment DE/PA
    • 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
    • Highmark PA CHIP
    • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
    • Independance Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone Health Plan
    • Independence Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone Health Plan
    • Insurance Administrators of America
    • INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
    • Interlink Transplant
    • Keystone First CHIP
    • Maryland Medicaid
    • Multiplan PPO
    • National Transplant (Humana)
    • New Jersey Medicaid
    • Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO DE/PA
    • Pennsylvania Medicaid
    • Preferred Healthcare PPO
    • Priority Partners John Hopkins
    • Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
    • Qualcare HMO/POS/PPO
    • Six Degrees Health Transplant
    • Six Degrees Health-Lucent
    • Star Healthcare Network
    • Three Rivers Provider Network
    • Tricare/Humana Military Health Services/CHAMPVA
    • United Healthcare HMO/POS/PPO/EPO
    • US Family Health Plan
    • USFHP-John Hopkins

    • Anxiety Disorders
    • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
    • Autism
    • Depressive Disorders
    • Management of Psychiatric Symptoms in Context of Physical Illness
    • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
    • Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders
    • Tics and Tourette Syndrome

    Research Activities

    • Clinical care models
    • Systems of care development and optimization

    Medical Interests

    • Pediatric Psychiatry
    • Consult and Liaison Psychiatry
    • Complex pharmacology in physically ill states
    • Somatic symptom disorders
    • Delirium and other states of altered consciousness
    • Catatonia

    • A Clinical Pathway to Standardize Care of Children With Delirium in Pediatric Inpatient Settings.; Hospital pediatrics; (2019).

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    • Core Competencies for Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training.; Psychosomatics; (2019).

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    • Early Protocolized Versus Usual Care Rehabilitation for Pediatric Neurocritical Care Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.; Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies; (2019).

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    • Important Outcomes for Parents of Critically Ill Children.; Critical care nurse; (2019).

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    • PICU-Based Rehabilitation and Outcomes Assessment: A Survey of Pediatric Critical Care Physicians.; Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies; (2019).

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    • Pediatric Delirium: Evaluation, Management, and Special Considerations.; Current psychiatry reports; (2017).

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    • Pediatric Somatic Symptom Disorders.; Current psychiatry reports; (2017).

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    • Motivational interviewing in paediatric residency.; The clinical teacher; (2016).

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    • Development of mania with carbamazepine for treatment of seizure disorder in a 7-year-old boy.; The Journal of clinical psychiatry; (2015).

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    • Quality of Life and Its Determinants in a Multicenter Cohort of Children with Alagille Syndrome.; The Journal of pediatrics; (2015).

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    • Medical status of 219 children with biliary atresia surviving long-term with their native livers: results from a North American multicenter consortium.; The Journal of pediatrics; (2014).

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    • Clozapine-induced neutropenia in children: management with lithium carbonate.; Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology; (2003).

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