Dr. Maria Carmen G. Diaz is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and the medical director of the Nemours Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. NICE’s mission is to advance patient safety and quality of care by promoting clinical excellence through the use of simulation. Dr. Diaz is double board-certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and in General Pediatrics. She also serves as the chair of the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Advisory Committee for the State of Delaware.
What I'm Passionate About
I’m passionate about delivering safe, high-quality care to all of our patients. That’s what I strive for in my own practice in our Emergency Department, and it’s what I push for in all the work I do as the medical director of simulation at Nemours. My medical interests include: simulation pediatric emergency medicine high-quality pediatric care for all children
Education & Training
Fellowship
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron,
2004
Internship Residency
Pediatrics
- St. Joseph's Medical Center,
2001
Medical/Dental School
MD
- St. George's University School of Medicine,
1998
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics/Emergency Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics
Awards & Recognition
2014
Best Doctors in America
2014
Delaware Today magazine, Top Doctors
2013
Best Doctors in America
2011
Best Doctors in America
2017
SOEM EBSCO-PEMSoft Award for Technological Innovations in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics
2020
Pediatric Research Award – Sponsored by the Pediatrics Section of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare; International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare
Insurance Accepted
Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
Aetna HMO
Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
Amerigroup NJ Medicaid/Healthy Kids
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
First Health/Affordable PPO
GLOBAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT DE
Geisinger Health Plan Commercial
Health Partners Medicaid/Kidz Partner HMO
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware Traditional
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delware HMO PPO POS EPO
Highmark Medicaid Health Options
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield NJ HMO
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NJ PPO
Horizon NJ Health
INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
Independence Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone HMO PPO
Insurance Administrators of America
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
UPMC MCAID/CHIP PA DE
US Family Health Plan
United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic
Wellcare of NJ Medicaid HMO
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