Andrea V. Rivera-Sepulveda, MD

ER Attending Pediatrician

Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida 6535 Nemours Parkway Orlando, FL 32827

Biography

Dr. Andrea Rivera-Sepulveda is a pediatric emergency medicine physician-scientist, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and Director of Research for Graduate Medical Education at Nemours Children's Health-Florida and the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. She completed her Pediatrics Residency training and Postdoctoral Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Research, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Hispanic Clinical and Translational Research Education and Career Development (HCTRECD) Award in Puerto Rico, and her Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Rivera-Sepulveda is a recipient of a PEDSnet Scholar K12 award, supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Dr. Rivera-Sepulveda's research focuses on pediatric respiratory diseases, including bronchiolitis, asthma, respiratory support strategies, and precision emergency medicine. Through clinical trials, implementation science, health services research, and translational investigations, she aims to improve risk stratification, treatment selection, and outcomes for children with acute respiratory illnesses. Her work leverages multicenter clinical data, genomics, biomarkers, and novel physiologic assessments to advance individualized care and bridge the gap between discovery and bedside practice.

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine - St. Louis University School of Medicine, 2019
  • Pediatrics - San Juan City Hospital Program, 2015

Residency

  • Categorized Pediatrics - San Juan City Hospital Program, 2013

Education

  • M.S. - University of Puerto Rico - School of Medicine, 2015
  • M.D. - Universidad Central del Caribe, 2010

Board Certifications

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

  • Health Services Research
  • Improvement Science
  • Learning Health Systems Science
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine

  • Association Between High-Flow Nasal Cannula Use for Bronchiolitis and Subsequent Asthma Diagnosis; Pediatrics Open Science; (2026).

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  • Impact of a Triage-Based Blunt Trauma Assessment on PECARN Recommendations and Neuroimaging Use in Pediatric Head Injury; Journal of Child Neurology; (2026).

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  • Missed Recognition of Potential Abuse in Young Children Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Study; JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH; (2026).

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  • Shifts in pediatric orthopedic injury patterns in the emergency department before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic; AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE; (2026).

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  • A natural language processing pipeline for identifying pediatric long COVID symptoms and functional impacts in freeform clinical notes: a RECOVER study; JAMIA OPEN; (2025).

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  • Asthma Risk in Children Treated with High-Flow Nasal Cannula for Bronchiolitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study; Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting 2025; (2025).

  • Clinical Outcomes of Children with Bronchiolitis Who Undergo High-Flow Nasal Cannula Utilization in the Emergency Department; Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting 2025; (2025).

  • Clinical Yield of Acute Inflammatory Markers in the Pediatric Emergency Department; Clinical Pediatrics; (2025).

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  • Decreasing Ambulatory Antibiotic Duration in Acute Otitis Media and Community-Acquired Pneumonia within a Pediatric Integrated Healthcare System; Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting 2025; (2025).

  • Drivers of Bronchodilator Use in Bronchiolitis: Analyzing Treatment Trends from Pediatric Emergency Department Practices; Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting 2025; (2025).

  • Drivers of Bronchodilator Use in Bronchiolitis; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2025).

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  • Heterogeneity in Bronchodilator Use for Bronchiolitis Across Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Multicenter PEDSnet Study; The Journal of Emergency Medicine; (2025).

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  • Identification of Allergen-associated Cell Surface Markers Differentially Expressed on Asthmatic Dendritic Cells; AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE; (2025).

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  • Improving Management of Bronchiolitis Across a Primary Care Network; PEDIATRICS; (2025).

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  • Interrater Reliability of Pediatric Respiratory Auscultation Findings; HOSPITAL PEDIATRICS; (2025).

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  • Ondansetron Use in Primary Care and Subsequent Emergency Department Visits in Children with Gastroenteritis; Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting 2025; (2025).

  • Physician Modifiers Associated with the Evaluation of Suspected Child Physical Abuse in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Survey Study; Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting 2025; (2025).

  • Precision Medicine in Bronchiolitis: A Feasibility Study in the Pediatric Emergency Department; Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting 2025; (2025).

  • Precision Medicine in Bronchiolitis: A Feasibility Study in the Pediatric Emergency Department; Pediatrics Open Science; (2025).

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  • Predictors of Bronchodilator Therapy in Bronchiolitis in Pediatric Emergency Care: A Multicenter PEDSnet Study; Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting 2025; (2025).

  • Shifts in Pediatric Orthopedic Injuries: Tracking Trauma Patterns in the Emergency Department Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic; Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting 2025; (2025).

  • Subclinical but significant? Updated review of pediatric hypothyroidism; Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism; (2025).

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  • A Community-Guided Approach to Bronchiolitis: A Needs Assessment and Illness Perception Study; Journal of Patient Experience; (2024).

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  • Antibiotic Stewardship and Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Children and Adolescents in the Emergency Department of a Community Hospital; CLINICAL PEDIATRICS; (2024).

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  • Changes in Bronchiolitis Characteristics During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Description of Pediatric Emergency Department Visits in a Community Hospital, 2019-2021; CLINICAL PEDIATRICS; (2024).

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  • Physician Modifiers Associated With the Evaluation of Suspected Child Physical Abuse in the Pediatric Emergency Department; ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE; (2024).

  • Utility of Serum Amylase in Children With Abdominal Pain in the Pediatric Emergency Department; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE; (2024).

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  • Deficiency of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist: New Genetic Autoinflammatory Disease as a Diagnostic Challenge for Pediatricians; JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GENETICS; (2023).

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  • Diagnostic Yield of Abdominal Radiographs in the Pediatric Emergency Department; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2023).

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  • Identification and Verification of an Allergen-Induced Cell Surface Signature in Dendritic Cells; AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE; (2023).

  • Comparison Between Physicians' and Nurse Practitioners' Resource Utilization in the Diagnosis and Management of Bronchiolitis in the Pediatric Emergency Department; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2022).

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  • Diagnostic Utility of Abdominal Radiographies in the Pediatric Emergency Department; SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL; (2022).

  • Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Pediatric Emergency Department Flow; DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS; (2021).

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  • Risk Factors Associated With Bronchiolitis in Puerto Rican Children; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2021).

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  • Assessing Resident Diagnostic Skills Using a Modified Bronchiolitis Score; Unknown Source; (2019).

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  • Physician Compliance With Bronchiolitis Guidelines in Pediatric Emergency Departments; CLINICAL PEDIATRICS; (2019).

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  • Poisoning, Overdoses, Toxic Exposures.; Missouri medicine; (2018).

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  • Epidemiology of bronchiolitis: a description of emergency department visits and hospitalizations in Puerto Rico, 2010-2014.; Tropical medicine and health; (2017).

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  • Closure of patent ductus arteriosus in low-birth weight infants based on three management strategies.; Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico; (2013).

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