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Alexander Arroyo, MD, FAAP

Division Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Residency: Northwell/North Shore-LIJ

Fellowship - Pediatric EM: Schneider Children’s Hospital

Fellowship - Ultrasound: Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Professional Interests: Pediatric POCUS, Wound Management, Procedural Sedation and Pain Managment, Ringside/Combat Sports Medicine

Twitter: @AlexArroyoMD

Dr. Arroyo is also the Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Maimonides Medical Center, the hospital of his birth, in Brooklyn, New York. He has lectured nationally and internationally on the topic of point-of-care ultrasound and has authored multiple articles and textbooks on the subject.Dr. Arroyo completed his pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at the Schneider Children’s Hospital Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and an Ultrasound Fellowship at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Prior to that, he completed his pediatric residency at the North Shore University Hospital. Besides emergency ultrasound, he has a passion for event medicine and has served at many events as a ring-side physician and as a member of the New York State Athletic Commission for major MMA, boxing, and kickboxing events.

Selected Scholarly Activity:

Levine, D. A., Uy, V., Krief, W., Bornstein, C., Daswani, D., Patel, D., Arroyo, A, ... & Dayan, P. (2023). Predicting Delayed Shock in Multisystem Inflammatory Disease in Children: A Multicenter Analysis From the New York City Tri-State Region. Pediatric Emergency Care, 39(8), 555-561.

Arroyo, A. C., Zerzan, J., Vazquez, H., Dickman, E., Likourezos, A., Hossain, R., & Bonadio, W. (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for intussusception performed by pediatric emergency medicine physicians. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 60(5), 626-632.

Bergmann, K. R., Arroyo, A. C., Tessaro, M. O., Nielson, J., Whitcomb, V., Madhok, M., ... & Sivitz, A. (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for intussusception: a multicenter, noninferiority study of paired diagnostic tests. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 78(5), 606-615.

Rizkalla, C., Arroyo, A., Zerzan, J., O’Keefe, M., Okereke, M., Dickman, E., ... & Marshall, J. (2020). Urban emergency department response to measles outbreak. Annals of emergency medicine, 76(1), 78-84.

Constantine, E., Levine, M., Abo, A., Arroyo, A., Ng, L., Kwan, C., ... & P2 Network Point‐of‐care Ultrasound Fellowship Delphi Group. (2020). Core content for pediatric emergency medicine ultrasound fellowship training: a modified Delphi consensus study. AEM Education and Training, 4(2), 130-138.

Levine, M. C., Arroyo, A., Likourezos, A., Homel, P., & Dickman, E. (2019). The use of point of care ultrasound in the evaluation of pediatric soft tissue neck masses. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 37(8), 1466-1469.

Tessaro, M. O., Arroyo, A. C., Haines, L. E., & Dickman, E. (2015). Inflating the endotracheal tube cuff with saline to confirm correct depth using bedside ultrasonography. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 17(1), 94-98.

Marin, J. R., Abo, A. M., Arroyo, A. C., Doniger, S. J., Fischer, J. W., Rempell, R., ... & Lewiss, R. E. (2016). Pediatric emergency medicine point-of-care ultrasound: summary of the evidence. Critical ultrasound journal, 8, 1-83.