Abigail Carey, MD, is a pediatrician who says she is inspired by children’s resilience, especially when they are sick.
“At the end of the day, kids want to feel better so they can go back to being kids. For me, this is a motivating goal to work towards,” she says. “I find working with families and their children to be an incredibly humbling experience.”
Dr. Carey is trained in pediatric critical care medicine and works in the Pediatric Emergency Department. “I love the team-based approach to medicine—that multiple caregivers collaborate together to take care of a patient and family as a whole,” she says. “I love the pace, the variability, and evolution of disease processes, and the collaborate nature of patient care. The ability to serve my community in this capacity has been incredibly rewarding.”
Since she was young, becoming a doctor was the only career path Dr. Carey says she considered. “I knew medicine would hopefully be where I landed,” she says. “And I have always known I would work with children in some capacity.”
Dr. Carey says she enjoys the variety of her patients—in age, acuity, and disease processes. “I also love the fast-paced nature of the emergency room and being able to make a real-time impact on pediatric patients and their families in the community while working alongside such dynamic, supportive, and collaborative colleagues.”
Dr. Carey says she gives each child she sees a roadmap for their visit. “Children are incredibly perceptive. I like to explain what is likely going to happen and talk directly to them—as opposed just to the parents—so they are able to regain control while in the Pediatric Emergency Department,” she says.
