About Nicole Nadeau, MD
Nicole is a specialized Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending in the pediatric emergency department of MassGeneral for Children. She grew up in Seekonk, MA and attended College of the Holy Cross where she earned a BA in Spanish with a pre-medical concentration. She spent a year of college studying in Spain, where she learned to speak Spanish. She attended Holy Cross on an Air Force ROTC scholarship and, after graduation, was active duty at Edwards Air Force Base in California where she helped to lead disaster preparedness for the base. Nicole left the Air Force to pursue her dreams of medicine and returned home to attend the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She then completed her residency in pediatrics at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, where she also served as chief resident. She went on to complete her fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital. In fellowship Nicole became deeply interested in quality improvement and patient safety. She now has joined MassGeneral for Children as full-time faculty, where she continues to focus on quality improvement, working collaboratively with both the Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine departments. Her clinical interests include the care of critically ill children and diagnostic challenges in the emergency room.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Critical care
- Pediatric emergency medicine
- Trauma and injury prevention
Treats:
- Pediatrics
Locations
Mass General Emergency Medicine
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-724-4100
Medical Education
- MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Residency, Yale New Haven Hospital
- Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics
- Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Cigna (PAL #'s)
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Fallon Community HealthCare
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - ACD
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan - ACD
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan - PBO
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- Medicare ACO - ACD
- Medicare ACO - PBO
- OSW - Connecticut
- OSW - Maine
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - Rhode Island
- OSW - Vermont
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
- Well Sense
- Well Sense Pediatrics
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
My active research interests are in the area of quality and process improvement. Areas of focus have been prescription errors, pediatric early ICU transfer patients, appropriate application of diagnostic tests, and optimization of emergency department flow and patient lengths of stay.
Publications
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Select Publication:
- Nadeau NL, Cicero MX. Pediatric Disaster Triage System Utilization Across the United States. Pediatric Emergency Care. March 2017.
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