Dr. Scott M. Pugh

Dr. Scott Pugh is a board-certified pediatrician and fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He was previously a pediatrician in the U.S. Navy, where he served onboard USS Whidbey Island during Hurricane Katrina and the Israeli-Hezbollah war, and on the Surgeon General’s Healthcare Ethics Education Development Committee. He has been a pediatrician in this area since 2012 and has repeatedly been named a Top Doctor by both Main Line Today and Philadelphia magazines. He is a published author, a medical educator, and serves as the local school district physician. Being the youngest of four children and trying to keep up with my older siblings resulted in frequent visits to the emergency room. My mother always joked that I just felt at home in a hospital! My high school AP Biology teacher inspired me to find a summer job working as a research assistant in a children’s hospital, and the pediatricians there were wonderful about allowing me to shadow with them. From that point on, I knew that being a pediatrician was a real calling. I enjoy the challenges of pediatrics — particularly how both the psychology and the biology of children change dramatically as they grow. Children have remarkable resilience that is both inspiring and humbling, and I find real joy in working with them and their families. There’s rarely a visit that goes by without some smiles or laughter. Parenting is one of life’s most difficult challenges, and I love helping to make it a little bit easier by offering advice and encouragement. I want the families I care for to know that they’ve been heard and understood and to feel that we are partners in their child’s care. There’s no greater privilege than teaching a child about their health and giving them advice that has the potential to benefit them the rest of their life. I’ve been very fortunate in my life to have people help me get to where I am, and I feel an obligation to pay that forward. I enjoy volunteering in different capacities — whether as a coach or board member for youth soccer, as our local school district physician, or recently as a physician in rural Uganda with the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children. I believe that helping children can have long-lasting effects for our collective future.

Dr. Pugh is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Obesity in Children, Croup, Delayed Growth, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.