Overview
Dr. Hartnett-Wright is a pediatric neurosurgeon based at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and Tampa General Hospital. She joined the hospital staff in 2022. Dr. Hartnett-Wright earned her medical degree from University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas. She completed her neurosurgery residency at the University of South Florida. She also completed a rotating residency at Texas Children’s Hospital. Following her residency, she completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. As a physician research assistant, she contributed to research on traumatic brain injury and spinal cord tumors. Her subspecialty areas include trauma, spina bifida/congenital disorders involving the nervous system, and care for older pediatric patients transitioning into adulthood.
Dr. Hartnett is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hydrocephalus. Her top areas of expertise are Myelomeningocele, Hydrocephalus, Chiari Malformation, Subdural Hematoma, and Rhizotomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 7 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 1 article in the study of Hydrocephalus.
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Locations
601 5th Street South, Suite 500, Suite 500, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
3310 Lakeland Hills Boulevard, Lakeland, FL 33805
12220 Bruce B Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
Dr. Akbari specializes in pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. He joined the medical staff in 2022. He also is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also is director of Clinical Research in the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery in the Institute for Brain Protection Sciences. Previously, Dr. Akbari was an attending physician at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Akbari earned his medical degree and a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He also completed a residency in neurosurgery and served as chief resident at Washington University. He completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham. Dr. Akbari is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hydrocephalus. His top areas of expertise are Chiari Malformation Type 1, Chiari Malformation, Chiari Malformation Type 2, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Laminectomy.
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
Dr. Smyth is chief of the pediatric neurosurgery division at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and director of the pediatric neurosurgery fellowship program. His specialties include pediatric neurosurgery, with sub-specialization in pediatric epilepsy surgery and craniofacial surgery with an emphasis on minimally invasive techniques. In addition, Dr. Smyth is a professor of neurosurgery in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Before joining the Johns Hopkins All Children’s medical staff, Dr. Smyth was the Appoline Blair Professor of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Smyth earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He completed a general surgery internship in the Department of Surgery at the University of California, Irvine. He then completed a residency in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California in San Francisco, where he was chief resident. Dr. Smyth completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama, Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Smyth is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hydrocephalus. His top areas of expertise are Craniosynostosis, Syringomyelia, Chiari Malformation Type 1, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Craniectomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Brain HerniationDr. Hartnett isExperienced. Learn about Brain Herniation.
- Chiari MalformationDr. Hartnett isExperienced. Learn about Chiari Malformation.
- Chiari Malformation Type 1Dr. Hartnett isExperienced. Learn about Chiari Malformation Type 1.
- HydrocephalusDr. Hartnett isExperienced. Learn about Hydrocephalus.
- MyelomeningoceleDr. Hartnett isExperienced. Learn about Myelomeningocele.
- RhizotomyDr. Hartnett isExperienced. Learn about Rhizotomy.