Sara M. Hartnett
Experienced in Hydrocephalus

Dr. Sara M. Hartnett

General Surgery
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
601 5th Street South, Suite 500, Suite 500, 
Saint Petersburg, FL 
Offers Telehealth

Experienced in Hydrocephalus
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
601 5th Street South, Suite 500, Suite 500, 
Saint Petersburg, FL 
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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.

Residency
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, Neurosurgery, 2021
Specialties
General Surgery
Licenses
Neurological Surgery in FL
Board Certifications
American Board Of Neurological Surgery
Fellowships
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2022
Hospital Affiliations
Tampa General Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Spanish
Gender
Female

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Locations

Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
601 5th Street South, Suite 500, Suite 500, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
Call: 727-767-8181
Other Locations
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, Lakeland
3310 Lakeland Hills Boulevard, Lakeland, FL 33805
Call: 727-767-8181
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, Tampa
12220 Bruce B Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612
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Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


7 Total Publications

Timing of Embolization, Radiosurgery, and Resection of Arteriovenous Malformations in Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective, Descriptive Study.
Timing of Embolization, Radiosurgery, and Resection of Arteriovenous Malformations in Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective, Descriptive Study.
Journal: World neurosurgery
Published: February 11, 2024
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Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, FL 
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727-767-8181
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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.

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