Overview
Nicholas Panetta is a General Surgeon in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Panetta is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pectus Excavatum. His top areas of expertise are Lymphadenectomy and Hernia Surgery.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 11 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Floor 3, Tampa, FL 33606
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.
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
Dr. Chandler is chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery and the Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program Director at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She joined the medical staff in 2008, became interim chief in 2020 and was named full-time chief in 2021. She also is an associate professor of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Chandler’s clinical and research areas of interest are minimally invasive surgery including pectus excavatum, and pediatric cancer surgery. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Chandler was named Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital physician of the year in the 2017 Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Excellence Awards. Dr. Chandler earned her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, where she completed her general surgical residency. She completed a research fellowship in surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, and was principal investigator for a grant that focused on overcoming chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer. She also completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, with training in laparoscopic and advanced miniature access surgery. Dr. Chandler is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pectus Excavatum. Her top areas of expertise are Appendicitis, Pectus Excavatum, Viral Gastroenteritis, Appendectomy, and Endoscopy.
University Medical Service Association Inc
Joseph Sujka is a General Surgeon in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Sujka is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pectus Excavatum. His top areas of expertise are Hiatal Hernia, Hernia, Gastroparesis, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
Dr. Snyder is a pediatric surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He is the director of the pediatric surgery research program and the medical director of the pediatric trauma program at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He joined the medical staff in 2018. After earning his medical degree from the University of Florida, Dr. Snyder completed a research fellowship, Master of Science in Public Health degree, and residency in general surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He completed his clinical fellowship in pediatric surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Dr. Snyder previously served as a staff surgeon in the U.S. Air Force, performing general, trauma and acute care surgery for adults and children. His military service included assignments to Anchorage, Alaska, and Tampa, Florida, as well as overseas deployments. In conjunction with his military service, he has held adjunct clinical faculty positions with the University of Washington, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, and the University of South Florida. He received an honorable discharge in 2016. Dr. Snyder’s clinical and research interests include neonatal thoracic and gastrointestinal surgery, comparative outcomes research, pediatric trauma systems, minimally invasive surgical techniques, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Dr. Snyder is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pectus Excavatum. His top areas of expertise are Pectus Excavatum, Hernia, Omphalocele, Thyroidectomy, and Endoscopy.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Experienced
- Hernia SurgeryDr. Panetta isExperienced. Learn about Hernia Surgery.
- LymphadenectomyDr. Panetta isExperienced. Learn about Lymphadenectomy.

