Overview
Dr. Smithers is an associate professor of surgery and director of the Esophageal and Airway Treatment (EAT) Program in the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital since 2019. He was honored for Innovations in Clinical Care at the Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards for 2020. As a leader in both innovation and expertise for pediatric thoracic surgery, he and his team see patients from all over the United States and internationally. The team also makes several invited trips per year around the country and world for lectures and conferences, in addition to helping patients and teaching other surgical teams regarding complex esophageal and airway surgical techniques in the operating room. Dr. Smithers previously served as assistant professor of surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital from 2009-2019, as part of their groundbreaking EAT program. His clinical specialties are congenital and acquired conditions of the esophagus and airway, vascular rings, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), surgical critical care, and minimally invasive surgery. He earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College and completed his residency in general surgery at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. He served as fellow in pediatric surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital after completing a research fellowship and a surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. He also completed a global surgery clinical fellowship at Harvard Medical School. Videos Meet Jason Smithers, M.D. What is esophageal stricture and how is it treated? What is tracheomalacia and how is it treated? What is recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula (rTEF) and how is it treated? What is long gap esophageal atresia and how is it treated?.
Dr. Smithers is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Esophageal Perforation. His top areas of expertise are Esophageal Atresia, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Diaphragmatic Hernia, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 65 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 4 articles in the study of Esophageal Perforation.
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Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
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Joseph Sujka is a General Surgeon in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Sujka is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Esophageal Perforation. His top areas of expertise are Hiatal Hernia, Hernia, Gastroparesis, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.
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Dr. Shieh is a pediatric surgeon in the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She joined the medical staff in 2021 and sees patients on our main campus in St. Petersburg, Florida, and also at Tampa General Hospital and Brandon Regional Hospital. Her clinical focus includes esophageal and airway treatment (EAT). Dr. Shieh earned her medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine — Phoenix. She completed her general surgery residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, during which she did a pediatric surgery research fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. She then completed her pediatric surgery fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Shieh speaks Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. Dr. Shieh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Esophageal Perforation. Her top areas of expertise are Esophageal Atresia, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy.
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Raquel Candal is a General Surgeon in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Candal is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Esophageal Perforation. Her top area of expertise is Esophageal Perforation.
Areas of Expertise
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- Esophageal AtresiaDr. Smithers isElite. Learn about Esophageal Atresia.
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- Diaphragmatic HerniaDr. Smithers isDistinguished. Learn about Diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Tracheoesophageal FistulaDr. Smithers isDistinguished. Learn about Tracheoesophageal Fistula.
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- Congenital Diaphragmatic HerniaDr. Smithers isAdvanced. Learn about Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Esophageal Atresia Coloboma TalipesDr. Smithers isAdvanced. Learn about Esophageal Atresia Coloboma Talipes.
- Esophageal PerforationDr. Smithers isAdvanced. Learn about Esophageal Perforation.
- Gastrointestinal FistulaDr. Smithers isAdvanced. Learn about Gastrointestinal Fistula.
- GastrostomyDr. Smithers isAdvanced. Learn about Gastrostomy.
- HerniaDr. Smithers isAdvanced. Learn about Hernia.
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- Compartment SyndromeDr. Smithers isExperienced. Learn about Compartment Syndrome.
- Donnai-Barrow SyndromeDr. Smithers isExperienced. Learn about Donnai-Barrow Syndrome.
- Double Aortic ArchDr. Smithers isExperienced. Learn about Double Aortic Arch.
- Ear BarotraumaDr. Smithers isExperienced. Learn about Ear Barotrauma.
- EndoscopyDr. Smithers isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Fryns SyndromeDr. Smithers isExperienced. Learn about Fryns Syndrome.