Overview
Rafael Santiago is a Pediatrics provider in Lakeland, Florida. Dr. Santiago is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). His top areas of expertise are Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection, Asthma in Children, Croup, and Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE SNP
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- POS
- PPO
- OTHER MEDICAID
- STATE MEDICAID
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- EPO
- HMO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd, Lakeland, FL 33805
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.
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Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Dr. Blatz specializes in both pediatric critical care medicine and pediatric infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. She joined the hospital staff in 2025. Dr. Blatz earned her medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. She completed her residency in pediatrics at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland. She then completed a pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, followed by a pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware. Additionally, she earned her Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine with concurrent completion of a clinical pharmacoepidemiology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine as part of a NIH T32 program. Dr. Blatz will care for children in the pediatric intensive care unit as well as those being treated by the infectious diseases service. Her research interests are pediatric sepsis and acute viral syndromes in critically ill children. Dr. Blatz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). Her top area of expertise is Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).
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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
- Asthma in ChildrenDr. Santiago isExperienced. Learn about Asthma in Children.
- Cerebral HypoxiaDr. Santiago isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Hypoxia.
- CroupDr. Santiago isExperienced. Learn about Croup.
- DiarrheaDr. Santiago isExperienced. Learn about Diarrhea.
- Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+)
- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)