The 20 Best Omphalocele Doctors in Florida, US

Dr. Danielson is associate dean of clinical affairs at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Dr. Danielson also began serving as president of All Children’s Specialty Physicians (ACSP) in 2023, first on an interim basis and then permanently. A clinical professor of surgery, he has chaired the Johns Hopkins All Children's Department of Surgery since 2020 and was interim chair from 2018 to 2020. He specializes in general surgery and was an early adopter of minimally invasive surgical techniques, developing expertise in treating chest wall deformities. Dr. Danielson founded the first fellowship sponsored by Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in pediatric surgery and was also instrumental in bringing the National Quality Improvement in Surgery Program to the institution. He was named Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital physician of the year in the 2015 Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards. He joined the hospital staff in 2008. He retired as a colonel from the U.S. Army Reserve in 2017 after serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Danielson earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester where he also completed the residency program in general surgery through Strong Memorial Hospital. He completed a research fellowship in pediatric surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University and a clinical fellowship in pediatric surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Before joining Johns Hopkins All Children’s, he served as director of pediatric surgical oncology at the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Danielson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. His top areas of expertise are Appendicitis, Pectus Excavatum, Omphalocele, Appendectomy, and Endoscopy.

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 an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. Her top areas of expertise are Appendicitis, Pectus Excavatum, Gangrene, Appendectomy, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Gonzalez is a pediatric and surgical critical care surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She joined the hospital staff in 2017. She was previously the surgical critical care fellowship program director at the Detroit Medical Center and also served as a member of the American Pediatric Surgical Association Surgical Critical Care Committee. Dr. Gonzalez received her medical degree from the University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine and trained in general surgery at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey. Dr. Gonzalez then completed a surgical critical care fellowship at University of Michigan Health Systems & CS Mott Children’s Hospital and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. She subsequently completed a Master’s in Health Care Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is fluent in Spanish. Videos Meet Raquel González, M.D. Dr. Gonzalez is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. Her top areas of expertise are Omphalocele, Umbilical Hernia, VACTERL Association, Appendectomy, and Oophorectomy.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. Her top areas of expertise are Esophageal Atresia, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Beltroy specializes in pediatric gastroenterology for the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Department of Medicine. He primarily sees patients in Tampa and Lakeland. His clinical interests include eosinophilic esophagitis, inflammatory bowel disease, constipation and abdominal pain. Dr. Beltroy earned his medical degree from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. He trained in pediatrics and served as pediatric chief resident at SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Beltroy then completed a pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas in Texas. He is fluent in Spanish. Dr. Cornejo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. His top areas of expertise are Delayed Growth, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Encopresis, and Hirschsprung Disease.

Dr. Wein specializes in pediatric and fetal cardiology at Johns Hopkins All Children’s. She sees patients primarily at the Outpatient Care location in Tampa. She joined the hospital staff in 2020. Dr. Wein earned her medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Pennsylvania. She then completed a residency in pediatrics at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, followed by a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami with additional training in fetal echocardiography at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital in New York City. Her clinical interests include fetal cardiology, preventative medicine and neurodevelopment in children with congenital heart disease. Dr. Wein is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Atresia, Omphalocele, and Patent Ductus Arteriosus.

Dr. Doshi specializes in neonatology at Johns Hopkins All Children’s. He sees patients at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota Memorial – Venice and HCA Florida Brandon Hospital, through a collaboration with Johns Hopkins All Children’s. He joined the hospital staff in 2025. Dr. Doshi’s clinical and research interests focus on the long-term outcomes among extremely prematurely born patients by monitoring targeted oxygen saturation, nutritional support for optimal growth, and strategies to reduce bronchopulmonary dysplasia rates. He was previously a neonatologist at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers. He earned his medical degree from Saurashtra University in Surendranagar, India. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Staten Island University Hospital, followed by a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. He also earned a Master of Public Health in epidemiology from Florida International University. He speaks English, Gujarati and Hindi. Dr. Doshi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. His top areas of expertise are Infantile Pneumothorax, Bilirubin Encephalopathy, Transient Familial Hyperbilirubinemia, Gastroschisis, and Gastrostomy.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. His top area of expertise is Omphalocele.

Dr. Thatch specializes in pediatric surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He joined the hospital staff in 2018. He serves as the Associate Program Director of the pediatric surgical critical care fellowship program, and leads the American College of Surgeons' Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Program at Tampa General Hospital. Dr. Thatch earned his medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. He completed a pediatric surgery research fellowship at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia and completed his general surgery residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. He also completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery critical care and served as a pediatric surgery intensivist at C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital/University of Michigan. Dr. Thatch then completed a pediatric surgery fellowship at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. Dr. Thatch is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. His top area of expertise is Omphalocele.

Stephanie Kurtz is a Pediatric Cardiologist in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Kurtz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum, Right Ventricle Hypoplasia, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, and Ventricular Septal Defects.

Rodrigo Ruano is a Neonatologist and an Obstetrics and Gynecologist in Miami, Florida. Dr. Ruano is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. His top areas of expertise are Diaphragmatic Hernia, Hernia, Lung Agenesis, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

Gustavo Rubio is a Colorectal Surgeon in Doral, Florida. Dr. Rubio is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. His top areas of expertise are Anal Fissure, Ogilvie Syndrome, Hemorrhoids, Abdominal Wall Surgery, and Colostomy.

Ruchi Amin is a Pediatric Surgeon in Plantation, Florida. Dr. Amin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. Her top areas of expertise are Gastroschisis, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Infantile Pyloric Stenosis, and Diaphragmatic Hernia.

Anna Bernus is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Bernus is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. Her top areas of expertise are Ventricular Septal Defects, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Isthmian Coarctation, and Coarctation of the Aorta.

Joshua Parreco is a General Surgeon in Hollywood, Florida. Dr. Parreco is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. His top areas of expertise are Infantile Pneumothorax, Hernia, Pectus Excavatum, Appendectomy, and Gastrostomy.

Jose Yeguez is a General Surgeon in Boca Raton, Florida. Dr. Yeguez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Femoral Hernia, Diverticular Disease, Hernia Surgery, and Colostomy.

Paul Kuo is a General Surgeon in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Kuo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Gallbladder Disease, Umbilical Hernia, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Gallbladder Removal.

Raphael Parrado is a General Surgeon in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Parrado is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. His top areas of expertise are Pectus Excavatum, Appendicitis, Infantile Pneumothorax, Hernia, and Appendectomy.

Sandra Farach is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Farach is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. Her top areas of expertise are Appendicitis, Pectus Excavatum, Gastrointestinal Perforation, Appendectomy, and Gallbladder Removal.

Michael Pinette is a Neonatologist and an Obstetrics and Gynecologist in Ocala, Florida. Dr. Pinette is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Omphalocele. His top areas of expertise are Gestational Diabetes, Polyhydramnios, Vaginal Bleeding in Pregnancy, and Placenta Previa.