Kara Alexander
Experienced in Vascular Ring
Experienced in Vascular Ring
501 6th Avenue South, 
Saint Petersburg, FL 

Overview

Dr. Alexander is a diagnostic radiologist at Johns Hopkins All Children’s. She sees patients on the hospital’s St. Petersburg, Florida, campus. She joined the medical staff in 2025. She was previously a radiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Alexander earned her medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita. She completed a diagnostic radiology residency at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. She then completed a diagnostic pediatric radiology fellowship followed by a pediatric musculoskeletal radiology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Alexander is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Vascular Ring. Her top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Osteochondritis Dissecans, Knock Knees, and Caffey Disease.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/wich/sal)
Residency
University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine, Radiology, 2021
Specialties
Radiology
Licenses
Diagnostic Radiology in MA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Radiology
Fellowships
Boston Children's Hospital, Pediatric Radiology, 2022
Boston Children's Hospital, Pediatric Musculoskeletal Radiology, 2022
Hospital Affiliations
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Sunshine Health
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UnitedHealthcare
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Locations

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
501 6th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Alexander has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1)

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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