Drifa Freysdottir
501 6th Avenue South, 
Saint Petersburg, FL 

Overview

Dr. Freysdottir specializes in neonatology with the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Institute. She serves as the medical director of neonatology at HCA Florida Trinity Hospital, through an affiliation with Johns Hopkins All Children’s. She joined the hospital staff in 2020. Before joining Johns Hopkins All Children’s, Dr. Freysdottir was clinical medical director of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. Her clinical and research interests include quality and safety, hypoxic respiratory failure and intestinal failure. Dr. Freysdottir earned her medical degree from the University of Iceland in Reykjavík, Iceland. She completed her internship and residency in the Department of Pediatrics at University of Connecticut/Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. She also completed a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine in the neonatology department of Baylor College of Medicine health care affiliates in Houston.

Residency
UConn Health and Hospitals, Pediatrics, 2001
Specialties
Neonatology
Licenses
Pediatrics in TX
Board Certifications
American Board Of Pediatrics
Fellowships
Baylor College of Medicine, Neonatology, 2004
Languages Spoken
English
Danish
Icelandic
Gender
Female

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Aetna
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  • HMO
  • POS
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  • HMO
  • POS
Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Cigna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • PPO
Humana
  • HMO
  • INDEMNITY
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  • PPO
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  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
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  • MEDICARE SNP
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  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Simply Healthcare
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Sunshine Health
  • EPO
  • HMO
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Locations

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