Maha Al

Dr. Maha Al

Hematology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
601 5th Street South, Suite 320, Suite 320, 
Saint Petersburg, FL 
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Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
601 5th Street South, Suite 320, Suite 320, 
Saint Petersburg, FL 
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Overview

Dr. Al-Ghafry is an assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, practicing pediatric hematology at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute. She joined the hospital staff in 2023. Dr. Al-Ghafry specializes in hemostasis, thrombosis and transfusion medicine in pediatric patients. Her research focuses on laboratory measures of bleeding and thrombotic risk in special pediatric populations. She is the author of multiple peer reviewed publications. She was previously a consultant physician in the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Royal Hospital in Oman. Dr. Al-Ghafry earned her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar. She completed her residency in pediatrics and served as chief resident at the University of South Alabama/Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, Alabama. She then completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York. She also completed a fellowship in transfusion medicine at New York Blood Center/Columbia University Medical Center in New York.

Her top area of expertise is Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP).

Residency
University of South Alabama Medical Center, Pediatrics, 2016
Specialties
Hematology
Board Certifications
American Board Of Pathology
American Board Of Pediatrics
Fellowships
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, N.Y., Transfusion Medicine, 2021
Cohen Children's Medical Center, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2020
Languages Spoken
English
Arabic
Gender
Female

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Locations

Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
601 5th Street South, Suite 320, Suite 320, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
Call: 727-767-4176
Other Locations
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, Tampa
12220 Bruce B Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612
Call: 727-767-4176

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Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
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