
Overview
Dr. Sambatakos is a pediatric cardiologist based in Outpatient Care, Pasco, for the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute. Previously, he spent three years as a pediatric cardiology clinical fellow and completed a clinical clerkship at the New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He also was assistant course director for the medical student and resident elective, member of the Fellow Peer Mentorship Program and co-chaired the Fellowship Quality Improvement Project. Dr. Sambatakos completed his residency in general pediatrics at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Holtz Hospital. He earned his Doctorate of Medicine and his bachelor of arts in Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University where he graduated cum laude. He is a member of the Cardiovascular Disease in the Young Council, American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.
Dr. Sambatakos is board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, and American Board Of Pediatrics. He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 5 peer reviewed articles. Dr. Sambatakos is currently accepting new patients.
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Locations
New Port Richey, FL 34653
601 Fifth St S 2nd, Floor, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Clinical Research
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BMG Pediatric Cardiology & Congenital Heart At St. Joseph's Hospital MAB
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BMG Pediatric Cardiology & Congenital Heart At St. Joseph's Hospital MAB
Dr. Anna Bernus is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology and is with BayCare Medical Group in Tampa Bay, where she sees patients from birth throughout adulthood. Before joining BayCare Medical Group, she practiced at Pediatric Cardiology Associates for 15 years and served as the director of pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Bernus earned a Doctor of Medicine after finishing a Fifth Pathway Program at the New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, and performed a pediatric internship at Martin Luther King/Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She completed a pediatric residency at The Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, and a pediatric cardiology fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Colorado in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Bernus has volunteered with several medical missions with Heart Care International and Surgeons of Hope and has provided cardiac care to children in Senegal, Mozambique, Peru, El Salvador and Jamaica, among other countries. Her clinical interests include pulmonary hypertension, noninvasive cardiology and cardiac intensive care unit/postoperative care. Dr. Bernus is certified in pediatric advanced life support. She’s a member of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. Dr. Bernus is affiliated with St. Joseph’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital and many other hospitals throughout Tampa Bay. She speaks Catalan, French and Spanish. Dr. Bernus is highly rated in 45 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Ventricular Septal Defects, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Isthmian Coarctation, and Coarctation of the Aorta. Dr. Bernus is board certified in AB Pediatrics - Pediatrics and AB Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology). Dr. Bernus is currently accepting new patients.
Bay Pediatric Cardiology
Elsa Suh is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Suh is highly rated in 32 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Valve Stenosis, Double Inlet Left Ventricle, Pulmonary Supravalvular Stenosis, and Subpulmonary Stenosis. Dr. Suh is board certified in AB Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology). Dr. Suh is currently accepting new patients.
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