
Overview
Dr. Dawkins specializes in general pediatrics and is medical director of the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Care Network. She also is an assistant professor of pediatrics in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Dawkins is active nationally with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Board of Pediatrics. Her research and teaching interests are in childhood resilience, advocacy, resident education and obesity. She earned her medical degree at the University of Miami. She completed her residency at Louisiana State University, where she also completed a year as chief resident. As a faculty member at LSU, Dr. Dawkins spent six years as an associate program director for the pediatric residency program. Videos Meet Rachel Lara Dawkins, M.D. Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Pediatricians to Parents: Do Not Skip on Children's Vaccines Due to the Pandemic, Bay News 9 (May 12, 2020) Pediatricians urge families not to fall behind on back to school check-ups, WFTS -TV (August 21, 2020) Parents face ongoing baby formula shortage issues following February recalls, WTVT – TV (April 11, 2022) ‘Scary for us’: Parents scramble amidst baby formula shortage, WFLA -TV (May 3, 2022) Parents shouldn’t feed babies age 6-12 months cow’s milk except in an emergency, Verify (May 18, 2022) What Tampa Bay needs to know about the baby formula crisis, Tampa Bay Times (May 24, 2022) How Parents Should Handle the Baby Formula Shortage, According to Pediatricians, TIME Magazine (May 27, 2022) Prepping for Back to School, Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine (July 18, 2022) How to create a hurricane kit and find out if you live in an evacuation zone, Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine (September 26, 2022) Measles a threat to millions of children as vaccinations decline, WTVT – TV (November 29, 2022) Doctors share advice on keeping kids healthy as students head back to school, WFTS -TV (January 5, 2023) Allergies are in full bloom, pollen count on the rise, WFTS -TV (February 25, 2023).
Dr. Dawkins is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. She is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles.
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601 5th St S 5th Fl, Suite 540, Suite 540, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
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Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Dr. Sally Mitchell is a Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science and an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Her areas of clinical expertise include pediatric interventional, vascular anomalies, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) management of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, varicocele embolization and evaluation of pediatric renovascular hypertension. Dr. Mitchell serves as the Medical Director of Johns Hopkins HHT Center, the Director of Vascular Anomalies Interventional, the Director of Pediatric Interventional and Associate Director of Interventional Radiology Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Mitchell graduated summa cum laude from Ohio University and completed her medical training with an M.D. from Ohio State University. After her residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Cincinnati, she completed a fellowship there in computed tomography (CT), ultrasound and interventional radiology. She continued subspecialty training at Johns Hopkins in interventional radiology and subsequently joined the faculty. Dr. Mitchell's research interests include vascular malformations and HHT. Dr. Mitchell is a Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology and Fellow of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Society of Europe. She is a member of the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies, the American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America. Dr. Mitchell is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula, Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation (PAVM), Arteriovenous Malformation, and Congenital Arteriovenous Shunt. Dr. Mitchell is board certified in American Board Of Radiology.
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
Dr. Stapleton is the division chief of oncology and director of pediatric neuro-oncology at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Dr. Stapleton joined the hospital in 2007. She has formal training in pediatric neuro-oncology. She received the Armstrong Award for Quality and Patient Safety for Johns Hopkins All Children's in the 2024 Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards. Dr. Stapleton is on the Pediatric Palliative Care Team at Johns Hopkins All Children’s, and she specializes in symptom control and end of life care. She has been awarded numerous grants for phase I studies for patients with brain and spinal cord tumors as well as clinical research in pediatric palliative care. Dr. Stapleton’s research experience includes investigator-initiated and multi-center research projects. Dr. Stapleton is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of South Florida and an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Stapleton completed her medical training at St. Louis University School of Medicine, residency training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and fellowship training at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Stapleton also served 13 years in the United States Air Force. Dr. Stapleton is a member of the American Board of Pediatrics, the Children’s Oncology Group, the Society of Neuro-Oncology, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, and America Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Stapleton is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Medulloblastoma, Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes, Glioma, Histiocytosis, and Bone Marrow Aspiration. Dr. Stapleton is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics.
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