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Tony A. Sochet
Experienced in Gastrostomy

Dr. Tony A. Sochet

Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Saint Petersburg, FL 

Experienced in Gastrostomy
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Saint Petersburg, FL 
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Overview

Dr. Sochet is an expert clinician and translational scientist within the field of pediatric critical care medicine and an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University located at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. He joined the Johns Hopkins All Children's staff in 2016. Dr. Sochet earned his medical degree at Florida State University College of Medicine and his pediatric residency at University of South Florida College of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at Children's National Health System (Washington, DC) where he received distinction as an educator with a Certificate of Excellence in Graduate Medical Education at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Sochet holds a Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Research from the George Washington University. His research interests include the identification of modifiable risk factors and prevention of pediatric hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism (HA-VTE) and the mechanistic and clinical efficacy of adjunctive therapies for the management of pediatric critical asthma. He has led and participates in multicenter clinical trials (e.g., the COVAC-TP Trial and CRETE studies) to optimally prevent HA-VTE among critically ill children, led (leads) clinical trials to assess immunomodulation in critical asthma (e.g., the iSTAT PICU Trial), and has a long track record of career-development support of post-doctoral trainees. He is passionate regarding discovery, innovation, and the education of future clinicians so to better heal and understand critically ill patients under his and his field's care.

Dr. Sochet is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Gastrostomy. His top areas of expertise are Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Infantile Apnea, Malnutrition, and Gastrostomy.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 76 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Gastrostomy.

Residency
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, Pediatrics, 2013
Specialties
Pediatrics
Licenses
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine in FL
Board Certifications
American Board Of Pediatrics
Fellowships
Children's National Medical Center, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2016
Languages Spoken
English
Polish
Gender
Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
Call: 727-898-7451

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.


1 Clinical Trials

COVID-19 Anticoagulation in Children - Thromboprophlaxis (COVAC-TP) Trial
COVID-19 Anticoagulation in Children - Thromboprophlaxis (COVAC-TP) Trial
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: October 12, 2022
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Drug: Enoxaparin
Study Phase: Phase 2

76 Total Publications

Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism Among Children With Tracheostomy: A North American Virtual Pediatric Systems Registry Study, 2016-2023.
Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism Among Children With Tracheostomy: A North American Virtual Pediatric Systems Registry Study, 2016-2023.
Journal: Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies
Published: November 30, 2025
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Mohamed A. Rehman
Experienced in Gastrostomy
Dr. Mohamed A. Rehman
Pediatrics
Experienced in Gastrostomy
Dr. Mohamed A. Rehman
Pediatrics

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

Saint Petersburg, FL 
 (0.6 miles away)
727-898-7451
Languages Spoken:
English
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Mohamed Rehman, M.D., is the Eric Kobren Endowed Professor in Applied Health Informatics and a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the chair of the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Internationally recognized for his medical and clinical informatics expertise, Dr. Rehman also is director of Perioperative Health Informatics, leading a multi-disciplinary research initiative that is involved in data-driven research to improve quality, safety and value related to the human digital twin project. Dr. Rehman’s team is one of the few in the world working in real time consumer level and medical data to improve patient outcomes. Previously Dr. Rehman was a professor of clinical anesthesiology and critical care and professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He held numerous leadership roles at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, including director of transplant anesthesia, and was the anesthesia team leader for the world's first bilateral hand transplant and several conjoint twin separations. He also developed the first biomedical informatics program within a pediatric anesthesia and critical care program while at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he was the first endowed chair in biomedical informatics and entrepreneurial sciences. A graduate of Mysore Medical College, Mysore, India, he completed a pediatric residency at Chicago’s Cook County Hospital, an anesthesia residency at the University of Miami, and a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology and critical care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He also completed training in biomedical informatics from Oregon Health and Science University and business training from the Wharton School of Business. He is the author of more than 60 original research publications and review articles and more than 80 scientific abstracts. His leadership roles at the national level include serving as chair of the Biomedical Informatics and Technology Group of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and president of the Society for Technology in Anesthesia. Dr. Rehman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Gastrostomy. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Infantile Pyloric Stenosis, Gastrostomy, and Osteotomy.

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Areas of Expertise

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      • Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
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      • Gastrointestinal Bleeding
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      • Gastrostomy
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      • Infantile Apnea
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      • Infantile Pneumothorax
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      • Malnutrition
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      • Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
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