Dr. Smyth is chief of the pediatric neurosurgery division at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and director of the pediatric neurosurgery fellowship program. His specialties include pediatric neurosurgery, with sub-specialization in pediatric epilepsy surgery and craniofacial surgery with an emphasis on minimally invasive techniques. In addition, Dr. Smyth is a professor of neurosurgery in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Before joining the Johns Hopkins All Children’s medical staff, Dr. Smyth was the Appoline Blair Professor of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Smyth earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He completed a general surgery internship in the Department of Surgery at the University of California, Irvine. He then completed a residency in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California in San Francisco, where he was chief resident. Dr. Smyth completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama, Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Smyth is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Craniosynostosis, Syringomyelia, Chiari Malformation Type 1, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Craniectomy.

Dr. Smithers is an associate professor of surgery and director of the Esophageal and Airway Treatment (EAT) Program in the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital since 2019. He was honored for Innovations in Clinical Care at the Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards for 2020. As a leader in both innovation and expertise for pediatric thoracic surgery, he and his team see patients from all over the United States and internationally. The team also makes several invited trips per year around the country and world for lectures and conferences, in addition to helping patients and teaching other surgical teams regarding complex esophageal and airway surgical techniques in the operating room. Dr. Smithers previously served as assistant professor of surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital from 2009-2019, as part of their groundbreaking EAT program. His clinical specialties are congenital and acquired conditions of the esophagus and airway, vascular rings, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), surgical critical care, and minimally invasive surgery. He earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College and completed his residency in general surgery at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. He served as fellow in pediatric surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital after completing a research fellowship and a surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. He also completed a global surgery clinical fellowship at Harvard Medical School. Videos Meet Jason Smithers, M.D. What is esophageal stricture and how is it treated? What is tracheomalacia and how is it treated? What is recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula (rTEF) and how is it treated? What is long gap esophageal atresia and how is it treated?. Dr. Smithers is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Esophageal Atresia, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Diaphragmatic Hernia, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Chandler is chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery and the Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program Director at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She joined the medical staff in 2008, became interim chief in 2020 and was named full-time chief in 2021. She also is an associate professor of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Chandler’s clinical and research areas of interest are minimally invasive surgery including pectus excavatum, and pediatric cancer surgery. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Chandler was named Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital physician of the year in the 2017 Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Excellence Awards. Dr. Chandler earned her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, where she completed her general surgical residency. She completed a research fellowship in surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, and was principal investigator for a grant that focused on overcoming chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer. She also completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, with training in laparoscopic and advanced miniature access surgery. Dr. Chandler is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Appendicitis, Pectus Excavatum, Viral Gastroenteritis, Appendectomy, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Russell “Rusty” Jennings, a pioneer of pediatric surgical procedures for malformed esophageal and tracheal conditions, is a surgeon in the Esophageal and Airway Treatment (EAT) Program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, which he joined in 2022. A pediatric surgeon for more than 40 years, Dr. Jennings founded and directed the world’s first Esophageal and Airway Treatment (EAT) Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. There he led a multidisciplinary team that worked on solving unsolved problems, and developed innovative techniques for evaluation, diagnosis and successful treatment of: complex esophageal strictures esophageal atresia “long gap” esophageal atresia esophageal replacement tracheo-esophageal fistulas recurrent tracheo-esophageal fistulas laryngo-tracheo-esophageal clefts tracheomalacia bronchomalacia tracheal reconstruction aberrant subclavian artery vascular compression syndromes vascular rings pectus excavatum chest wall deformities asphyxiating thoracic dystrophies recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during thoracic surgery Dr. Jennings has many publications on these topics including the largest series of successful treatment of complex recurrent tracheoesophageal fistulas in the literature with excellent outcomes, techniques to grow patients’ tissues to allow repair and connection of the esophagus in cases of esophageal atresia and esophageal injury, esophageal replacement with jejunum, and treatment of tracheomalacia. He has frequently taught and presented on these and numerous other related topics regionally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Jennings’ prior work includes establishing the first fetal surgery center in New England; Dr. Jennings developed the first successful fetal cardiac surgery program in the world treating HLHS before birth. Dr. Jennings earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco. His general surgery residency was done at the University of California, San Francisco. He was a postdoctoral research fellow for three years in the Fetal Treatment Center and Fetal Treatment Laboratory while completing the residency. He completed a pediatric surgery fellowship at Boston Children’s/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Jennings is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Esophageal Atresia, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Double Aortic Arch, and Endoscopy.

Kevin Huguet is a General Surgeon in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Huguet is highly rated in 37 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Cholecystitis, Gallbladder Disease, Hernia Surgery, and Pancreatectomy.

Alene Wright is a General Surgeon in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Wright is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Intraductal Papilloma, Angiosarcoma, Breast Cancer, Lymphadenectomy, and Mastectomy. Dr. Wright is currently accepting new patients.

Mindi Giglio is a General Surgeon in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Giglio is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Cellulitis, Choledocholithiasis, Paget Disease of the Breast, Bladder Reconstruction, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Giglio is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Akbari specializes in pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. He joined the medical staff in 2022. He also is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also is director of Clinical Research in the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery in the Institute for Brain Protection Sciences. Previously, Dr. Akbari was an attending physician at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Akbari earned his medical degree and a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He also completed a residency in neurosurgery and served as chief resident at Washington University. He completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham. Dr. Akbari is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Chiari Malformation Type 1, Chiari Malformation, Chiari Malformation Type 2, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Laminectomy.

Dr. Danielson is associate dean of clinical affairs at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Dr. Danielson also began serving as president of All Children’s Specialty Physicians (ACSP) in 2023, first on an interim basis and then permanently. A clinical professor of surgery, he has chaired the Johns Hopkins All Children's Department of Surgery since 2020 and was interim chair from 2018 to 2020. He specializes in general surgery and was an early adopter of minimally invasive surgical techniques, developing expertise in treating chest wall deformities. Dr. Danielson founded the first fellowship sponsored by Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in pediatric surgery and was also instrumental in bringing the National Quality Improvement in Surgery Program to the institution. He was named Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital physician of the year in the 2015 Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards. He joined the hospital staff in 2008. He retired as a colonel from the U.S. Army Reserve in 2017 after serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Danielson earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester where he also completed the residency program in general surgery through Strong Memorial Hospital. He completed a research fellowship in pediatric surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University and a clinical fellowship in pediatric surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Before joining Johns Hopkins All Children’s, he served as director of pediatric surgical oncology at the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Danielson is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Appendicitis, Pectus Excavatum, Omphalocele, Appendectomy, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Shieh is a pediatric surgeon in the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She joined the medical staff in 2021 and sees patients on our main campus in St. Petersburg, Florida, and also at Tampa General Hospital and Brandon Regional Hospital. Her clinical focus includes esophageal and airway treatment (EAT). Dr. Shieh earned her medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine — Phoenix. She completed her general surgery residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, during which she did a pediatric surgery research fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. She then completed her pediatric surgery fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Shieh speaks Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. Dr. Shieh is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Esophageal Atresia, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Gastrointestinal Fistula, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Kays is the medical director of the Center for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) at Johns Hopkins All Children’s and leads the first unit in the country exclusively dedicated to these patients. He also serves as director of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program and co-director of the Fetal Diagnosis/Treatment program. He joined the medical staff in 2016. Dr. Kays has more than two decades of clinical and research leadership in the treatment of CDH, a life-threatening birth defect that affects about one in every 3,000 pregnancies. His research has focused on defining the best treatment strategies for this challenging neonatal diagnosis and contributed to significant advances in care and outcomes. Dr. Kays was previously with UF Health and Shands Children’s Hospital for more than 20 years. He was also surgeon in chief, professor of surgery and chief of the division of pediatric surgery in the University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, where he led the ECMO and congenital diaphragmatic hernia program for over 20 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than 60 peer-reviewed original science publications and speaks nationally and internationally on CDH care and outcomes. Dr. Kays earned his medical degree from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. He completed a surgical residency at Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center, and then completed a pediatric surgery fellowship at Morgan-Stanley Children’s Hospital of Columbia University, New York. Dr. Kays is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the Children’s Oncology Group. Videos Meet David Kays, M.D. Dr. Kays is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Diaphragmatic Hernia, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Hernia, Donnai-Barrow Syndrome, and Appendectomy.

Kay Shawchuck is a General Surgeon in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Shawchuck is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Paget Disease of the Breast, Breast Cancer, Intraductal Papilloma, Lymphadenectomy, and Mastectomy. Dr. Shawchuck is currently accepting new patients.

Jinny Gunn is a General Surgeon in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Gunn is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Paget Disease of the Breast, Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, and Cellulitis. Dr. Gunn is currently accepting new patients.

Ernest Rehnke is a General Surgeon in South Pasadena, Florida. Dr. Rehnke is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Fistula, Obesity, Eosinophilic Colitis, Ileostomy, and Hernia Surgery.

Carolina Martinez is a General Surgeon and a Surgical Oncologist in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Martinez is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Proctitis, Anal Cancer, Rectal Prolapse, Ureteral Reconstruction, and Hernia Surgery. Dr. Martinez is currently accepting new patients.

Dustin Price is a General Surgeon in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Price is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Delirium, Subdural Hematoma, Gastrostomy, and Ileostomy. Dr. Price is currently accepting new patients.

Jeffery Johnson is a General Surgeon in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Johnson is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Delirium, Subdural Hematoma, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Johnson is currently accepting new patients.

Nicholas Price is a General Surgeon and an Emergency Medicine provider in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Price is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Subdural Hematoma, Delirium, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, and Liver Embolization. Dr. Price is currently accepting new patients.

Kristina Soltes is a General Surgeon in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Soltes is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Subareolar Abscess, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Angiosarcoma, and Intraductal Papilloma. Dr. Soltes is currently accepting new patients.

Amy Koler is a General Surgeon in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Koler is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Delirium, Subdural Hematoma, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Koler is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Gonzalez is a pediatric and surgical critical care surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She joined the hospital staff in 2017. She was previously the surgical critical care fellowship program director at the Detroit Medical Center and also served as a member of the American Pediatric Surgical Association Surgical Critical Care Committee. Dr. Gonzalez received her medical degree from the University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine and trained in general surgery at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey. Dr. Gonzalez then completed a surgical critical care fellowship at University of Michigan Health Systems & CS Mott Children’s Hospital and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. She subsequently completed a Master’s in Health Care Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is fluent in Spanish. Videos Meet Raquel González, M.D. Dr. Gonzalez is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Omphalocele, Umbilical Hernia, VACTERL Association, Appendectomy, and Oophorectomy.

Dr. Snyder is a pediatric surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He is the director of the pediatric surgery research program and the medical director of the pediatric trauma program at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He joined the medical staff in 2018. After earning his medical degree from the University of Florida, Dr. Snyder completed a research fellowship, Master of Science in Public Health degree, and residency in general surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He completed his clinical fellowship in pediatric surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Dr. Snyder previously served as a staff surgeon in the U.S. Air Force, performing general, trauma and acute care surgery for adults and children. His military service included assignments to Anchorage, Alaska, and Tampa, Florida, as well as overseas deployments. In conjunction with his military service, he has held adjunct clinical faculty positions with the University of Washington, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, and the University of South Florida. He received an honorable discharge in 2016. Dr. Snyder’s clinical and research interests include neonatal thoracic and gastrointestinal surgery, comparative outcomes research, pediatric trauma systems, minimally invasive surgical techniques, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Dr. Snyder is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Pectus Excavatum, Hernia, Omphalocele, Thyroidectomy, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Pourmoghadam specializes in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s in St. Petersburg, Florida. He treats patients with congenital heart defects and those in the Esophageal and Airway Treatment Program. He joined the hospital staff in 2022. He is a professor of surgery at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, authored book chapters and given many talks both nationally and internationally. Dr. Pourmoghadam earned his bachelor’s degree from University of California at Berkeley, and medical degree from Albany Medical College. After finishing his surgical training in New York, he then competed his cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, followed by a pediatric cardiac surgery fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Medical Center/University of Washington. Dr. Pourmoghadam is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Atrioventricular Septal Defect, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Congenital Cardiovascular Shunt, Partial Atrioventricular Canal, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Jordan Halsey holds an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Lee University. She graduated with high honors from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, receiving a doctorate of medicine. She completed a residency in integrated plastic surgery at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, then subsequently completed an additional fellowship in pediatric plastic and craniofacial surgery at Nationwide Children Hospital-Ohio State University. She joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2021 as a pediatric craniofacial surgeon in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery. Dr. Halsey has served the community in many volunteer and mentorship roles and is a recipient of many awards. She is active in clinical research and has a passion for medical missions. Dr. Halsey is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Vascular Birthmark, Cleft Lip and Palate, and Osteotomy.

John Brock is a General Surgeon in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Brock is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Lung Cancer, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.