The International Patient Services program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, emphasizes allowing families to focus on their child’s needs while we take care of the rest. Our team provides personalized concierge service to guide families before, during and after their medical stay in Florida. We can help recommend what to bring, places to stay and what to do in the area if members of the family have free time. We will provide and explain a detailed medical itinerary and guide the family to appointments. We routinely see patients from more than 20 countries, including UAE, Israel, Kazakhstan, Australia and throughout Latin America, providing medical translation, including languages such as Arabic and Spanish.
We offer the medical expertise Johns Hopkins Medicine is known for with teams of paediatric specialists for medically complex conditions. Some specialized areas where we offer world-class care:
- Brain and Spinal Cord Surgery: Physician-in-chief George Jallo, M.D., has performed neurosurgery on patients from around the world, including Australia, Brazil, Guatemala and the Middle East. We have one of the busiest epilepsy surgery programs in the Southeast and can take care of the most complex forms of epilepsy. Additionally, our specialists offer selective dorsal rhizotomy, an advanced surgical technique to treat muscle spasticity, and advanced treatments for epilepsy.
- Cancer and Blood and Marrow Transfusion:
We provide comprehensive care for childhood cancer and blood disorders, including rare conditions not commonly treated at other centres. We offer expertise in advanced bone marrow transplant techniques that make stem cell and bone marrow transplants an option for more children. We use advanced cell processing methods to remove cells that can cause a transplant to fail, while preserving cells that fight infection. - Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH):
We founded the first inpatient centre in the United States dedicated solely to the treatment of CDH. Infants treated by David Kays, M.D., and the team at Johns Hopkins All Children’s experience a survival rate greater than 90% in most cases, which exceeds national benchmarks. - Oesophageal and Airway Treatment:
Oesophageal and airway experts Jason Smithers, M.D., and Rusty Jennings, M.D., pioneered innovative techniques for treatment of conditions such as oesophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula. Our team believes every patient should have more than 80 years of good oesophageal and airway function. - Heart Surgery and Cardiology:
Our team has experience with treating congenital heart defects (CHDs) from infants into adulthood. Our Fetal Heart program assists in diagnosing CHDs before babies are born and can develop an individualized treatment plan for each child. - Newborn and Foetal Care:
Our team has experience providing medical transport for dozens of high-risk pregnant women and newborns, to bring them to the expert care at Johns Hopkins All Children’s. We treat more than 100 low and extremely low birth weight babies each year in our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which has a Level IV ranking, the highest available from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). Our neonatology team can call on our CDH, Heart, Intestinal Rehabilitation and other teams for whatever a baby needs.
Contact
Highly regarded Tampa International Airport provides an easy route to care at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in nearby St. Petersburg. To refer a patient or to discuss a case with a specialist by phone or videoconference, please call the International Patient Services team at +1-727-767-3047, and we will direct your call as needed. Parents and caregivers can reach our International Patient Services team through the same number.
Visit www.HopkinsAllChildrens.org/International for more.
