As the only accredited pediatric trauma center in the State of Maryland, the Division of Emergency Medicine works with Maryland’s Emergency Medical Services to receive emergency trauma and other cases from Cumberland to the Eastern Shore. We also treat pediatric trauma cases 24 hours a day, seven days a week from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, Washington, D.C., and Virginia.  If necessary, the pediatric trauma and adult ED share trauma capacity to reduce anxiety resulting from separation during stressful times.

Management of multi-system illness and trauma is provided through the Pediatric Emergency Department and the 40-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), which is staffed by pediatric surgeons  and pediatric anesthesiology and critical care medicine specialists. 

Members of the pediatric trauma team continue to be very active in educational activities in the region providing instructors for the Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) program as well as the ATLS® program.

For information on adult services, visit the Johns Hopkins Emergency Department.

Our Team

Director

Isam Waddah Nasr, M.D.

Director of Pediatric Trauma Program, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Co-Director of the Pediatric Surgical Colorectal Program
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Chest Wall Reconstruction, Critical Care Medicine, General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Neonatal Congenital Anomalies, Neonatal Surgery, Pectus Carinatum, Pectus Excavatum, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric General Surgery, Pediatric Oncology Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Trauma, Robotic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Trauma Surgery

 

Faculty

Samuel Matthew Alaish, M.D.

Surgical Director, The Hopkins Resource for Intestinal Vitality and Enhancement (THRIVE)
Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Associate Chief, Clinical Operations and Education
Associate Professor of Surgery

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Anti-Reflux Surgery, Biliary Atresia, Biliary Diseases, Biliary Tract Surgery, Chest Wall Reconstruction, Choledochal Cyst, Cholestasis, Cholestatic Liver Diseases of Childhood, Congenital Anomalies, Esophageal Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Gastrointestinal Tumors, Pectus Carinatum, Pectus Excavatum, Pediatric Oncology Surgery, Pediatric Surgery

 

Clint Daniel Cappiello, M.D.

Director, Pediatric Surgery Residency Education
Director, Pediatric Surgery Delivery Systems
Associate Director, Surgery Clerkship
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Anorectal Disorders, Benign Tumors, Benign Tumors of the Lung, Biliary Atresia, Bowel Obstruction, Chest Wall Tumors, Crohn's Disease, Diseases of the Small Bowel and Colon, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), Gastrointestinal Tumors, Germ Cell Tumors, Inguinal Hernia Repair, Kidney Tumors, Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia, Liver Tumors, Lung Diseases, Lung Neoplasms, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Neonatal Congenital Anomalies, Neuroendocrine Tumors, Pediatric Trauma, Pilonidal Cyst, Sarcoma and Musculoskeletal Tumors, Short Bowel Syndrome, Soft Tissue Tumors, Thyroglossal Cysts, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Ulcerative Colitis, Umbilical Hernia, Wilms Tumor

 

Alejandro Vera Garcia, M.D.

Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Surgical Director of the ECMO Program
Co-Director of the Pediatric Surgical Colorectal Program
Associate Director, Pediatric Burn Program
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Anorectal Disorders, Burn Care, Chest Wall Reconstruction, Colorectal Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, General Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery, Neonatal Surgery, Pectus Carinatum, Pectus Excavatum, Pediatric Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome, Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Surgery

 

David Joel Hackam, M.D., Ph.D.

Surgeon-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Professor of Surgery
Professor of Cell Biology
Professor of Genetic Medicine

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Crohn's Disease, Diaphragmatic Hernia, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Neonatal Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Short Bowel Syndrome, Tracheoesophageal Fistula

 

Erica Imogene Hodgman, M.D.

Director, Pediatric Burn Program
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Anorectal Disorders, Biliary Atresia, Branchial Cleft Cysts, Breast Cancer, Burn Care, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), Gastrointestinal Tumors, Inguinal Hernia, Intestinal Atresia, Kidney Tumors, Liver Tumors, Lung Neoplasms, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cysts, Pediatric Burns, Pediatric Oncology Surgery, Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Trauma, Thyroglossal Cysts, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Umbilical Hernia

 

Shaun Michael Kunisaki, M.D., M.Sc.

Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Endowed Professor
Associate Chief, Strategy & Integration, General Pediatric Surgery
Director, Pediatric Esophageal Surgery, Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Associate Professor of Surgery

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Anti-Reflux Surgery, Congenital Pulmonary Malformations, Diaphragmatic Hernia, Esophageal Surgery, Fetal Surgery, Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery, Neonatal Congenital Anomalies, Neonatal Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

 

Daniel Sangkyu Rhee, M.D., M.P.H.

Director, Pediatric Surgical Oncology Program
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Professor of Oncology

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Chest Wall Tumors, General Surgery, Germ Cell Tumors, Kidney Tumors, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Neonatal Congenital Anomalies, Neonatal Surgery, Neuroblastoma, Pancreatic Auto Islet Transplant, Pancreatitis Surgery, Pectus Excavatum, Pediatric Cancer, Pediatric Oncology Surgery, Pediatric Sarcoma, Pediatric Surgery, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Sarcoma, Thoracic Surgery, Wilms Tumor

 

Contact Us

Consultations

410-955-5680  

PICU: 410-955-5260

Physician to Physician Referrals

410-955-7330 

Pediatric Transport

The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center provides a safe, efficient resource for transporting children-and their families-needing pediatric care. To contact the Pediatric Transport Service, call 410-955-9444 or 410-502-2961