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Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Pediatric Trauma Center

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: Chest Wall Reconstruction, Critical Care Medicine, General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive 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: Anti-Reflux Surgery, Biliary Atresia, Biliary Diseases, Biliary Tract Surgery, Chest Wall Reconstruction

  • Clint Daniel Cappiello, M.D.

    • Director, Pediatric Surgery Residency Education
    • Director, Pediatric Surgery Delivery Systems
    • Associate Director, Surgery Clerkship
    • Section Head, Pediatric Surgery Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
    • Assistant Professor of Surgery

    Expertise: Anorectal Disorders, Benign Tumors, Benign Tumors of the Lung, Biliary Atresia, Bowel Obstruction

  • Alejandro Vera Garcia, M.D.

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

    Expertise: Anorectal Disorders, Burn Care, Colorectal Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, Head and Neck 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: Crohn's Disease, Diaphragmatic Hernia, General Surgery, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Neonatal Surgery

  • Erica Imogene Hodgman, M.D.

    • Director, Pediatric Burn Program
    • Assistant Professor of Surgery

    Expertise: Anorectal Disorders, Biliary Atresia, Branchial Cleft Cysts, Breast Cancer, Burn Care

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

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

    Expertise: Anti-Reflux Surgery, Congenital Pulmonary Malformations, Diaphragmatic Hernia, Esophageal Surgery, Fetal Surgery

  • Daniel Sangkyu Rhee, M.D., M.P.H.

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

    Expertise: Chest Wall Tumors, General Surgery, Germ Cell Tumors, Kidney Tumors, Minimally Invasive Surgery

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