St. Petersburg Pediatrics has been in Primary Care Pediatrics for over thirty-five years. We are a team of board certified Pediatricians and Nurse Practitioners that treat children from birth to 21 years of age. We have 8 offices located throughout Pinellas County. St. Petersburg Pediatrics participates in and accepts most insurance plans, including Medicaid.

Dr. Alfaro specializes in general pediatrics in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Department of Pediatric Medicine. She joined the hospital staff in 2021.Previously, she worked as a pediatrician at Pediatric Associates of Tampa Bay as well as at Tampa General Hospital. In addition to practicing as a pediatrician, she started and ran her own practice, My Tampa Bay Pediatrics.Dr. Alfaro... Read More about Carmen Carlota Alfaro, MD

Dr. Borrero-Mejias is a child neurologist in the Johns Hopkins All Children's Institute for Brain Protection Sciences. She joined the hospital staff in 2021. Her clinical expertise includes pediatric headache and epilepsy. She also serves as program director of the Johns Hopkins All Children's Child Neurology Residency program. Dr. Borrero-Mejias sees patients at our main campus in St. Petersburg and at our Outpatient Care locations in Tampa and Brandon.  Before joining the hospital, she served as... Read More about Clarimar Borrero-Mejias, MD

Choosing the right pediatrician is one of the most important decisions you make for your child. At Pediatric Health Care Alliance we want to grow with your family by providing the highest quality care throughout every stage of your child’s development, from the first weeks with your newborn all the way through your child’s transition from adolescence to adulthood. We... Read More about Pediatric Health Care Alliance- (PHCA) Crossroads (St. Petersburg)

Brenda Banwell is the director of the Department of Pediatrics, as well as pediatrician-in-chief and co-director of Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, where she helps manage the hospital’s many clinical and research centers. Dr. Banwell is a renowned expert in the research and treatment of pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neuroimmune disorders. She specializes in and studies the use of... Read More about Brenda Banwell, MD

Dr. Wroblewski specializes in general pediatrics at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She sees patients on the hospital’s main campus in St. Petersburg, Florida. She joined the hospital staff in 2023. Dr. Wroblewski also serves as the director of the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Pediatric Residency Program.She most recently practiced general pediatrics at the University of Toledo Medical Center in Ohio and was associate... Read More about Mary Beth Wroblewski, MD

Dr. Goldberg is a general pediatrician at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She joined the hospital staff in 2022. Dr. Goldberg earned her medical degree at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at The University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital. She completed a General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship and Master in Clinical Research at... Read More about Lauren Goldberg, MD

Dr. Ortiz specializes in pediatric hematology-oncology in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute. He joined the hospital staff in 2018.Dr. Ortiz earned his medical degree from the Universidad de Ciencias Medicas (UCIMED) in San Jose, Costa Rica. He completed his residency in pediatrics and served as pediatric chief resident at Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University... Read More about Daniel F Ortiz, MD

Dr. Kanoff specializes in pediatric neurology at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and works primarily with hospitalized children and their follow-up care. He joined the medical staff in 2020. Before joining Johns Hopkins All Children's, Dr. Kanoff was the director of pediatric neurology and epilepsy education program at Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic in Minnesota. Dr. Kanoff earned his Doctor of Osteopathy degree from... Read More about Richard Kanoff, DO

Dr. Dean is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. She joined the hospital staff in 2021 and is currently director of the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) and Survivorship Programs and co-lead of the Leukemia/Lymphoma Program. She also serves as the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Site Principal Investigator... Read More about Jennifer Beck Dean, MD

Dr. Geller specializes in pediatric neurology for the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Institute for Brain Protection Sciences. He sees patients at the main campus in St. Petersburg and at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Outpatient Care, North Port. He joined the hospital staff in 2018. Dr. Geller previously was a pediatric neurologist and child neurology residency program director at Cardinal Glennon... Read More about Thomas John Geller, MD

Dr. Raquel G. Hernandez is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her clinical interests include general pediatric and adolescent medicine, health disparities, culturally and linguistically appropriate care as well as pediatric obesity.Dr. Hernandez completed her medical school training, pediatric residency and fellowship in academic general pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of... Read More about Raquel G. Hernandez, MD

Dr. Sando specializes in pediatric medicine at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, seeing patients in St. Petersburg, Florida. Previously, she worked at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, where she was an attending physician in the emergency center caring for urgent care patients and educating pediatric residents.Dr. Sando earned her medical degree from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine... Read More about Jane Park Sando, MD

Dr. Shulkin is a pediatrician in Pediatric Developmental Medicine at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Previously, Dr. Shulkin was a developmental pediatrician at Greenville Health System in South Carolina.Dr. Shulkin gradated from New York University School of Medicine, followed by a post-graduate degree at Harvard School of Public Health. He went on to complete his residency at San Antonio Military... Read More about Joel Michael Shulkin, MD

Dr. Chavez specializes in general pediatrics in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Department of Pediatric Medicine. He joined the medical staff in 2006 and sees patients in St. Petersburg, Florida. In 2023, he was named William Baumgartner, M.D., Physician of the Year at Johns Hopkins All Children's. Dr. Chavez received his medical degree from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala... Read More about Heinz C Chavez, MD

A graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Brennan completed her pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital at Sinai in Baltimore, where she was chief pediatric resident. Before joining Johns Hopkins All Children’s, Dr. Brennan headed the Pediatric Hospitalist Division at Kernan Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Maryland Medical System.

Dr. Mayer is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute. She specializes in the diagnosis and management of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. She is also the medical director of the Vascular Anomalies and Birthmarks Program at the hospital.... Read More about Jennifer Lynne Root Mayer, MD

Dr. Tang-Wai is a pediatric neurologist and Director of Pediatric Epilepsy at Johns Hopkins All Children’s. He sees patients on the hospital’s St. Petersburg, Florida, campus. He joined the hospital staff in 2025. He was previously co-director of pediatric epilepsy/neurophysiology and associate professor at Loma Linda University in California. Dr. Tang-Wai has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and given many talks... Read More about Richard Tang-Wai, MD

Dr. Gonzalez-Abello specializes in pediatric medicine at Johns Hopkins All Children’s. She sees patients at the hospital’s Outpatient Care Center in Sarasota. She joined the hospital staff in 2025. She has been practicing as a general pediatrician throughout west central Florida for over 25 years, most recently with CenterPlace Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center in Sarasota, where she was... Read More about Lisa Gonzalez-Abello, MD

Dr. Hernandez is a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist, and chief of pediatric neurology at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. He joined the hospital staff in 2024. He was previously division chief of neurosciences and epilepsy, as well as medical director of the Jack H. Miller Magnetoencephalography Center, at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He... Read More about Angel W. Hernandez-Mulero, MD

Dr. Clarisse Fres is delighted to return home to Florida to care for the community that helped shape her passion for medicine and pediatrics. Born in Dunedin and raised in Pinellas County, she attended the University of South Florida before earning her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) in Auburn, Alabama. She completed her... Read More about Clarisse Fres, DO

St. Petersburg Pediatrics has been in Primary Care Pediatrics for over thirty-five years. We are a team of board certified Pediatricians and Nurse Practitioners that treat children from birth to 21 years of age. We have 8 offices located throughout Pinellas County. St. Petersburg Pediatrics participates in and accepts most insurance plans, including Medicaid.

St. Petersburg Pediatrics has been in Primary Care Pediatrics for over thirty-five years. We are a team of board certified Pediatricians and Nurse Practitioners that treat children from birth to 21 years of age. We have 8 offices located throughout Pinellas County. St. Petersburg Pediatrics participates in and accepts most insurance plans, including Medicaid.

St. Petersburg Pediatrics has been in Primary Care Pediatrics for over thirty-five years. We are a team of board certified Pediatricians and Nurse Practitioners that treat children from birth to 21 years of age. We have 8 offices located throughout Pinellas County. St. Petersburg Pediatrics participates in and accepts most insurance plans, including Medicaid.

St. Petersburg Pediatrics has been in Primary Care Pediatrics for over thirty-five years. We are a team of board certified Pediatricians and Nurse Practitioners that treat children from birth to 21 years of age. We have 8 offices located throughout Pinellas County. St. Petersburg Pediatrics participates in and accepts most insurance plans, including Medicaid.