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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 Nasr, MD

  • Director of Pediatric Trauma Program, Division of Pediatric Surgery
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery

Expertise: Pediatric General Surgery

Faculty

  • Samuel Alaish, MD

    • Surgical Director, The Hopkins Resource for Intestinal Vitality and Enhancement (THRIVE)
    • Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery

    Expertise: Pediatric General Surgery

  • Clint Cappiello, MD

    • Director, Pediatric Surgery Residency Education
    • Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery

    Expertise: Pediatric General Surgery

  • Alejandro Vera Garcia, MD

    • Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    • Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatric Surgery

    Expertise: Pediatric General Surgery

  • David Joel Hackam, MD PhD

    • Surgeon-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Children's Center
    • Professor of Pediatric Surgery

    Expertise: Pediatric General Surgery

  • Erica I. Hodgman, MD

    • Director, Pediatric Burn Program
    • Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery

    Expertise: Pediatric General Surgery

  • Shaun Michael Kunisaki, MD MSC

    • Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Professor
    • Professor of Pediatric Surgery

    Expertise: Pediatric General Surgery

  • Daniel S. Rhee, MD MPH

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

    Expertise: Pediatric General 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