Meet Our Cleft & Craniofacial Program Team
The Cleft and Craniofacial Program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital brings together a team of specialists across our hospital for more individualized, comprehensive care.
Cleft and Craniofacial Coordinator
Taryl Crisp
Cleft and Craniofacial Coordinator
Taryl Crisp is the coordinator of the cleft and craniofacial program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Previously, Crisp was a care coordinator for the State of Florida Children’s Medical Services Program where she worked with children with cleft palate and/or craniofacial anomalies. In her role, she coordinated care and provided case management for families whose children had complex medical and special health care needs. Crisp is a member of the Florida Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association and has been a certified case manager since 2017.
Plastic Surgery
Jordan Halsey, MD
Plastic Surgery
Dr. Halsey is a pediatric plastic surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. She joined the hospital staff in 2021. Dr. Halsey earned her medical degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in Memphis, Tennessee. She completed a residency in integrated plastic surgery from Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey, where she was administrative chief resident. She then completed a fellowship in pediatric craniofacial surgery from Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
S. Alex Rottgers, MD
Plastic Surgery
Dr. Rottgers practices in the pediatric plastic and craniofacial surgery programs and is chief of the division of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. His areas of special interest are vascular anomalies and in the treatment of cleft and craniofacial conditions including cleft lip and palate, craniosynostosis, hemifacial microsomia, microtia, and other abnormalities of the face and jaw.
Ernesto Ruas, MD
Plastic Surgery
Dr. Ruas specializes in plastic surgery and cleft and craniofacial surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and is the director of plastic surgery resident education. He joined the hospital staff in 1990.
Aleshia Pringle, APRN
Plastic Surgery
Aleshia Pringle is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) in the cleft and craniofacial program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Her clinical focus is to provide comprehensive care for patients and families with cleft and craniofacial differences, as well as pediatric vascular malformations and general pediatric plastic surgery care. She is also interested in multidisciplinary collaboration for cleft lip and palate, Pierre Robin sequence, preparing and assisting in postoperative recovery and optimizing patient and family access to pediatric healthcare.
Audiology
Tina Adams, AuD, CCC-A
Audiology
Robin Edmianston, AuD, CCC-A
Audiology
Susan Spirakis, AuD, F/AAA, CCC-A
Audiology
ENT/Otolaryngology
Thomas Andrews, MD
ENT/Otolaryngology
Dr. Andrews is a pediatric ear, nose and throat surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He sees patients in the Brandon, Clearwater, Odessa, Sarasota, and Tampa locations of Pediatric Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Associates, PA and the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Outpatient Care location in St. Petersburg.
Peter Karempelis, MD
ENT/Otolaryngology
Dr. Karempelis is a pediatric ear, nose and throat surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He sees patients in the Brandon, Clearwater, Odessa, Sarasota, and Tampa locations of Pediatric Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Associates, PA and the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Outpatient Care location in St. Petersburg.
Elisa Lynskey, MD
ENT/Otolaryngology
Dr. Lynskey is a pediatric otolaryngologist (ear, nose and throat specialist) at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.
Rose Trowbridge, MD
ENT/Otolaryngology
Dr. Trowbridge is a pediatric ear, nose and throat surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She sees patients in the Brandon, Clearwater, Odessa, Sarasota, and Tampa locations of Pediatric Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Associates, PA and the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Outpatient Care location in St. Petersburg.
Kathleen Wasylik, MD
ENT/Otolaryngology
Dr. Wasylik is a pediatric ear, nose and throat surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She sees patients in the Brandon, Clearwater, Odessa, Sarasota, and Tampa locations of Pediatric Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Associates, PA and the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Outpatient Care location in St. Petersburg.
Claudia Botero, PA
ENT/Otolaryngology
Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics
Amy Anderson, DDS
Orthodontics
Stephen Ruso, DDS, MS
Orthodontics
Frank Sierra, D.M.D.
Pediatric Dentistry
Elizabeth Staves, D.D.S.
Pediatric Dentistry
Pediatric Medicine
Luis Montes, MD
Pediatric Mediciney
Dr. Montes is a Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine physician in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Department of Pediatric Medicine, seeing patients in Sarasota, Florida. He joined the medical staff in 2019. Some of Dr. Montes areas of clinical expertise include pediatric rehabilitation and caring for children with disabilities.
Psychiatry/Psychology
Nina Bagby-Bishop, LCSW
Psychology/Social Work
Alyssa Fritz, PhD
Psychiatry/Psychology
Dr. Fritz is a pediatric psychologist in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Institute for Brain Protection Sciences. She joined the hospital staff in 2018. Dr. Fritz provides evidence-based interventions for pre-school and early childhood disruptive behavior disorders. She also specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents diagnosed with chronic and/or acute medical conditions in combination with additional concerns (e.g., anxiety, depression, treatment adherence, phobias) in outpatient settings.
Speech and Language Pathology
Julie Blanshan Brett, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech and Language Pathology
Kimberly Enns, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech and Language Pathology
Lee Harrison, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech and Language Pathology
Jessica Keller, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech and Language Pathology
Jennifer Ziemak, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech and Language Pathology