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Johns Hopkins Children's Center

General Pediatric Surgery

General Pediatric Surgery Team

Surgeon-in-Chief, Pediatric Surgery

David Joel Hackam, MD PhD

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

Expertise: Pediatric General Surgery

Pediatric 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

  • Alejandro Vera Garcia, MD

    • Director, Pediatric Burn Program
    • Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatric Surgery

    Expertise: Pediatric General Surgery

  • Shaun Michael Kunisaki, MD MSc

    • Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Professor
    • Professor of Pediatric Surgery

    Expertise: Pediatric General Surgery

  • Isam Nasr, MD

    • Director of Pediatric Trauma Program, Division of Pediatric Surgery
    • Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatric Surgery

    Expertise: Pediatric General Surgery

  • Mark Slidell, MD MPH

    • Associate Chief Medical Officer, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, The Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center
    • Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery

    Expertise: Pediatric General Surgery

Nurse Practitioners

Registered Nurses

Rachel Pannicia, RN
Kim Fullem, RN
John Muller, RN