USF Department of Pediatrics
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Patricia J.
Emmanuel, M.D.
Chair - Department
of Pediatrics

Welcome from the Chair

Welcome to the Department of Pediatrics at USF HEALTH. Our Department has over 500 faculty, staff, and residents dedicated to caring for and improving the health of children. Our mission is to be stewards of our community's most vulnerable and important resource - our children. We accomplish this by:

  • Providing primary and specialty care for infants, children and adolescents
  • Developing treatments and cures for pediatric diseases through research
  • Advancing children’s issues through advocacy and community engagement
  • Training future pediatricians and healthcare providers

As part of an academic center, we collaborate with our USF colleagues to develop and implement innovations that are improving the health of our community. Together, we are fulfilling our vision of creating a better world for children.

USF Pediatrics offers the following clinical services:

  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology
  • Child Development 
  • Child Protection Team
  • Diabetes and Endocrinology Services
  • General Pediatrics
  • Genetics and Metabolism
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • Healthy Weight Clinic
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
  • Medical Acupuncture
  • Neonatology
  • Neurology
  • Nephrology
  • Neuropsychiatry
  • Pulmonology

    • Patient Care Locations

    Out-Patient

    USF Health South Tampa
    Center for Advanced Healthcare
    2 Tampa General Circle
    Tampa, FL 33606    		 (813) 259-8700
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    17 Davis Medical Building
    17 Davis Blvd.
    Tampa, FL 33606    		 (813) 259-8700
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    USF Children's Medical Services
    13101 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
    Tampa, FL 33612    		 (813) 396-9696
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    Pediatric Neuropsychiatry
    880 6th Street South
    Suite 460, Box 7523
    St. Petersburg, FL 33701    		 (727) 767-8230
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    All Children's Hospital
    Outpatient Care Center
    601 5th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL 33701    		 (800) 456-4543
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    Pediatric Clinic at Health Park
    5802 N. 30th Street
    Tampa, FL 33601    		 (813) 236-5350
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    In-Patient

    All Children's Hospital
    501 6th Avenue South
    St. Petersburg, FL 33701    		 (727) 898-7451 or
    1-800-456-4543
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    Tampa General Hospital
    1 Tampa General Circle
    Tampa, FL 33606    		 (813) 844-7000
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    St. Joseph's Hospital
    3001 W. Dr. Martin Luther
    King Jr. Blvd.
    Tampa, FL 33607    		 (813) 870-4000
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    Residency Program

    Our Pediatric and Med-Peds Residency Programs offer outstanding faculty, research opportunities and advocacy experiences. For more information about our programs, click the respective links below.

    Pediatric Residency Program
    Med-Peds Residency Program
    Sharon Dabrow, M.D.

    Program Director
    sdabrow@health.usf.edu

    Katherine Braley, M.D.
    Hugo M. Jasin, M.D.

    Chief Residents
    kbraley@health.usf.edu
    hjasin@health.usf.edu

    USF Pediatric
    Fellowship Programs

    For more information about our fellowship programs, click the respective links below.

    USF Peds News

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    4/16/2013 8:27:43 PM
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    Fewer unnecessary early deliveries seen in multistate, hospital-based study
    4/8/2013 8:57:42 PM
    USF Health faculty among authors of national study published in Obstetrics and Gynecology Multistate, hospital-based quality improvement...

    Dr. John Curran earns USF Distinguished Service Award
    1/8/2013 12:14:00 PM
    For his years of service and devotion to USF and to the entire Tampa Bay region, John Curran, MD, was presented with USF’s Distinguished...

    Top 10 USF Health News stories of 2012
    12/21/2012 4:59:28 PM
    From a  USF public health researcher’s discovery of a “happy gene” for women — news picked up by media worldwide...

    USF pediatric psychologist suggests ways to help children cope during crisis
    12/17/2012 3:17:43 PM
    By Kathleen Armstrong, PhD, NCSP Most of us are in a state of disbelief because of the recent horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary...