Richard Tang-Wai, 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 was also a professor in the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Department of Pediatrics in Grand Rapids. Dr. Hernandez has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and given many talks nationally and internationally. Dr. Hernandez earned his medical degree at Ponce Health Sciences University in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He completed a pediatric residency at Western Michigan University School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, a child neurology residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and a pediatric epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Parikh specializes in pediatric neurology and epilepsy at Johns Hopkins All Children’s. He joined the hospital staff in 2020.He earned his medical degree from University of Medicine and Health Sciences in St. Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean. He completed an internship and residency in pediatrics, followed by a residency in pediatric neurology at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis. He then completed a fellowship in pediatric epilepsy at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.Dr. Parikh is fluent in English, Hindi and Gujarati.

Dr. Snyder is a pediatric surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He is the director of the pediatric surgery research program and the medical director of the pediatric trauma program at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He joined the medical staff in 2018.After earning his medical degree from the University of Florida, Dr. Snyder completed a research fellowship, Master of Science in Public Health degree, and residency in general surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He completed his clinical fellowship in pediatric surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.Dr. Snyder previously served as a staff surgeon in the U.S. Air Force, performing general, trauma and acute care surgery for adults and children. His military service included assignments to Anchorage, Alaska, and Tampa, Florida, as well as overseas deployments. In conjunction with his military service, he has held adjunct clinical faculty positions with the University of Washington, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, and the University of South Florida. He received an honorable discharge in 2016.Dr. Snyder’s clinical and research interests include neonatal thoracic and gastrointestinal surgery, comparative outcomes research, pediatric trauma systems, minimally invasive surgical techniques, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).