Walter Antonio Zegarra, MD

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.Previously, Dr. Montes was the medical director of the Pediatric Rehabilitation Department at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and chief of pediatrics at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Medical Center.Dr. Montes earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He completed a pediatric internship and residency at LAC/USC Pediatric Pavilion in Los Angeles.Dr. Montes is fluent in Spanish.

Dr. Al-Ghafry is an assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, practicing pediatric hematology at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute. She joined the hospital staff in 2023. Dr. Al-Ghafry specializes in hemostasis, thrombosis and transfusion medicine in pediatric patients. Her research focuses on laboratory measures of bleeding and thrombotic risk in special pediatric populations. She is the author of multiple peer reviewed publications. She was previously a consultant physician in the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Royal Hospital in Oman. Dr. Al-Ghafry earned her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar. She completed her residency in pediatrics and served as chief resident at the University of South Alabama/Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, Alabama. She then completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York. She also completed a fellowship in transfusion medicine at New York Blood Center/Columbia University Medical Center in New York.

Dr. Chang is a pediatric surgeon and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program Director at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. His clinical focus includes minimally invasive surgery and colorectal conditions. He is also an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a key member of the pediatric surgery service at Tampa General and Brandon Regional hospitals. Dr. Chang earned his medical degree at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery residency at University of Mississippi Medical Center and four fellowships: Pediatric Surgical Research at Surgical Research Laboratories Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Clinical Research, Surgical Critical Care and Pediatric Surgery at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.