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Jessica Allison Laks

Jessica Allison Laks, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Accepting New Patients

Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Infant 0-2
  • Child 3-12
  • Adolescent 13-17

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
  • All Children's Specialty Physicians

About Jessica Allison Laks

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Johns Hopkins Physician

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Background

Dr. Laks is a pediatric cardiologist who specializes in heart failure and transplantation. She sees patients as part of the Heart Transplant Program at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute. She joined the hospital staff in 2021.

She was previously a pediatric cardiologist at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario.

Dr. Laks earned her medical degree from the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario. She completed a residency in pediatrics at University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she also served as pediatric co-chief resident. She completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship, where she served as chief pediatric cardiology fellow, followed by additional training in a pediatric heart function and transplant fellowship both at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

She earned her Master of Science in Community Health with a specialization in Health Practitioner Teacher Education from the University of Toronto. She has a special interest in medical education.

Locations

  1. Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
    • 601 5th Street South, Suite 260, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
    • Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, Sarasota
      • 5881 Rand Boulevard, Sarasota, FL 34238

      Expertise

      Education

      University of Toronto Health

      Fellowship, 2020

      University of Toronto Health

      Fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 2018

      Manitoba Health Sciences Centre

      Residency, Pediatrics, 2015

      University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine

      Medical Education, MD, 2011

      Board Certifications

      Pediatric Cardiology

      Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2018

      Pediatrics

      Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2015

      Insurance

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