Ft. Myers All Children's Specialty

Dr. Sanchez specializes in pediatric gastroenterology at Johns Hopkins All Children’s. She sees patients at the hospital’s Outpatient Care Center in Fort Myers and Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida. She joined the hospital staff in 2025. Dr. Sanchez treats the range of gastrointestinal disease with specific interest in inflammatory bowel disease, eosinophilic esophagitis, and metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).  Dr. Sanchez earned her medical degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Bradenton, Florida. She completed a residency in pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School/Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia. She then completed a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., where she also served as chief fellow. She also earned a Master of Science in biomedical sciences from Barry University in Hollywood, Florida. She speaks English and Spanish.

Dr. Spinks is a pediatric neurosurgeon and chief of the neurosurgery program at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida in collaboration with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He joined the hospital staff in 2021.He most recently was a neurosurgeon with the Brain and Spine Neuroscience Institute in Lutz, Florida. Dr. Spinks has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and lectured nationally.His research interests include stem cell harvest, minimally invasive neurosurgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, concussion and mild traumatic brain injury.Dr. Spinks earned his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, New York. He completed a residency at the University of California, Los Angeles, Division of Neurological Surgery, and a fellowship in the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Ayala is the director of the Hemophilia and Bleeding Disorders Treatment Center at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. She also is the hematology leader of the Young Women Bleeding Disorders/Menorrhagia Clinic, which focuses on a multidisciplinary approach to bleeding symptoms in girls and young women. Dr. Ayala also is involved in the Immune Dysregulation Clinic, which evaluates patients with autoimmune cytopenias in a multidisciplinary approach. Dr. Ayala joined the hospital in 2000. She was the chair of the Division of Hematology/Oncology between 2013-2017 and also served as interim director for the division between 2015-2016. Dr. Ayala's research experience includes multicenter national and international projects. Dr. Ayala received her medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, her residency training at the San Juan City Hospital in Puerto Rico and her fellowship training at the Emory University School of Medicine Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Ayala is a member of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and the Hemophilia and Thrombosis Research Society.