Amy Cummiskey, PA

Amy Cummiskey, PA-C, is a board-certified physician's assistant with more than 24 years of experience of which more than 22 years are in Pediatric Neurosurgery. She completed her Physician's Assistant studies at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston's School of Allied Health Sciences and has been affiliated with Florida Hospital since 2011. Prior to moving to Florida to work at Florida Hospital, Amy was employed at The University of Texas Health Science Center- Houston, Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital- Houston, and UT-MD Anderson Cancer Center. Amy is actively involved in nursing education for both the Adult and Pediatric Epilepsy units and is a co-founder of the Toys with Love toy closet which provides a new toy to each pediatric neurosurgery patient undergoing surgery at Florida Hospital.

Differentiators:

Working with Dr. Baumgartner for over 20 years, we have performed the most corpus colostomyesin in the country.

Amy enjoys traveling, hiking, any outdoors activity, and Crossfit.

Amy is always looking for ways to improve her patients' hospital experiences by listening to their needs and acting upon them. These efforts might include optimizing pain control regimens, walking a child to the Toy Closet and helping them pick out a toy, providing an ear to listen, or a shoulder to cry on.