Medical Staff Committee
Driscoll Children's Hospital is a tertiary care regional
referral center offering the most complex and comprehensive medical and
surgical care for children.
The hospital’s Medical Staff is comprised of more than 200 pediatric
board-certified specialists in 19 medical and 10 surgical specialties.
Chief of Staff
Edgar Cortes, MD, Pediatrician
(361) 855-7346
Immediate Past Chief of Staff
Mark Bielefeld, MD, Pediatric
Surgeon
(361) 854-0201
Chief of Staff Elect
Karl Serrao, MD, Pediatric Critical
Care
(361) 694-5445
Chairman, Department of Dentistry
William Haley, DMD
(361) 992-9500
Chairman, PICU Committee
David Ryan, MD, Pediatric Critical
Care
(361) 694-5445
Medical Director, Gastroenterology
Ashok K. Jain, M.D., Pediatric
Gastroenterologist
(361) 694-5000
Chairman, Department of Radiology
Allister Arnold, MD, Pediatric
Radiologist
(361) 694-5240
Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Patricia Ramsay, MD, Neonatologist
(361) 694-6232
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Roger Timperlake, MD
(361) 694-5225
Chairman, Department of General Surgery
Stephen Almond, MD
(361) 694-4700
Chairman, Department of Sub-Specialty
Gary Bobele, MD
(361) 694-4368
Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology
William Grimes, MD, Pediatric
Anesthesiologist
(361) 694-5445
Chairman, Department of Pathology
Thomas Milligan, Pediatric Pathologist
(361) 694-4114
Medical Director, Transport
Karl Maher, M.D., Pediatric Critical
Care
(361) 694-5445
Medical Director, Cardiology
Muhammad Khan, MD, Pediatric
Cardiologist
(361) 694-5086
Chairperson, Department of Pediatrics
Tom McNeil, MD
(361)
855-7346
Chairperson, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Michael Burke, MD, Pediatric
Neurosurgeon
(361) 561-1387
Chair, Infection Control Committee
Jaime Fergie, MD
(361) 694-6421
Chair, ED/Trauma
Marita Rafael, MD
(361) 694-4089
Ali Candas, MD,
Pediatrics
Ernest Buck, MD,
Pediatrics
Joseph Walter, MD, Pulmonology
Contact Information
Medical Staff Services
3533 South Alameda Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
Phone: (361) 694-5025
Fax: (361) 808-2111
Email: Donna.Mainka@dchstx.orgQuestions about Continuing Medical Education should be directed to:
(361) 694-4117Medical Staff Director
Kathy Valencia
Phone (361) 694-5051
