Farha Sherani, MD – Cancer and Blood Disorders

Posted in Hematology/Oncology

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • Board of General Pediatrics

Medical school name/location:

  • St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies

Fellowship name/location:

  • New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY

Residency institution(s):

  • NYU Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY

Professional recognition/awards:

  • 2003-2007 Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarship, University of Toronto
  • 2007-2011 International Peace Scholarship, St. George’s University
  • 2011-2014 Graduate of the Year, Winthrop University Hospital
  • 2015-2017 TL-1 Research Grant TR001447, New York University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), National Institute of Health

Contact Information

Driscoll Children’s Hospital
Children’s Physician Services of South Texas
Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
3533 S. Alameda Street
1st Floor, Main Building
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
📞(361) 694-5311
📠(361) 808-2069
⏲ 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday

 

Satellite Locations

McAllen
1120 E. Ridge Road
McAllen, TX 78503
Phone: 956-688-1208
Fax: 361-808-2159

Brownsville
5500 N. Expressway
Brownsville, TX 78526
Phone: 956-688-1208
Fax: 361-808-2159

Ndina Maxwell Nhlane, MD – Cancer and Blood Disorders

Posted in Hematology/Oncology

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • Board Certified in Pediatrics and Board
  • Certified in Pediatric Hematology Oncology

Medical school name/location:

  • College of Medicine (University of Malawi), University College of London (United Kingdom)
  • University of St Andrews, Bute Medical School (United Kingdom)

Fellowship name/location:

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Residency institution(s):

  • Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

 

Awards

  • Welcome Trust Scholarship
  • British Council Scholarship

Contact Information

Driscoll Children’s Hospital
Children’s Physician Services of South Texas
Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
3533 S. Alameda Street
1st Floor, Main Building
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
📞(361) 694-5311
📠(361) 808-2069
⏲ 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday

 

Satellite Locations

McAllen
1120 E. Ridge Road
McAllen, TX 78503
Phone: 956-688-1208
Fax: 361-808-2159

Brownsville
5500 N. Expressway
Brownsville, TX 78526
Phone: 956-688-1208
Fax: 361-808-2159

Catherine Harris Boston, MD – Cancer and Blood Disorders

Posted in Hematology/Oncology

Physician Details

Medical Specialties and Board Certifications

  • Board Certified in Pediatrics – October 2001
  • Board Certified in Pediatric Hematology – November 2004

Medical School

  • University of Nigeria School of Medicine, Enugus

Fellowship

  • Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI

Residency

  • Department of Pediatrics, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY

Contact Information

Driscoll Children’s Hospital
Children’s Physician Services of South Texas
Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
3533 S. Alameda Street
1st Floor, Main Building
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
📞(361) 694-5311
📠(361) 808-2069
⏲ 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday

 

Satellite Locations

McAllen
1120 E. Ridge Road
McAllen, TX 78503
Phone: 956-688-1208
Fax: 361-808-2159

Brownsville
5500 N. Expressway
Brownsville, TX 78526
Phone: 956-688-1208
Fax: 361-808-2159

Allister Derwin Arnold, MD – Radiology, Imaging

Posted in Imaging, Radiology

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • American Board of Radiology CAQ in Neuroradiology, 2004
  • Recertification in Neuroradiology, June 2011

Medical school name/location:

  • Howard University College of Medicine – Washington, DC

Fellowship name/location:

  • Pediatric Radiology Fellowship: Children’s National Medical Center – Washington, DC
  • Neuroradiology Fellowship: Rush-Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center – Chicago, Illinois

Residency institution(s):

  • Diagnostic Radiology Residency: Howard University Hospital – Washington, DC

Professional recognition/awards:

  • 1995-1996
    Dr. and Mrs. August C. Terrence Scholarship
  • 1994
    National Minority Foundation Fellowship
  • 1993-1997
    Howard University Medical Alumni Association, Howard University College of Medicine Scholarship
  • 1991
    Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society
  • 1990-1991
    Louise Morale Drexel Scholarship
  • 1989-1991
    Xavier University Dean’s List
  • 1989-1990
    Academic Collegiate All-American
  • Dr. Dwight McKenna, President of the New Orleans Public School Board, Academic Scholarship
  • 1989
    New Orleans Tribune Academic Achievement Award

Language fluency:

English

Contact Information

Radiology
Driscoll Children's Hospital
3533 S. Alameda St.
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
📞(361) 694-6132
📠(361) 694-6856

Maricela D. Gulbronson, MD, FAAP – Developmental Pediatric Medicine

Posted in Developmental Medicine Clinic

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • American Board of Pediatrics and Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics: Maintenance of Certification 2015, 2016

Medical school name/location:

  • University of Texas Houston Medical School

Fellowship name/location:

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Residency institution(s):

  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio – San Antonio, Texas

Professional recognition/awards:

  • 2014
    Medical Director, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Driscoll Children’s Hospital
  • Appointed Clinical Assistant Professor TAMU Department of Pediatrics and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor UNT
  • 2016, 2017
    Castle Connoly Top Doctors
  • 2013, 2015
    U.S. News and World Report Top Doctor Honors
  • 2004, 2016
    Selected to Consumers’ Research Council “America’s Top Pediatricians”
  • 2002
    Selected to America’s Best Pediatricians
  • 1999-2000
    Tom Watson Post-Doctoral Trainee Research Grant Award
  • 1999-2006
    American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award
  • 1992, 1993
    National Hispanic Scholarship Fund Winner
  • 1990
    Who’s Who Among American University and College Students
  • 1989
    U.S. Achievement Academy Leadership Award
  • 1986
    Valedictorian, St. Augustine High School, Laredo, Texas

Language fluency:

English, Spanish

Contact Information

Developmental Pediatric Medicine
Driscoll Children's Hospital
3533 S. Alameda St.
Sloan Bldg., 4th Floor
Corpus Christi, TX 78411

📞(361)694-5650 or 1(800)525-8687
📠(361) 808-2063
⏲8am - 5pm Monday - Friday

Camille S. Graham, MD – Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Posted in Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • Board certified in Anesthesiology
  • Board certified in Pediatric Anesthesiology

Medical school name/location:

  • University of Texas Health Science Center – San Antonio, Texas

Fellowship name/location:

  • Pediatric Anesthesiology: University of Texas Medical Branch – Galveston, Texas
  • Pediatric Anesthesiology: Driscoll Children’s Hospital – Corpus Christi, Texas

Residency institution(s):

  • University of Texas Health Science Center – San Antonio, Texas

Professional recognition/awards:

  • Clinical Associate Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Language fluency:

English

Contact Information

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Driscoll Children's Hospital
3533 S. Alameda St.
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
📞(361) 694-5445
📠(361) 694-5449

Angelina Bhandari, MD – Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Posted in Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • Board certified in Anesthesiology
  • Board certified in Pediatric Anesthesiology
  • Fiberoptic Certificate
  • ASA Echocardiogram Certificate

Medical school name/location:

  • American University of the Caribbean Medical School – Plymouth, Montserrat

Fellowship name/location:

  • Pediatric Fellowship: Children’s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University – Chicago, Illinois

Residency institution(s):

  • Anesthesiology Residency: Rush University Medical Center – Chicago, Illinois
  • Chief Resident

Professional recognition/awards:

Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009

Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Abstract Presentation

American Society of Anesthesia Abstract Presentation

2012

Community Service, IPSAC, Vietnam Medical Mission

NYPGA Medically Challenging Abstract Presentation

2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2001

Grand Round

2011, 2012

Da Nang Hospital, Vietnam, Neonatal Lectures

2011

Community Service, IPSAC, Vietnam Medical Mission

Award Vietnam Medical School Teaching Recognition

2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

India Medical Missions, AMG International

2005-2012

Simulation Resident Lecturer

2002

Colombo, J. Lawal AH. Bhandari, A-2002, Journal Cardiovascular Anesthesia: 16 (1) 107-113:2002

2000

Chief Resident In Anesthesia, Rush University Medical Center

1999

First Place Cardiovascular Presentation, MARC

American Society of Anesthesia Resident Delegate Representative

Language fluency:

English

Contact Information

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Driscoll Children's Hospital
3533 S. Alameda St.
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
📞(361) 694-5445
📠(361) 694-5449

Euleche Alanmanou, MD, FAAP – Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Posted in Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • Board certification in Anesthesiology
  • Subspecialty certification in Pediatric Anesthesiology
  • Subspecialty certification in Pain Medicine

Medical school name/location:

  • Faculte des Sciences de la Sante (Faculty of Health Sciences) – Cotonou, Benin

Residency institution(s):

  • Anesthesiology Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center – San Antonio, Texas
  • General Surgery Residency: LIJ Medical Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine – New York, New York

Professional recognition/awards:

  • Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch – Galveston, Texas
  • Clinical Coordinator of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology

Language fluency:

English, French

Contact Information

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Driscoll Children's Hospital
3533 S. Alameda St.
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
📞(361) 694-5445
📠(361) 694-5449

Scott Kenneth Kleppe, DO

Posted in Sports Medicine

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics

AAP, Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine

Medical school name/location:

  • University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas

Fellowship name/location:

  • Primary Care Sports Medicine, University Hospitals Sports Medicine Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals, Primary Care Sports Medicine, PGY-4

Residency institution(s):

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Pediatrics

Language fluency:

English

Contact Information

Sports Medicine
Driscoll Children's Hospital
3533 S. Alameda St.
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
📞(361) 694-5057
📠(361) 808-2067

Tharakanatha Yarrabolu, MD, FAAP, FACC – Pediatric Cardiology

Posted in Cardiology

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • Pediatric Cardiology
  • General Pediatrics
  • ECFMG

Medical school name/location:

  • Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India

Fellowship name/location:

  • Pediatric Cardiology: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Pediatric Interventional Cardiology: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Residency institution(s):

  • Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, India
  • Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX

Professional recognition/awards:

  • Best Lecture Series Faculty by Pediatric Residency program TTUHSC Amarillo.
  • Regional Dean’s Young Faculty Best Teaching Award TTUHSC Amarillo.

First Place: Importance of Color Doppler Imaging in the Diagnosis of Anomalous Coronary Artery Origin From Pulmonary Artery.

Honorable mention: A very rare case of unoperated complex congenital heart disease.

Ethics/End of the life research award: The potential impact of a Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) policy in cardiac versus non-cardiac patients in a pediatric intensive care unit.

Contact Information

Cardiology
Driscoll Children's Hospital
3533 S. Alameda St.
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
📞(361) 694-5086 or (800) 242-0008
📠(361) 855-9518

 

All Locations

Cardiology (Driscoll Children's Specialty Center - Victoria)

115 Medical Drive, Ste. 201
Victoria, TX 77904
📞(361) 694-5086
📠(361) 855-9518
⏲8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday