Ramon Julio Rivera, MD PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit)

Posted in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PICU)

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • Board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Intensive Care

Medical school name/location:

  • Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Fellowship name / location:

  • Pediatric Critical Care: Medical College of Georgia – Augusta, Georgia

Residency institution(s):

  • Pediatric Residency: Driscoll Children’s Hospital – Corpus Christi, Texas
  • Pediatric Internship: Driscoll Children’s Hospital – Corpus Christi, Texas

Professional recognition/awards:

2009

Teaching Attending Of the Year Award, Presented by the Pediatric Residents of Driscoll Children’s Hospital – Corpus Christi, Texas

1995

The John G. and Elena Suess Kennedy Award – Corpus Christi, Texas

Language fluency:

English, Spanish

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

Shekhar Raj, M.D. – PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit)

Posted in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PICU)

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • American Board of Pediatrics & Board Certified in Sub-specialty of Pediatric Critical Care

Medical school name/location:

  • Mysore Medical College, India

Fellowship name/location:

  • Jawaharlal Institute Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)

Residency institution(s):

  • State University of New York (SUNY) at Brooklyn, State of University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo

Professional recognition/awards:

  • America’s Top Pediatricians, 2011 Annual Scientific Award – Society of Critical Care Medicine

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) 694-5320
📠(361) 808-2013

Karl Maher, M.D. – PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit)

Posted in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PICU)

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • Board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Intensive Care

Medical school name/location:

  • Harvard School of Dental Medicine – Boston, Massachusetts
  • George Washington School of Medicine – Washington, DC

Fellowship name/location:

  • Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – Los Angeles, California

Residency institution(s):

  • Pediatric Residency: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – Los Angeles, California

Professional recognition/awards:

  • Clinical Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Language fluency:

English, Spanish

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

Melissa Miller, NP

Posted in Urology

Contact Information

Urology

Children’s Physician Services of South Texas
3533 S. Alameda St.
Furman Bldg., Ste. 301
Corpus Christi, TX 78411

📞(361) 694-4700
📠(361) 694-4701
Hours: M – F 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

McAllen
1120 E. Ridge Rd.
McAllen, TX 78503
Phone: 956-688-1200
Fax: 361-808-2075

Brownsville
5500 N Expressway 77/83
Brownsville, TX 78526
Phone: 956-698-8600
Fax: 361-808-2076

Victoria
106 Springwood Drive
Victoria, TX 77904
Phone: 361-572-1000
Fax: 361-578-0680

Amine Daher, Pediatric Pulmonologist, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Sleep Study

Posted in Cystic Fibrosis Center, Pulmonology

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • Pediatric Pulmonology
  • Sleep Medicine
  • General Pediatrics

 

Medical school name/location:

  • University of Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon

Fellowship name/location:

  • University of Texas Southwestern – Dallas Children’s Hospital, Dallas, Texas - Pediatric Pulmonology
  • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas - Sleep Medicine

Residency institution(s):

  • Cooper University Hospital, Camden, N.J.

Language fluency:

English, French, Arabic

Contact Information

Pulmonology
Driscoll Children's Hospital &
Children’s Physician Services of South Texas

3533 S. Alameda St.
Sloan Bldg., 5th Floor
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
📞(361) 694-4447
📠(361) 694-4179
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday

Laredo
7210 McPherson Rd., Suite 104 Building A
Laredo, Texas 78041
📞Office #: 956.794.8400
📠Fax #: 956.712.3769

Brownsville
5500 N. Expressway
Brownsville, Texas 78520
📞Office #: 956.698.8600
📠Fax #: 361.808.2076

Victoria
106 Springwood Dr., Suite 200
Victoria, Texas 77904
📞Office #: 361.578.0680
📠Fax #: 361.808.2074

Mauricio Romero Olvera, M.D., Nephrology, Dialysis, Renal Transplants

Posted in Nephrology, Dialysis, Renal Transplants

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • General Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology

Medical school name/location:

  • La Salle University - Facultad Mexicana de Medicine. Mexico City, Mexico.

Fellowship name/location:

  • Children’s Hospital of Michigan; Detroit, MI.

Residency institution(s):

  • Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center; Bronx, NY.

Professional recognition/awards:

  • Martha N. Franz Award in 2017 (specialty pediatrics) for teaching excellence – Dayton Children’s Hospital.
  • ASPN Presentation Award for the ASPN/PAS Annual Meeting for 2014
  • Diploma for best third year pediatric resident - Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center (June 2011).
  • Finalist of in house Research/Poster Presentation at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center. Poster presented: Rectovesical Fistula Presenting as Pneumaturia in a Child- a Case Report. (May 2009)
  • Diploma for the best average in the Third Semester of Medical School (October 1997)

Language fluency:

English

Contact Information

Driscoll Children’s Kidney Center
Driscoll Children's Hospital

3533 S. Alameda Street
Sloan Bldg., 2nd Floor
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
📞(361) 694-5022
📠(361) 808-2064

Driscoll Subspecialty Satellite Clinic – Brownsville
5500 N. Expressway
Brownsville, Texas 78520
📞Office #: 956.698.8605
📠Fax #: 361.808.2076

Driscoll Subspecialty Satellite Clinic – McAllen
1120 E. Ridge Rd.
McAllen, Texas  78503
📞Office #:(956)688-1200
📠
Fax#:(361)808-2075

Driscoll Subspecialty Satellite Clinic – Victoria
106 Springwood Dr., Suite 200
Victoria, Texas 77904
📞Office #: 361.572.1000
📠Fax #: 361.808.2074

Ashton S. Avila, WHNP-BC – Maternal Fetal Medicine

Posted in Maternal Fetal Medicine

Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner- Board Certified
  • Master of Science in Nursing

Education:

  • University of Cincinnati

Fellowship name/location:

  • Maternal Fetal Medicine: University of Cincinnati – Cincinnati, Ohio

Residency institution(s):

  • Completed clinical training with Texas Tech OBGYN/ MFM

Language fluency:

English

Maternal Fetal Medicine (Bay Area Clinic)

7121 S. Padre Island Drive, Ste. 118
Corpus Christi, TX 78412
📞(361) 694-6054
📠(361) 808-2718

Maternal Fetal Medicine (Spohn South Clinic)

5920 Saratoga Blvd., Ste. 635
Corpus Christi, TX 78414
📞(361) 694-1590
📠(361) 808-2718

Maternal Fetal Medicine (Driscoll Children's Specialty Center - Harlingen)

2121 Pease St.
Medical Arts Pavilion, Ste. 604
Harlingen, TX 78550
📞(956) 428-0897
📠(361) 808-2720

Maternal Fetal Medicine (Driscoll Children's Medical Plaza - McAllen)

1120 East Ridge Road, Ste. 220
McAllen, TX 78503
📞(956) 632-8350
📠(361) 808-2719

Maternal Fetal Medicine (Driscoll Children's Specialty Center - Laredo)

6423 McPherson Road, Ste. 13
Laredo, TX 78041
📞(956) 764-7000
📠(361) 808-2138

Maternal Fetal Medicine (Driscoll Children's Specialty Clinic - Victoria)

106 Springwood Drive, Suite 200
Victoria, TX 77901
📞(361) 694-6054
📠(361) 808-2718

Maternal Fetal Medicine (Specialty Center - Brownsville)

5500 N. Expressway 77, Suite 201
Brownsville, TX 78256
📞(956) 698-8670
📠(361) 808-2762

Alyson M. Paris, FNP – Cancer and Blood Disorders Nurse Practitioner

Posted in Hematology/Oncology

Family Nurse Practitioner Details

Medical Specialties and Board Certifications

  • Board certified by the Texas Board of Nursing
  • Board certified by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board

Education

  • The University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston

Memberships

  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Licenses and Certification

  • APRN
  • APHON
  • BCLS and PALS certified

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

 

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

Natalie Barganski, NP – Urology

Posted in Urology

Contact Information

Urology

Children’s Physician Services of South Texas
3533 S. Alameda St.
Furman Bldg., Ste. 301
Corpus Christi, TX 78411

📞(361) 694-4700
📠(361) 694-4701
Hours: M – F 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Laredo
7210 McPherson
Laredo, TX 78041
Phone: 956-794-8400
Fax: (956)712-3769

McAllen
1120 E. Ridge Rd.
McAllen, TX 78503
Phone: 956-688-1200
Fax: 361-808-2075

Brownsville
5500 N Expressway 77/83
Brownsville, TX 78526
Phone: 956-698-8600
Fax: 361-808-2076