DRISCOLL PHYSICIAN
RECOGNIZED WITH SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
FROM AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

(Corpus Christi, TX) Driscoll Children's Hospital is honored to announce Pediatric Endocrinologist Stephen W. Ponder, M.D., C.D.E., has been acknowledged with a Special Achievement Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The award was presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Texas Pediatric Society Chapter meeting held in Galveston, Texas in September.

The accolade was given to him for distinguished service and dedication to the mission and goals of the American Academy of Pediatrics for his work with the development of the Texas Pediatric Society’s Child Obesity Task Force, which just unveiled its Clinical Toolkit for Physicians.

Currently, Dr. Ponder is Director of the Children’s Diabetes and Endocrine Center of South Texas at Driscoll Children’s Hospital, and President of the American Diabetes Association local chapter in Corpus Christi.

About Driscoll Children’s Hospital
“Improve the health of adults and you give them back their health …
Improve the health of children and you give them their life.”

Since opening its doors in 1953, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has been offering hope and healing to the children of South Texas for half a century. The facility is a 189-bed pediatric tertiary care center with pediatric board-certified specialists representing 19 medical and nine surgical specialties. Each year, more than 6,000 children are admitted for inpatient care, 5,000 for day surgery, and 50,000 for outpatient primary and specialty care, as well as 40,000 for emergency care, as the first South Texas hospital with emergency services exclusively for children. Additionally, Driscoll maintains a state-of-the-art ground/air transport team, 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and specialized medical outreach.

www.driscollchildrens.org

# # #