JENNIFER M. AMARAL, M.D.,
JOINS DRISCOLL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

(Corpus Christi, TX) Driscoll Children’s Hospital is pleased to announce Jennifer M. Amaral, M.D., has joined the medical staff as a pediatric endocrinologist. The announcement was made by Rick Merrill, CEO and President of Driscoll Children’s Hospital. Dr. Amaral will be concentrating on pediatric endocrinology where she will focus at diseases of the endocrine system including juvenile diabetes, thyroid abnormalities, disorders of growth, obesity, as well as endocrine disorders.

A graduate of the Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Dr. Amaral complete her pediatric residencies at the University Pediatric Hospital of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico and Driscoll Children’s Hospital. Most recently, she completed the Pediatric Endocrine and Metabolism Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Amaral is licensed by the American Boards of Pediatrics and board eligible with the Pediatric Endocrine and Metabolism in 2007. She is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Diabetes Association, and Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrinology Society.

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.

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