FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARK SOLOMON , M.D., JOINS DRISCOLL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 16, 2003

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MARK SOLOMON , M.D., JOINS DRISCOLL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

(Corpus Christi, TX) Driscoll Children's Hospital is pleased to announce Mark Solomon, M.D., has joined the medical staff as a pediatric pulmonologist. The announcement was made by Rick Merrill, CEO and President of Driscoll Children's Hospital. Dr. Solomon will be treating a wide variety of respiratory issues including pediatric asthma, cystic fibrosis, and premature lung development.

A graduate of University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Dr. Solomon most recently completed a fellowship in clinical pharmacology at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition, he completed a fellowship in pediatric pulmonology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School’s Department of Pediatrics in Madison, Wisconsin. Prior to his fellowships, Dr. Solomon served as a Pediatric Hospitalist for Pediatric Critical Care Associates, P.A. in Dallas and also at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth.

Solomon is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and as well as an affiliate member of the American College of Chest Physicians.

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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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