John Karl Maher, M.D.

• Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
• Intensivist, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Driscoll Children’s Hospital.
• Medical Director, Driscoll Children’s Hospital Medical Transport Services.
• Medical School: Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts,
  George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
• Internship: Childrens’ Hospital, Los Angeles (U.S.C.) (Pediatrics)
• Residency: Childrens’ Hospital, Los Angeles (U.S.C.) (Pediatrics)
• Fellowship: Childrens’ Hospital, Los Angeles (U.S.C.) (Pediatric Critical Care)
• Memberships: American Academy of Pediatrics, Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Board Certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care

Clinical Interests:

• Respiratory Mechanics
• Medical Transport Physiology
• Non-Invasive Respiratory Support in Obstructive Lung Diseases
• Non-Invasive Respiratory Monitoring in the ICU
• Cardiac Intensive Care

Languages Spoken

• English
• Spanish

Contact Information:

Office Postal Address
John Karl Maher, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Driscoll Children’s Hospital
3533 S. Alameda
Corpus Christi, Texas 78411
E-mail: john.maher@dchstx.org
Office Phone: (361) 694-5445
Office Fax: (361) 694-5449

Pediatric Critical Care Intensivists

Noorullah Akhtar, MD

John Karl Maher, MD

Ramon Julio Rivera, MD

Alexandre T. Rotta, MD, FCCM, FAAP

David I. Ryan, MD

Karl Leon Francis Serrao, MD, FAAP

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