Noorullah Akhtar, M.D.

• Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
• Intensivist, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Driscoll Children’s Hospital
• Medical Director of Information Systems, Driscoll Children’s Hospital
• Medical School: Sind Medical College, University of Karachi, Pakistan
• Internship: National Institute of Child Health, Karachi, Pakistan (Pediatrics)
• Residency: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke Medical Center, Chicago, IL (Pediatrics)
• Fellowship: Texas Children’s Hospital/ Baylor College of Medicine (Pediatric Critical Care),
  St. Jude Children’s Hospital (Pediatric Oncologic Critical Care)
• Memberships: American Academy of Pediatrics, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Medical Informatics Association, Health Level Seven, Healthcare Information Management Society
• Board Certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care

Clinical Interests:

• Information Systems in Clinical Medicine

Languages Spoken:

• English
• Urdu

Selected Publications:

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Contact Information:

Office Postal Address
Noorullah Akhtar, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Driscoll Children’s Hospital
3533 S. Alameda St.
Corpus Christi, Texas 78411
E-mail: noorullah.akhtar@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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