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Heart Center Physician Staff
Corpus Christi
McAllen
Affiliated Credentialed Physician Staff
Corpus Christi

Heart Center

Driscoll Children's Heart Center offers excellence in pediatric and congenital heart care using state-of-art facilities. The cardiology program has been providing quality, compassionate care to our patients in South Texas since1962. The Heart Center has the largest network of consult services available to the health care providers of the region. The staff also fulfill an educational mission by serving as faculty to the Texas A&M College of Medicine.

Annually the Heart Center perform approximately:

  • 9500 clinic visits
  • 3500 echocardiograms (heart ultrasounds)
  • 300 surgeries
  • 250 interventional procedures

The Heart Center provides:

  • Fetal evaluations
  • Neonatal evaluations
  • General cardiology consultation for:
    • Heart murmurs
    • Chest pain
    • Heart rhythm
    • Syncope (passing out)
    • Sport participation
  • Non-invasive imaging including:
    • Trans-thoracic echocardiogram
    • Trans-esophageal echocardiogram
    • Cardiac MRI/MRA
    • High resolution CT with 3-D reconstruction
  • Exercise testing
  • Electrophysiologic study and ablation therapy
  • Pacemaker implantation and testing
  • Interventional cardiology including:
    • Device closures of ASD's, VSD's, and PDA's
    • Balloon valvuloplasty
    • Stent therapy
    • Coil embolization

Contact Information

Driscoll Children's Hospital
Heart Center
3533 S. Alameda Street, Suite 201
Corpus Christi, TX 78418

Phone: 361-694-5086 or 1-800-242-0008

Driscoll Children's Medical Plaza
1120 E. Ridge Road, Suite 210
McAllen, TX 78503

Phone: 956-688-1300 or 1-800-242-0008



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Hollywood-themed celebration planned for Driscoll nurses

May 08, 2013
Event is in conjunction with National Nurses Week, May 6-12 CORPUS CHRISTI - National Nurses Week is May 6-12, and Driscoll Children's Hospital is marking the occasion with a celebration tomorrow for its more than 500 nurses. "This is a way for us to recognize our nurses for all the work they do," said Driscoll's...
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Joyal promoted to NICU director at Driscoll

March 04, 2013
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CORPUS CHRISTI - Christopher Joyal, RN, BSN, CPN, has been promoted to director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Driscoll Children's Hospital. He previously served as manager of Driscoll's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Joyal has also worked in Driscoll's Transport Services Dept. and, as the PICU educator, he was instrumental...
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Mokhashi joins Driscoll as pediatric endocrinologist

March 04, 2013
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CORPUS CHRISTI - Moinuddin H. Mokhashi, MD, FAAP, has joined Children's Physician Services of South Texas at Driscoll Children's Hospital as a pediatric endocrinologist. Dr. Mokhashi was previously with Specialty Pediatrics Ltd. in Yuma, Ariz. and the State of Arizona's Children's Rehabilitative Services. He completed his residency...
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Sutton joins Driscoll as pediatric pathologist

February 25, 2013
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CORPUS CHRISTI - Lisa M. Sutton, MD has joined Driscoll Children's Hospital as a pediatric pathologist. Dr. Sutton completed a fellowship in pediatric pathology at Children's Medical Center in Dallas and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. She performed her residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical...
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Three Driscoll physicians included on Top Doctors list

February 21, 2013
Samhar Al-Akash, MD, Stephen Almond, MD and Jaime Fergie, MD
CORPUS CHRISTI - Three Driscoll Children's Hospital physicians have been included on U.S. News & World Report's list of Top Doctors. Samhar Al-Akash, MD, Stephen Almond, MD and Jaime Fergie, MD were nominated by fellow physicians to be on the list (http://health.usnews.com/top-doctors), which is designed to be a reliable resource...
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