Driscoll Children's Hospital

Then in October 1999, Driscoll Children's Hospital called on Rick to be the President/Chief Executive Officer. Rick is married to Evelyn, who also works in the healthcare field as a physician. They have two daughters, Genevieve and Renee.

A native of Arizona, Bill and Shanna, his wife of 10 years, have three children Randy (age 9), Allison (age 6), and Anna (age 3), as well as two pets, Meg the dog and Bun Bun the bunny. When not working at the hospital, Bill enjoys fishing, golfing, and spending time with his family.

After his extensive training at the University of Michigan Medical School, Dr. Ambrosio Hernandez has returned as the first Pediatric Surgeon in the Rio Grande Valley. Living near McAllen gives Dr. Hernandez the ability to have the first full-time dedicated practice of pediatric surgery for the growing communities of South Texas. The quality you expect from Driscoll Children's Hospital and the skills of Dr. Hernandez are now closer to home.

A graduate of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Dr. Garza completed her residencies of general surgery at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut, a program affiliated with Yale University School of Medicine, as well as St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri where she was also Administrative Chief Resident. Dr. Garza did two years of research at Children's Hospital Boston (Harvard), where she participated in the development of a new technique for bowel lengthening and helped develop a new formulation for feeding children who are not able to eat by mouth, by vein. Most recently, she completed her pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. Dr. Garza earned the accolade of Resident of the Year at St. Louis University Hospital and Resident Teacher Award (by vote of fellow medical students) at St. Mary's Hospital.

Madelyn Holzman, MD specializes in the medical and surgical treatment of genitourinary problems in newborns, infants, children and adolescents. She is a fellowship trained Pediatric Urologist. She is also board certified in adult and pediatric urology.

Dr. Dieterich is advising us on issues that will arise in the clinic. She is a physician at Driscoll Children's Hospital (Corpus Christi, TX) in the department of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine & eurodevelopmental Disabilities. She has over 15 years experience with Medtronic pumps and has been involved the implantation and maintenance of countless pumps. She has been an investigator in clinical trials. She has been aiding us for the last year and will continue to do so as we refine our strategy for the transition to the clinic. She is board certified in four areas: Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine.

Dr. Ponder is a Professor of Pediatrics at Texas A&M College of Medicine and Director, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. He studied medicine at Texas A&M University and completed his fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Dr. Ponder is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology. He is the receipient of of numerous honors and awards, and has participated as a member of various curricula, advisory, planning and review committees for hospitals, medical schools and the state of Texas. Dr. Ponder has published many articles, papers and editorial commentaries on diabetes and endocrinology and has received numerous grants and contract awards for research in related fields. Dr. Ponder has personal experience with diabetes as he was dx'd March 1, 1966. He starded using an insulin pump in 1983, beginning with an Autosyringe MP-6, then an Eugly. In the 1990's he began using pumps manufactured by MiniMed and Disetronic and switches back and forth to remain current with the latest features of both.