MARK BIELEFELD, M.D.,
NAMED DRISCOLL CHIEF OF STAFF 2007

(Corpus Christi, TX) Driscoll Children's Hospital is pleased to announce cardiothoracic surgeon Mark Bielefeld, M.D. has been named the hospital’s 2007 Chief of Staff. The announcement was made by Rick Merrill, C.E.O. and President of Driscoll. As Chief of Staff, Dr. Bielefeld will serve as an official member of the Governing Board, Chair of the Medical Executive Committee, and conduct general meetings of the medical staff. He will also be responsible for the enforcement of the medical staff bylaws, rules, and regulations.

Dr. Bielefeld has been in private practice in Corpus Christi and offering cardiothoracic surgeries at Driscoll since 1998. Prior to joining Driscoll, Dr. Bielefeld was an Instructor of Surgery for the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Children’s Hospital of Denver and University of Colorado Health Science Center, as well as an the first Director of the Critical Care Unit at the Children’s Hospital of Denver. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor for Texas A & M University System Health Science’s Department of Pediatrics. While at Driscoll, Dr. Bielefeld has held the position of Assistant Chief of Surgery and Chief of Surgery, and he currently sits on numerous committees including Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Committee, ECMO Committee, Surgical Committee, Code Management Review Committee, Credentialing Committee, and Operating Room Committee.

A graduate of Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Bielefeld completed both his internship and general surgery residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He also spent four months of his general surgery residency at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in Exeter, England. He completed his cardiothoracic surgery residency at Medical College of Wisconsin and fellowship of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Denver. In addition, Dr. Bielefeld completed two years of research in cardiothoracic surgery at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City.

Dr. Bielefeld is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He is also a Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners and was featured with J. Mark Morales, M.D. on Discovery Channel’s “Super Surgeries” series in 2001.

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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