Steve Woerner named President & CEO of Driscoll Children’s Hospital

(Corpus Christi) It was announced today that Steve F. Woerner has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Driscoll Children’s Hospital. Woerner will assume his new position at Driscoll in early September.

C. Ivan Wilson, Chairman of the Board of Driscoll Children’s Hospital, said, “Steve is an extremely able, experienced and highly effective hospital administrator with a proven track record. We are very fortunate to have him on the Driscoll team.”

Woerner comes to Driscoll Children’s Hospital with over 30 years of healthcare experience. He graduated in 1976 with a B.S.N. from the University of Texas in Austin and then went on to receive a M.S. in Health Care Administration at Trinity University in 1979. His first job after graduate school was as a surgical nurse at Seton Medical Center. He went on from there into the administrative side of the healthcare environment and has been the CEO of Corpus Christi Medical Center since 1994.

“This is a dream opportunity for me and my family,” said Woerner, “and I want everyone to know I will do everything in my power to continue and strengthen the mission of Driscoll Children’s Hospital of providing the best possible health care for the children of South Texas. I am extremely proud and honored of being named to this position at Driscoll, one of the premier children’s hospitals in the nation.”

Wilson, who is also a Trustee of the Driscoll Foundation, said, “We were all so very impressed with Steve’s commitment and dedication not only to the local healthcare community but to the overall South Texas community as well.” Woerner, a past Chairman of the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce, also sits on the Del Mar College Foundation as its 2007 Chairman of its Investment Committee. He has also served as a medical missionary to Guatemala for Clinical Corpus Christi.

Woerner, a native of Fredericksburg, Texas, is married to his wife of 25 years, Linda and they have two children, Amanda and Adam.

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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