Karl Leon Francis Serrao, MD, FAAP, FCCM - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), ECMO Center

Physician Details

Medical specialties and board certifications:

  • Board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Medical school name/location:

  • University of the West Indies – Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies

Fellowship name/location:

  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Emory University School of Medicine, Egleston Children’s Hospital at Emory – Atlanta, Georgia

Residency institution(s):

  • Pediatrics: Driscoll Children’s Hospital – Corpus Christi, Texas

Professional recognition/awards:

  • Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
  • 2014
    Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • 2013
    Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • 2011
    Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • 2010
  • Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM)
  • 2002
    Best Specialist Teaching Attending of the Year Award, Presented by the Pediatric Residents of Driscoll Children’s Hospital – Corpus Christi, Texas
  • 2000
    Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP)
  • 1998
    American Academy of Pediatrics, Critical Care Section, Best In-Training Research Award, Presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics – San Francisco, California
  • 1996
    Corpus Christi Pediatric Society First Place Resident’s Research Award, Resident Research Competition
  • Driscoll Children’s Hospital PL-III Resident of the Year for outstanding performance in Pediatrics
  • 1995
    Southern Section of the American Federation of Clinical Research Trainee Research Travel Award, Presented at the Annual Meeting of Southern Section of the American Federation of Clinical Research – New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1994
    Corpus Christi Pediatric Society Third Place Resident’s Research Award
  • 1987
    Honors in Community Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies (U.W.I.), Jamaica, West Indies
  • 1985
    National Additional Scholarship of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago for outstanding scholastic performance in Cambridge University (UK) Advanced Level General Certificate Examinations

Language fluency:

English

Contact Information

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Driscoll Children's Hospital
3533 S. Alameda St.
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
📞(361) 694-5445
📠(361) 694-5449