Our specialists:
Pediatric cardiologists
Congenital heart surgeons
Pediatric intensivists
Pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists
Neonatologists
Nurses and support staff
Perfusionists

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Pediatric intensivists:

  Thomas C. Mayes, MD, MBA
Professor and Department Chairman
Interim Division Chief of Inpatient Pediatrics
Physician-in-chief, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital
Dr. Thomas C. Mayes, a native of El Paso, Texas received a Bachelor of Science degree from Baylor University, his MD from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington D.C. and a M.B.A. from The University of Texas at San Antonio. He moved to San Antonio in 1984 to pursue his pediatric residency training at Wilford Hall USAF medical Center and subsequently did fellowship training at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas ChildrenÕs Hospital in Houston. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatrics and pediatric critical care Medicine.

Dr. Mayes is currently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He has served in a number of leadership roles in the medical school and community including the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs in the School of Medicine, President/CEO of the University Physicians Group, medical Director of the Janey Briscoe ChildrenÕs Center at University Hospital, medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Transport Program at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa ChildrenÕs Hospital, and member of the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Program, ÒImproving Asthma Care for ChildrenÓ. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the ChildrenÕs Bereavement Center of South Texas and as an inaugural member of the Masters Leadership Program of San Antonio and Bexar County.
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  Clinton Pietz, MD
Assistant Professor, UTHSCSA Pediatric Critical Care
Dr. Pietz graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He received his medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) in 1992. He did his pediatric internship at Phoenix ChildrenÕs Hospital and Maricopa medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona and completed his residency training at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. He then remained on faculty at the University of Iowa in the division of general pediatrics. He returned to the UTHSCSA to do his fellowship training in pediatric critical care in 1998 and remained on faculty after completing his fellowship training.

He is Board Certified in General Pediatrics and also certified by the Subboard of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He is also the medical Director of the Christus Santa Rosa ChildrenÕs Hospital Pediatric Transport Team. His clinical interests include post-operative care of children with congenital heart disease, resident and fellow education, and transport of the critically ill child.
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  Minnette Son, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care
Medical Director, Janey Briscoe Children's Center
PICU, University Hospital
Associate Medical Director, Christus Santa Rosa Pediatric Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Education:
BS, Baylor University,1977
M.S., Grad School of Biomedical Sciences-UTHSCSA, 1979
MD, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, 1990.

Training:
Residency in Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 1990-1993.
Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 1998-2000, 1996-1997.

Board Certification:
American Board of Pediatrics, 1993, 2001.
Sub Board Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2002

Professional Organizations and Activities:
American Academy of Pediatrics
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Texas Pediatric Society
San Antonio Pediatric Society; Bexar County medical Society
State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
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  Richard P. Taylor, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care
Head, Division of Critical Care at University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
Medical Director, Pediatric ICU and Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy
Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital
Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Education:
B.S., University of Michigan, 1979 (Microbiology). >
MD, University of Texas medical Branch, Galveston, 1984. >
M.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1995 (Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis).

Training:
Pediatrics & Internal Medicine, University of Michigan & St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1984-1988. >
Chief medical Resident, Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988-1989 >
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1992-1995.

Board Certification:
Internal Medicine, 1988>
American Board of Pediatrics, 1989-1997>
Sub Board Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 1996-2003

Professional Organizations and Activities:
Society of Critical Care Medicine

Clinical and Research Interests:
Outcome Research, Effectiveness of Hospitalists in PICU setting; >
Respiratory Therapist Driven Protocol for weaning Asthma Treatments in the PICU
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