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Emily R. Christison-Lagay, MD

Pediatric Surgery

Offers Telehealth

Phone: (877) 925-3637

Affiliated With: Yale Medicine, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital

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Biography - Emily R. Christison-Lagay, MD

Emily Christison-Lagay, MD, is a pediatric surgeon with broad clinical interests spanning the width of pediatric surgery from congenital anomalies in newborns to common childhood surgical conditions (hernias, appendicitis, gallbladder disease) to childhood tumors, trauma, and benign and malignant thyroid disease. She is board-certified in surgery and pediatric surgery and has pursued additional training in the medical and surgical management of pediatric solid tumors including thoracic, liver, and renal tumors, as well as neuroblastoma, childhood sarcomas, and pediatric diseases of the thyroid.

She completed her medical degree at Harvard Medical School and her general surgical residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, with research in tumor angiogenesis at Boston Children's Hospital. From there, she completed a pediatric surgical fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, followed by a "super" fellowship in pediatric surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She is a member of both the Children's Oncology Group and the American Thyroid Association Taskforce on Pediatric Thyroid Disease.

Gender

Female

Specialty

Pediatric Surgery

Conditions & Treatments

Neonatal Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Thoracic Surgery, Pediatric Tumors

Language(s)

English

Education & Training

Education

Harvard Medical School

Fellowship

Massachusetts General Hospital;Hospital for Sick Children - Toronto;Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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