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Emily Christison-Lagay, MD

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Associate Professor of Surgery (Pediatrics)
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Director of Pediatric Trauma, Surgery

Surgical Director, Pediatric Thyroid Center, Surgery

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Associate Professor of Surgery (Pediatrics)

Director of Pediatric Trauma, Surgery; Surgical Director, Pediatric Thyroid Center, Surgery

Biography

Emily Christison-Lagay, MD is a pediatric surgeon with broad clinical interests spanning the width 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 the surgical director of the Pediatric Thyroid Center at Yale and the Director of Pediatric Trauma. Following completion of her pediatric surgical training, Dr. Christison-Lagay 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 is board-certified in surgery and pediatric surgery,

Dr. Christison-Lagay 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 the Children's Oncology Group and the International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology as well the American Thyroid Association Taskforce on Pediatric Thyroid Disease and a founding member of the Child and Adolescent Thyroid Consortium.

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Education & Training

Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2012)
Fellowship
Hospital for Sick Children (2011)
Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital (2009)
MD
Harvard Medical School (2002)

Research

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Frequent collaborators of Emily Christison-Lagay's published research.

Publications

2024

Clinical Care

Overview

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.

Clinical Specialties

Pediatric Surgery; Pediatric Surgical Oncology

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Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Surgery

    Certification Organization
    AB of Surgery
    Latest Certification Date
    2022
    Original Certification Date
    2012
  • Surgery General

    Certification Organization
    AB of Surgery
    Latest Certification Date
    2022
    Original Certification Date
    2009

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Pediatric Surgery

PO Box 208062

New Haven, CT 06520-8062

United States

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