Christina Snow Chan, MD
Neonatologist
Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Christina Snow Chan M.D., is a neonatologist at Children's Health℠ and an Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics/Neonatal-Perinatal.
Dr. Chan earned her medical degree at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She completed a residency in pediatrics and received advanced training in neonatology through a fellowship at the UC San Diego Medical Center.
Dr. Chan was named a Texas Monthly Super Doctor Rising Star 2019 - 2020, Dr. Chan has delivered numerous international and national invited lectures and published several academic articles.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of California - San Diego (2007)
- Residency
- University of California - San Diego (2010), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- University of California - San Diego (2013), Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Neonatal-Perinatal
Conditions
- Abdominal masses
- Achondroplasia (dwarfism)
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Anencephaly
- Anorectal malformation (imperforate anus or ARM)
- Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
- Biliary atresia
- Bladder exstrophy
- Bladder outlet obstruction
- Bowel atresia
- Brachydactyly (symbrachydactyly)
- Chronic lung disease (CLD)
- Cloacal exstrophy
- Colon atresia
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
- Congenital heart disease
- Congenital infections
- Congenital lung lesions
- Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM)
- Craniosynostosis
- Cystic fibrosis (CF)
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Down syndrome
- Duodenal aresia
- Edema
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS or elastic skin)
- Encephalocele
- Encephalopathy (encephalitis)
- Enteroviruses
- Esophageal atresia (EA)
- Feeding disorder (PFD)
- First unprovoked seizure
- Gastroenteritis (stomache flu)
- Gastroschisis
- Goldenhar syndrome (oculo-auriculo-vertebral dysplasia or OAV)
- Head and neck lumps
- Hemophilia
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Hydronephrosis
- Hydrops
- Hyperbilirubinemia (jaundice)
- Hypotonia (floppy muscle syndrome)
- Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (intrapartum asphyxia - HIE)
- Intestinal disorders
- Intraventricular hemorrhage and stroke
- Isolated craniosynostosis
- Jejunal and ileal atresia
- Laryngomalacia
- Lordosis (sway back)
- Low birth weight
- Low blood pressure (hypotension)
- Meconium aspiration
- Mediastinal mass
- Metabolic diseases
- Muscular dystrophy (MD)
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
- Neonatal diabetes
- Newborn tumors
- Noonan syndrome (NS)
- Omphalocele
- Open neural tube defects (ONTDs)
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI)
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- Persistent pulmonary hypertension
- Pierre Robin syndrome (PRS)
- Pleural effusion
- Poland syndrome (Poland sequence)
- Prematurity
- Prenatal drug and alcohol exposure
- Pulmonary sequestration
- Pyloric stenosis
- Renal malformation
- Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)
- Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
- Rubella (German measles)
- Sepsis and meningitis
- Short bowel syndrome (SBS)
- Skeletal dysplasias and abnormalities
- Spina bifida
- Syndromic craniosynostosis
- Syphilis
- Tay-Sachs
- Toxoplasmosis
- Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF)
- VATER syndrome (VACTERL association)
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Medical technology and informatics
- Point of care ultrasound
- Video Recording of Neonatal Resuscitation
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Publications
- Galectin-3 binding protein in human preterm infant umbilical cord plasma. Chan C, Bode L, Kim J J Neonatal Perinatal Med 2015 8 2 99-104
- Human milk galectin-3 binding protein and breast-feeding-associated HIV transmission. Chan CS, Kim HY, Autran C, Kim JH, Sinkala M, Kankasa C, Mwiya M, Thea DM, Aldrovandi GM, Kuhn L, Bode L Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2013 Dec 32 12 e473-5
- Challenges in the practice of human milk nutrition in the neonatal intensive care unit. Kim JH, Chan CS, Vaucher YE, Stellwagen LM Early Hum. Dev. 2013 Oct 89 Suppl 2 S35-8
- Pooling expressed breastmilk to provide a consistent feeding composition for premature infants. Stellwagen LM, Vaucher YE, Chan CS, Montminy TD, Kim JH Breastfeed Med 2013 Apr 8 205-9
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2007)
- Center of Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education: Simulation Instructor (2017)
- Epic Physician Builder Certification (2018)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor Certified (2018)
- Pediatric Advisory Board for THD (2018)
- Practitioner Performance Evaluation Committee for THD (2019)
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Awards and Honors
- Texas Monthly Super Doctors, Rising Star (2019-2020)
- Travel Award (2013), Clinical and Translational Science Awards - CC-CHOC
- Outstanding Resident in Primary Care (2009), University of California - San Diego
- Resident Research Award and Grant (2009), University of California - San Diego
- Acquire Superior Knowledge Award (2008), University of California - San Diego
- AAP Residency Award (2008), University of California - San Diego