Christina Barriteau

Dr. Christina Barriteau is a pediatric hematologist and transfusion medicine specialist. She is Medical Director of the blood bank at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Dr. Barriteau's clinical interests include sickle cell disease, pediatric transfusion medicine and health equity.

Dr. Barriteau's expertise is sickle cell disease and benign hematology. Dr. Barriteau also specializes in management of children and adults receiving chronic blood transfusion for treatment of underlying medical conditions such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia.

Education
BA: University of Pennsylvania (2008)
MD: Howard University College of Medicine (2012)
MPH: Harvard School of Public Health (2016)

Postgraduate Training
Resident: Children's National Medical Center, Pediatrics (2015)
Fellow: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Pediatric Hematology Oncology (2019)
Fellow: Northwestern Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Transfusion Medicine (2020)

Certification
Board Certification: Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
Board Certification: Transfusion Medicine/Blood Bank, American Board of Pathology
Board Certification: Pediatric Hematology Oncology, American Board of Pediatrics