Emily Christison-Lagay

Emily Christison-Lagay, MD, is an Associate Professor of Surgery (Pediatrics) at Yale School of Medicine and serves as Director of Pediatric Trauma and Surgical Director of the Pediatric Thyroid Center. Her clinical expertise spans pediatric surgery, including congenital anomalies, common surgical conditions (hernias, appendicitis), and pediatric solid tumors (neuroblastoma, sarcomas) with a focus on thyroid disease. She is board-certified in Surgery and Pediatric Surgery.

• Education: MD from Harvard Medical School (2002), general surgical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital with research in tumor angiogenesis, pediatric surgical fellowship at Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto), and a "super" fellowship in pediatric surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
• Membership: Children's Oncology Group, International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology, American Thyroid Association Taskforce on Pediatric Thyroid Disease, and founding member of the Child and Adolescent Thyroid Consortium.

Her research focuses on pediatric surgical oncology, trauma outcomes, and thyroid disease management, with recent publications analyzing hepatoblastoma risks in NICU patients, surgical incision techniques, and implementation strategies for trauma prevention. Collaborative work includes multidisciplinary trials and clinical guideline development.