Christina Chan, M.D.

Christina Chan, M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is a neonatologist who also serves as the Associate Division Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at UT Southwestern. Dr. Chan provides clinical and administrative leadership across multiple institutions. She is completing her term as Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Special Care Nursery at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.

Dr. Chan’s previous academic roles include serving as an Assistant Professor of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Stanford University. She was also an attending neonatologist at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and in the NICU at El Camino Health – Mountain View Hospital in California. She joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2017.

Dr. Chan is active in clinical research, with a focus on neonatal respiratory care and surfactant therapy, neonatal quality improvement, and healthcare systems. Throughout her career, Dr. Chan has been recognized for excellence in multiple areas including clinical care and leadership. In 2026, she earned a UT Southwestern PACT Service Award. In 2020, She was named Physician of the Year Honoree, and a Physicians All-Star by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. Dr. Chan was named a Top 5 Projects Awardee in UTSW’s Leadership Emerging in Academic Departments program. In 2019, she was named a Texas Rising Star by the American Registry for Texas Rising Star Doctors.

Dr. Chan completed her bachelor’s in biological sciences from Stanford University. She earned her medical degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, where she also completed both her residency in pediatrics and fellowship training in neonatal-perinatal medicine.

Dr. Chan is an active member of several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, where she has been a Fellow since 2010 and serves as a member of the Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Women in Neonatology. Dr. Chan is a certified Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation (TETAF) neonatal surveyor and TETAF board member. She also recently served as Chair of the Perinatal Committee for North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council Region E.