Location information
Hospital address
Westchester Medical Center 100 Woods Road Maria Fareri Childrens Hospital Roo C1119 Valhalla New York 10595 United States of America
Hospital type
University-affiliated
Hospital description
Third-Level Hospital (Referral)
Hospital website
https://www.westchestermedicalcenter.org/physician-locator/2c0a6ebd-b801-4a5c-b808-4101cbe07bdd
This is a teaching hospital
Description
Dr. Christa Grant obtained her undergraduate degree in biological sciences at City University of New York (CUNY) Herbert H. Lehman College, Bronx NY. She went on to complete her medical degree in Brooklyn, NY at State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center in 2009, becoming the first doctor in her family. She completed her internship and residency in General Surgery at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington DC in 2016, and fellowship training in Pediatric Surgery at Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 2018.
Dr. Grant is a clinical Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. She practices General Pediatric Surgery at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY where she is the director of Pediatric Surgical Oncology and one of the Associate Program Directors of the General Surgery Residency Program. Her clinical and research interests are in solid tumor oncology, particularly neuroblastoma biology and treatment. Her previous research includes stem cell based intestinal tissue engineering and the tumor microenvironment in Neuroblastoma.
She has a passion for Global Surgery and has traveled to Kenya, Peru and Haiti several times with surgical teams to teach and perform surgery. Inspired by her upbringing in Jamaica and the idealist view that health equity is possible, her long-term goal is to contribute globally to curriculum development, education, and skills training in Pediatric Surgical Oncology.
Member information
Name
Christa Grant
Member type
Individual independent practitioner
Specialty
General Surgeon
Subspecialties
- Paediatric
Languages spoken
- English
Professional affiliations / memberships
- AAP
- APSA
- SIOP
- JPS
- IPSO
- COG
- Other
Other membership organisations
ACS, SBAS, AWS, AAS, GICS, SUS
Social profiles
Conditions treated
- Breast
- Benign breast disease
- Breast infections
- Gastrointestinal
- Volvulus
- Bowel Obstruction (parasitic, adhesive, mass)
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Appendicitis
- Stomas – colostomies / ileostomies
- Endocrine
- Adrenal
- Hepatobiliary
- Liver disease benign
- Cholelithiasis/choledocholithiasis
- Paediatric
- Tracheo-esophageal fistula
- Newborn intestinal atresias
- Ano-rectal malformations
- Hirschsprung’s Disease
- Tumors (Wilms’, neuroblastoma, hepatoblastoma)
- Pectus excavatum
- Head and neck anomalies
- Abdominal wall defects (gastroschisis, omphalocoele)
- Biliary atresia/choledochal cysts
- Congenital pulmonary airway malformations
- Vascular anomalies
- Ability to do the following procedures
- Ultrasound or CT-guided drain placement
- Ultrasound or CT-guided needle biopsy
Equipment used
- Minimally invasive surgery (MIS)
- Single port surgery
- Harmonic scalpel
- Other energy sealing devices
- Wound protectors
- Straight stapling devices
- End-to-end anastomosis (EEA) circular stapler
- Vacuum assisted closure device
- Temporary abdominal wound closure
- Synthetic or biologic patches/mesh
- Gastroschisis springloaded silos
- Stimulator for anorectal malformation (ARM) procedures
- Ultrasound
- Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST)
- Central venous catheters
