Contact
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics
75 Francis Street
Boston,
MA
02115
Phone:
(617) 732-7739
About Helen A. Christou, MD
Gender
Female
Leadership Title
Vice Chair, BWH Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Newborn Medicine
Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Newborn Medicine
Specialties
Pediatric Medicine
Clinical Interests
extreme prematurity
neonatal infectious disease
neonatology
newborn lung disorders
newborn screening
premature birth
Bio
Dr. Christou is the Vice Chair, BWH Pediatrics and Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Newborn Medicine. Dr. Christou previously served as Vice Chair of Research, Education, and Academic Faculty Affairs for our department. Her clinical research focus is on Pulmonary Hypertension and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in the NICU and she directs federally funded research in her lab at the Thorn Research Building of BWH. Dr. Christou is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.
Education
Medical School
Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1982 - 1988
Board Certifications
Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine, 1995
Fellowship
Children's Hospital Boston, 1992 - 1996
