Christine Trapp, MD

Education

Education:
BA, College of the Holy Cross, 2000
MD, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 2005

Residency:
Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2005-2008

Fellowship:
Pediatric Endocrinology, Columbia University Medical Center, 2009-2012

Board Certifications

Faculty Appointment

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Clinical Expertise

Dr. Trapp’s expertise is in general pediatric endocrinology with a special interest in childhood obesity as well as diabetes of all types. She is also involved in clinical research with a focus on childhood obesity and prevention.

Selected Publications

• Trapp CM, Elder RW, Gerken AT, Sopher AB, Lerner S, Aranoff G, and Rosenzweig EB. Pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension and hyperthyroidism: a potentially fatal combination. JCEM  2012; 97:2217-22.

• Trapp CM, Oberfield SE. Recommendations for treatment of nonclassic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NCCAH): an update. Steroids 2012;77:42-6.

• Trapp CM, Levine L, and Oberfield SE. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. In Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide, S. Radovick and M.H. MacGillivray, Eds. 2nd Edition. New York: Springer. Accepted for Publication 2011.

• Trapp CM, Speiser PW, and Oberfield SE. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia: an update in children. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 2011;18:166-70.

• Trapp CM, Tamai J, Schleiss MR. Septic arthritis secondary to fusobacterium necrophorum in a 4-year-old girl: case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2005;24(9): 846-7.