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Christina Gainey, MD, Gastroenterology, Chapel Hill, NC

ChristinaGaineyMD

Gastroenterology Chapel Hill, NC

UNC Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellow

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Education & Training

  • University of North Carolina Hospitals
    University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2023 - 2026
  • University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center
    University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2018 - 2021
  • Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
    Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 2018
  • Duke University
    Duke UniversityBA, Public Policy, 2008 - 2012

Certifications & Licensure

  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 2021 - 2024
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2019 - 2021
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • AASLD Early Career Investigator Award in Clinical/Translational Sciences AASLD, 2020
  • Innovation Challenge Semi-Finalist American College of Physicians, 2019
  • Excellence in Primary Care Award LAC+USC Internal Medicine, 2019
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Diagnosis of Focal Nodular Hyperplasia (FNH) After Liver Transplantation  
    Gainey CS, Palmer SL, Mena E, Kaur N, Gong Y, Kahn JK, Case Reports in Transplantation., 9/17/2020
  • Special Section on Laser Applications in Life Sciences: Comparing in vivo pump–probe and multiphoton fluorescence microscopy of melanoma and pigmented lesions  
    Jesse W Wilson, Simone Degan, Christina S Gainey, Tanya Mitropoulos, Mary Jane Simpson, Jennifer Y Zhang, Warren S Warren, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 5/2015
  • In vivo pump-probe microscopy of melanoma: characterizing shifts in excited state photodynamics with respect to invasiveness  
    Jesse W Wilson, Simone Degan, Christina S Gainey, Sanghamitra Deb, Christopher P Dall, Yasmine Tameze-Rivas, Jennifer Zhang, Warren S Warren, SPIE BiOS, International Society for Optics and Photonics, 3/3/2015
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Striking Rural-Urban Disparities in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Trends in the United States, 1995-2016
    Christina S. Gainey MD, Kali Zhou MD, Norah Terrault MD, MPH, FAASLD, AASLD 2020 Oral Presentation, The Liver Meeting Digital Experience, 11/16/2020
  • Can Targeted Coaching Improve Emergency Medicine Residents’ Skill and Satisfaction with the EMR
    Briggs A, Gainey CS, Gruber P, Innovations in Medical Education Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2/15/2020
  • An Interim Analysis of a Patient Navigation Program (PNP) to Improve Colonoscopy Access After Abnormal FIT
    Idos G, Haghighat S, Gainey CS, Shen S, Mulgonkar A, Herman D, Bonner J, Dea S, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 10/2019

Other

Press Mentions

  • Study Reveals Rates of the Most Common Form of Liver Cancer Are Rising in Rural Areas While Slowing in Urban Areas
    Study Reveals Rates of the Most Common Form of Liver Cancer Are Rising in Rural Areas While Slowing in Urban AreasSeptember 16th, 2021
  • Rural, Urban Disparities Seen for New Liver Cancer Cases
    Rural, Urban Disparities Seen for New Liver Cancer CasesNovember 25th, 2020
  • New Cases of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Disproportionately Affecting Americans in Rural Areas New Study Shows
    New Cases of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Disproportionately Affecting Americans in Rural Areas New Study ShowsNovember 10th, 2020

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Chinese (Mandarin), Spanish