Christopher Stewart, MD

Christopher C. Stewart, MD, FAAP, is Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF, and Board Certified in child abuse pediatrics. Dr. Stewart received his BA from Yale University in Asian Studies, his MD degree from Harvard University and completed his residency training and a chief residency in pediatrics at UCSF. Dr. Stewart works as a hospitalist and general pediatrician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, the only trauma center and public hospital serving San Francisco County.
Dr. Stewart is a pediatric medical forensic examiner performing forensic medical evaluations for sexual and physical abuse of children for the county of San Francisco. Dr. Stewart runs a child abuse rotation for medical students, as well as residents. He also works at Stanford University and Lucille Packard Childrens Hospital as director of the SCAN (Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect) program.
Dr. Stewart also directed a number of global health education programs at UCSF, and led NIH and Doris Duke funded programs focused on global health education for university health science trainees.
Dr. Stewart has been involved in a number of international projects, including work in Viet Nam for which he was awarded the UCSF Chancellor’s Award for public service in 2004. He has received a number of teaching awards, including the Global Health Education Consortium’s Veljii award in 2009. He has administered training programs in education and in child physical and sexual abuse in international settings, including the Democratic Republic of Congo and on the Syrian border in Turkey.
Education
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Chief Residency, 2000 - Pediatrics, UCSF
Residency, 1999 - Pediatrics, UCSF
MD, 1996 - Medicine, Harvard
BA, 1985 - Asian Studies, Yale
Honors and Awards
  • Selected for membership in the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2015
  • Five of the Best Pediatricians in San Francisco, Parents Magazine, 2012
  • Jane Addams Award for Social Justice, UCSF, 2011
  • The Velji Award for Teaching Excellence in Global Health, Global Health Education Consortium, 2009
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Society election by graduating medical school class, UCSF, 2009
  • Academy of Medical Educators Award for Excellence in Direct Teaching and Curricular Design, UCSF, 2006
  • Chancellor's Award for Public Service, UCSF, 2004

  1. Stewart CC, O'Hara NN, Bzovsky S, Bahney CS, Sprague S, Slobogean GP, Vita-Shock Investigators. Bone turnover markers as surrogates of fracture healing after intramedullary fixation of tibia and femur fractures. 2022. PMID: 35442058


  2. Stewart CC, Berhaneselase E, Morshed S. The Burden of Patients With Lower Limb Amputations in a Community Safety-net Hospital. The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2021. PMID: 34288892


  3. Stewart CC, O'Hara NN, Mascarenhas D, Manson TT, Reahl GB, Connelly D, Baker M, Slobogean GP, O'Toole RV. Predictors of Symptomatic Implant Removal After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Tibial Plateau Fractures: A Retrospective Case-Control Study. Orthopedics 2020. PMID: 32191945


  4. Stewart CC, Brodke DJ, Morshed S. Effect of Surgeon and Hospital Volume on Complications After Operative Tarsal Fracture Repair. Journal of orthopaedic trauma 2019. PMID: 31356444


  5. O'Hara NN, Slobogean GP, Stockton DJ, Stewart CC, Klazinga NS. The socioeconomic impact of a femoral neck fracture on patients aged 18-50: A population-based study. Injury 2019. PMID: 31164220


  6. Stewart CC, Yu L, Wilson RS, Bennett DA, Boyle PA. Healthcare and Financial Decision Making and Incident Adverse Cognitive Outcomes among Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2019. PMID: 30882910


  7. Stewart CC, O'Hara NN, Orwig D, Hochberg MC, Sprague S, Magaziner J, Slobogean GP. Serum 25(OH)D is associated with an altered bone turnover marker response after a hip fracture. 2019. PMID: 30578572


  8. Halvorson RT, Stewart CC, Thakur A, Glantz SA. Scientific Quality of Health-Related Articles in Specialty Cannabis and General Newspapers in San Francisco. Journal of health communication 2018. PMID: 30358488


  9. Chung EK, Atkinson-McEvoy LR, Lai NL, Terry M, Editors.. Visual Diagnosis and Treatment in Pediatrics. Child Physical Abuse Visual Diagnosis and Treatment in Pediatrics. Child Physical Abuse. 2015. PMID:


  10. Nagata JM, Cohen CR, Young SL, Wamuyu C, Armes MN, Otieno BO, Leslie HH, Dandu M, Stewart CC, Bukusi EA, Weiser SD. Descriptive characteristics and health outcomes of the food by prescription nutrition supplementation program for adults living with HIV in Nyanza Province, Kenya. PloS one 2014. PMID: 24646586


  11. Suchdev PS, Shah A, Derby KS, Hall L, Schubert C, Pak-Gorstein S, Howard C, Wagner S, Anspacher M, Staton D, O'Callahan C, Herran M, Arnold L, Stewart CC, Kamat D, Batra M, Gutman J. A proposed model curriculum in global child health for pediatric residents. Academic pediatrics 2012. PMID: 22484282


  12. Cabana MD, Atkinson-McEvoy LR. Pediatric Mentor: Clerkship and Shelf Exam Companion: Chapter 22: Child Abuse Detection Pediatric Mentor: Clerkship and Shelf Exam Companion: Chapter 22: Child Abuse Detection. 2012. PMID:


  13. Hsiang MS, Carlton EJ, Zhang Y, Zhong B, Dongchuan Q, Cohen PA, Stewart CC, Spear RC. Use of ultrasonography to evaluate Schistosoma japonicum-related morbidity in children, Sichuan Province, China, 2000-2007. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2010. PMID: 20065003


  14. Macfarlane SB, Agabian N, Novotny TE, Rutherford GW, Stewart CC, Debas HT. Think globally, act locally, and collaborate internationally: global health sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2008. PMID: 18303363


  15. Zaoutis, L., Chiang, V.. Neurosurgical Issues, Chapter 143 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine. 2007. PMID: