Christine M. Leeper, MD MS

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine
  • Associate Director, Trauma and Transfusion Medicine Research Center
  • Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, UPMC

Dr. Leeper is an Assistant Professor of Surgery, and an attending surgeon in the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.  She holds secondary appointments in the Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Division of Pediatric Surgery at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and the Department of Veteran’s Affairs.  Dr. Leeper runs a clinical and translational research program focused on pediatric trauma, transfusion practice and trauma-induced coagulopathy following injury.

Education & Training

  • BS, Duke Univsersity
  • MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • General Surgery Residency, UPMC
  • MSc, University of Pittsburgh Institute for Clinical Research Education
  • Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, UPMC

Representative Publications

Dr. Leeper's publications can be reviewed on PubMed

Research Interests

  • Pediatric Trauma
  • Pediatric and adult trauma-induced coagulopathy
  • Pediatric and adult transfusion practice
  • Clinical outcomes in trauma/hemorrhagic shock
  • Clinical outcomes in massive transfusion