Krista Jo Childress MD

Dr. Krista Childress is an Associate Professor in Obstetrics & Gynecology and a fellowship-trained Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecologist. Dr. Childress completed her Bachelor of Science at the University of Iowa and her MD at the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, IL. She completed her Obstetrics & Gynecology residency at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL followed by her Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.

After fellowship, she started the first Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology program at Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) in Atlanta, GA. During her 5 years in Atlanta, she served as Director of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology at Emory, Co-Director of the Differences of Sex Development (DSD) program at CHOA, lead of the Emory OB-GYN pediatric gynecology resident rotation, and was involved in various multidisciplinary clinics including pelvic and anorectal malformations, bleeding disorders, bone marrow transplant survivorship, and DSD clinic.

She serves on committees and boards for various specialty societies and pediatric gynecology special interest groups including the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, AAGL, Oncofertility Consortium, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium, and North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. In 2022, she enthusiastically joined the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital faculty as one of two fellowship-trained Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecologists in the state of Utah.

While Dr. Childress has special academic and research interests in fertility preservation, complex anomalies of the reproductive tract and complex pelvic malformations, ovarian masses, and minimally invasive surgery, Dr. Childress enjoys caring for all pediatric and adolescent gynecology conditions including medical and surgical: abnormal uterine bleeding, pelvic pain, pediatric vulvar complaints, ovarian masses, reproductive tract anomalies, pediatric endocrine disorders (precocious puberty, delayed puberty, primary ovarian insufficiency or failure, polycystic ovary syndrome), contraceptive counseling, fertility preservation for oncologic and non-oncologic conditions, differences of sex development (DSD), and gender-affirming care. Her clinical research focuses on quality improvement within the field of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology including management of ovarian masses, adnexal torsion, complex reproductive tract anomalies, and improvement in peri-operative surgical care with enhanced recovery after surgery protocols.