IMFH | About Us | Our Team | Maternal-Fetal Health Team | Tracy Cannon Grikscheit, MD
Dr. Grikscheit is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Southern California, as well as an Attending Surgeon at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry. She later attended the Columbia College of Physicians, where she earned her medical degree.
She completed her training in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. During that time she worked with Joseph P. Vacanti in the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Organ Fabrication. Her research, centering on engineered solutions for congenital and acquired intestinal deficits has been reported in numerous peer-review journals and national and international presentations.
Dr. Grikscheit completed her surgical training with a pediatric surgery fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center before joining CHLA. Dr. Grikscheit is a clinical attending surgeon of pediatric surgery as well as a primary investigator at the Saban Research Institute, continuing her work in tissue engineering and the role of stem cells in development. She has an interest in early developmental biology and is a member of the IMFH team providing fetal consultation.
