Christopher C. Stewart, MD, FAAP, is a Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF, and board certified in child abuse pediatrics.  Dr. Stewart received his BA from Yale, his MD degree from Harvard University and completed his residency training in pediatrics at UCSF.  He is a pediatric hospitalist at San Francisco's only trauma center, is director of the Stanford/LPCH, and UCSF Mission Bay Children’s Hospital Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) Teams.   He is a member of the Ray Helfer Society, an honorary society of physicians seeking to provide leadership to enhance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of child abuse and neglect.  Dr. Stewart has also been PI on several federally and state funded international research training grants.  Dr. Stewart has been involved in many international projects, for which he was awarded the UCSF Chancellor’s Award for public service, has received a number of teaching awards, and has provided lectures and training in international settings, including training in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and recently to Syrian doctors documenting torture cases.  He has presented several workshops on anti-racist strategies for child abuse response.