Neal P. Christiansen, MD, is a member of Northwestern Medical Group serving as a Health Service Clinician in Hematology and Oncology at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest, Illinois, and at Grayslake Cancer Center. Previously, Dr. Christiansen was an Associate Professor and Fellowship Program Director at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C., from 2009–2014.
Dr. Christiansen has been active in academic medicine with faculty positions at the University of Minnesota, University of Tennessee – Memphis, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, S.C. He also was in private practice from 1999–2009 with South Carolina Oncology Associates, P.A. in Columbia. His interests and research through his career has included stem cell transplantation; immunotherapy; leukemia; myeloma; solid tumor oncology including breast, lung and pancreas; and health disparity. Post-graduate education and patient education have also been a major focus.
Dr. Christiansen earned his MD degree at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Michael Reese Hospital and Clinic in Chicago, followed by fellowship in Medical Oncology at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.