She specializes in fracture care as well as pediatric and young adult sports medicine injuries, including disorders of the hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, and elbow. Dr. Christino is originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She was a Division 1 college athlete at Harvard University, where she was the women’s lacrosse leading scorer and helped lead the team to an ECAC championship in 2002. While at Harvard, she majored in psychology and became particularly interested in how attitudes can affect performance, and she incorporates these concepts into her surgical practice today. She graduated from Harvard with magna cum laude honors, and joined the Harvard staff as an assistant women’s lacrosse coach for two additional seasons, prior to beginning her medical training.