Adj Christina Hajinicolaou

Christina Hajinicolaou is a South African clinician-researcher affiliated with the Wits Transplant Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand and Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre. Her work centers on pediatric hepatology and liver transplantation, with a strong focus on improving access and outcomes in resource-limited settings. She contributes to both local and international collaborative studies in complex pediatric liver disease.

Her research explores pediatric liver transplantation outcomes, acute liver failure, post-transplant infections, and complications such as PTLD and CMV disease. She has examined healthcare disparities between public and private sectors, highlighting inequities in transplant access and infectious risk. Studies on ABO-incompatible transplantation and organ allocation reflect a commitment to expanding the donor pool in organ-constrained environments.

Hajinicolaou has also contributed to major international work on Alagille syndrome, including natural history and long-term therapeutic outcome studies published in leading hepatology journals. Her scholarship integrates clinical insight with rigorous outcomes research, advancing evidence-based care and policy development for children with severe liver disease in South Africa and beyond.