Christie W. Gooden, M.D., is a Clinical Lecturer/Fellow in Division of Transplant Surgery, Section of General Surgery. Dr. Gooden received her undergraduate degree in biology from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1998 and went on to receive a dual medical degree and masters of public health in health systems management from Tulane University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans in 2002. Dr. Gooden completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center in 2009. During her residency she was a NIH scholar from 2005-2007, working in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Cardiovascular Transplant Laboratory.

Dr. Gooden's clinical interests include abdominal transplant surgery. Her research interests include extracorporeal photopheresis and long term sequelae of immunosuppression.