Dr. Childress joined Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in 2024 to serve as the Co-Director of the Comprehensive Fertility Care and Preservation Program and Fellowship Director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Fellowship Program. She completed her OB GYN residency training at Northwestern University in Chicago, followed by Fellowship in Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital. After fellowship she started the first Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Program at Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) in Atlanta, GA where she practice for 5 years, followed by a 2-year faculty position as Co-Director of the Fertility Program at Primary Children’s Hospital. She has been involved in various multidisciplinary clinics, including care for pelvic and anorectal malformations, bleeding disorders, bone marrow transplant survivorship and a DSD clinic throughout her career. She serves on committees and boards for various specialty societies and pediatric gynecology special interest groups, including the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL), Oncofertility Consortium, Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium and North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG). She currently serves as president of the NASPAG. She has academic and research interests in fertility preservation, complex differences of the reproductive tract, complex pelvic malformations, ovarian masses and minimally invasive surgery.