Dr. Tina Q. Tan, MD

Expert Publications

• Update on pneumococcal infections of the respiratory tract.
• Pneumococcal infections in children.
• Invasive pneumococcal infections in children with asplenia.
• Antibiotic resistant infections due to Streptococcus pneumoniae: impact on
• Chronic meningitis.
• Update on the use of linezolid: a pediatric perspective.
• The appropriate management of pharyngitis in children and adults.
• Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus infections, Chicago Pediatric Hospital.
• Failure to thrive in Chicago.
• The truth about "the superbug," community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: what the practicing clinician needs to know.
• Fever, rash, and hepatic dysfunction in a 3-year-old child: a case report.
• Procalcitonin in young febrile infants for the detection of serious bacterial
• Pertussis disease in new mothers: effect on young infants and strategies for prevention.
• Serious and invasive pediatric pneumococcal disease: epidemiology and vaccine impact in the USA.
• Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections: can we anticipate the culture result?

Clinical Trials

• Community-Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Colonization in Pregnant Women and Infections in Newborns

Media Releases

Get to know Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Tina Q. Tan, who serves patients in Chicago, Illinois.

An exceptional pediatric infectious disease specialist, Dr. Tan is an attending physician, Medical Director of the Adoption Clinic, Medical Director of the International Patient Services Program, and Co-Director of the Travel Immunization Clinic at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She also serves as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology, research and family-friendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 139-year legacy of excellence, kids and their families are at the center of all they do.

Educated in the United States, Dr. Tan earned her medical degree from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in 1988. She then went on to complete her residency in pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine in 1991, followed by a fellowship in pediatric infectious disease at the same educational venue in 1994.

Passionate about her profession, the doctor is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). The mission of the ABP is to advance child health by certifying pediatricians who meet standards of excellence and are committed to continuous learning and improvement.

Holding membership status, she is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Society for Microbiology, the Chicago Infectious Diseases Society, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends individuals be under pediatric care up to the age of 21. Pediatric infectious diseases specialists treat a wide range of infectious and immunologic diseases such as those caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.

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