Biography
Dr. Christina (Chris) Cirucci is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist who has worked for 20 years in private practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received her BS in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech and after working for seven years for Westinghouse in the field of nuclear power, she pursued a career in medicine. Dr. Cirucci earned her MD from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and completed her OB-GYN residency at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. She also received a Certificate in Biblical Studies from Columbia International University, Columbia, South Carolina. Chris is a member of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is also a NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner (NCMP) with the North American Menopause Society. Chris’s real passion is volunteering her medical skills overseas in underdeveloped countries. She’s worked in hospitals in Gabon, Ghana, Pakistan, and Bangladesh (the place closest to her heart), where she has served six times.
In addition to her medical mission work, Dr. Cirucci has a passion for defending the life of the unborn. She has become more involved in this work in the past five years and has published peer-reviewed articles on chemical abortion. She serves as Chair of the Board for the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is also an associate scholar with the Charlotte Lozier Institute and a Colson Fellow.
Chris lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she is involved in her local church. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with friends, studying apologetics and cultural issues, walking, reading, and traveling.