MEDICAID NOTICE: Lurie Children’s continues to serve all patients enrolled in Medicaid. As a safety-net hospital, we will continue providing high-quality care to every child who needs us.

AVISO SOBRE MEDICAID: Lurie Children’s continúa atendiendo a todos los pacientes inscritos en Medicaid. Como hospital perteneciente a la red de protección social, continuaremos brindando atención de alta calidad a cada niño que nos necesite.

Christy Del Salto, APRN-NP, FNP-BC

Advanced Practice Nurse, Interventional Cardiology

Languages:
English
Spanish

Location

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

225 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60611

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About

Christy was born in Quito, Ecuador and moved to the Chicagoland area when she was 8 years old. She completed her bachelor’s degree in nursing at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She returned to Chicago to start her nursing career at Loyola University Medical Center in the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Intensive Care Unit. She then transitioned to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the University of Chicago where she worked for 5 years. Christy completed her graduate education at Loyola University where she earned a master’s degree in nursing and became a Family Nurse Practitioner. She joined the heart transplant team at Lurie Children’s Hospital and later transitioned to the cardiac catherization lab in 2018.

Clinical Interests

​Pediatric Heart Failure and Heart Transplant

Education & Training

Education: Master of Science in Nursing, Loyola University, 2014; Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Calvin College, 2008

Board Certifications: Family Nurse Practitioner

Professional Organizations: American Nurses Credentialing Center