Christopher Baliga
Experienced in COVID-19

Dr. Christopher Baliga

Infectious Disease
CommonSpirit Health
Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 Ninth Avenue, 
Seattle, WA 
Accepting New Patients
Offers Telehealth

Experienced in COVID-19
CommonSpirit Health
Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 Ninth Avenue, 
Seattle, WA 
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Overview

Christopher Baliga, MD, is an infectious disease specialist with medical interests HIV/AIDS, travel and tropical medicine, bone/joint and artificial joint infections, serious blood stream infections, infections in immunocompromised patients, heart infections and multi-drug resistant bacterial infections.Dr. Baliga likes hiking, kayaking, traveling the world, and spending time with family.

Dr. Baliga is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of COVID-19. His top areas of expertise are Mediastinitis, Sepsis, Strep Throat, Infectious Arthritis, and Endoscopy.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 10 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of COVID-19.

Graduate Institution
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India - 2002
Residency
Internal Medicine Residency, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH - 2008
Specialties
Infectious Disease
Licenses
Internal Medicine in WA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Mediicne, Subspecialty Infectious Disease
Fellowships
Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, Senior Fellow, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, ; Research Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - 2005,2010
Hospital Affiliations
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
Call: 206-624-1144

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


10 Total Publications

SHEA/APIC/IDSA/PIDS multisociety position paper: Raising the bar: necessary resources and structure for effective healthcare facility infection prevention and control programs - CORRIGENDUM.
SHEA/APIC/IDSA/PIDS multisociety position paper: Raising the bar: necessary resources and structure for effective healthcare facility infection prevention and control programs - CORRIGENDUM.
Journal: Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Published: September 05, 2025
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