- Dr. Brent J Christensen, MD
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Dr. Brent J Christensen, MD
General Surgery - Utah, Salt Lake City
Overview
Dr. Brent J Christensen, MD works in Salt Lake City, Utah is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated St Joseph Hospital in 1989. Dr. Christensen is affiliated with Intermountain Medical Center, Lds Hospital and practicing for 39 years
Specialties
- General Surgery
Conditions
• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Charcot Reconstruction
• Chronic Renal Insufficiency
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Cupping Therapy
• Descemet's Stripping With Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
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• Dystonia 7, Torsion
• Exercise Management
• Fear of Getting Married
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Genetic Testing
• Glaucoma - Ectopia Microspherophakia - Stiff Joints - Short Stature
• Herpes Simplex Virus Antenatal Infection
• Hypochondriasis
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Joint Fluid Test
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Memory Disorders
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Neurological Muscle Weakness
• Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
• Optic Ataxia
• Photosensitivity
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Retrograde Pyetograms
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Skin Infections
• Skin Lesion
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Thoracoscopy
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
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Procedures
• Abdominal Pain• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anal Fissure
• Anorectal Abscess
• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Appendicitis
• Atelectasis
• Biliary Atresia
• Breast Cancer
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• Breast Lump
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak (CSF Leak)
• Cholecystitis and Gallstones
• Colectomy
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Colorectal Cancer
• Crohn's Disease (Regional Enteritis)
• Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
• Diverticulum of Esophagus
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open)
• Esophageal Cancer
• Esophageal Fistula
• Esophagomyotomy
• Excision of Breast Tumor
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Hemorrhoids
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Incisional Hernia
• Incisional Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Intestinal Abscess
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Lipomas
• Liver Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Mastectomy
• Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Paraesophageal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Peripheral Arterial Aneurysm and Dissection
• Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD, PVD)
• Pleural Effusion
• Proctectomy, Open or Laparoscopic (incl. Swenson and Duhamel Procedures)
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy)
• Removal or Destruction of Rectal or Intestinal Tumor (incl. Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and Control of Hemorrhage)
• Rib Fracture
• Secondary Malignancies
• Splenectomy
• Splenectomy and Splenorrhaphy
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Thoracentesis
• Tracheal Surgery
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Umbilical Hernia
• Umbilical or Ventral Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Varicose Veins
• Ventral Hernia
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 39
State License
- Utah
Education & Training
Residency Hospital
St Joseph Hospital
Year completed: 1989
Year completed: 1989
Medical School
University Of Utah School Of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Graduated: 1984
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Graduated: 1984
Awards
1 ACS
2 AMA
3 SAGES
4 SLS
5 SWSC
6 UMA
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Office Locations
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Office Address
324 10th Avenue
Utah (UT)
Salt Lake City
84103
Phone:(801) 408-7660
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
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- Aetna
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Humana
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Lds Hospital
324 8th Avenue
Utah UT,
Salt Lake City,
84143
Lds Hospital is a hospital located in Salt Lake City, UT. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are above the state average in 4 of 9 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 2 of 9 procedures.
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