Dr. Christopher J Pizzo M.D.
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
1024 Central Park Drive Steamboat Springs CO, 80487About
Dr. Christopher Pizzo is a pathologist practicing in Steamboat Springs, CO. Dr. Pizzo is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Pizzo can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Pizzo may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
In Univ Sch of Med, Indianapolis In 1976
Board Certification
PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Immunodiffusion assay of C1 inhibitor function in serum: prospective analysis in angioedema-urticaria.
- Pulmonary gas exchange on the summit of Mount Everest.
- Maximal exercise at extreme altitudes on Mount Everest.
- Use of contact lenses on mountaineering expeditions.
- Barometric pressures at extreme altitudes on Mt. Everest: physiological significance.
- Type I glycogen storage disease with focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver and vasoconstrictive pulmonary hypertension.
- Human physiology on the summit of Mount Everest.
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