Dr. Roger Anthony Christensen D.O.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
5025 E 1st St #7 Long Beach CA, 90803Rating
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Dr. Roger Christensen is a critical care surgeon practicing in Long Beach, CA. Dr. Christensen specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Christensen has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
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