Christopher Ryan Longnecker M.D.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
1102 W 32nd St Suite 300 Joplin MO, 64804About
Dr. Christopher Longnecker is a critical care surgeon practicing in Joplin, MO. Dr. Longnecker 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. Longnecker has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
Education and Training
University of Pennsylvania, PA 2001
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Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Swelling
- Vascular Disease
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