Dr. Christopher John Combs M.D.
Orthopedist
5750 Downey Ave Suite 308 Lakewood CA, 90712About
Dr. Christopher Combs is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Lakewood, CA. Dr. Combs specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Combs tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 2001
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Theories of group intervention.
- Impression management or real change? Reports of depressive symptoms before and after the preoperative psychological evaluation for bariatric surgery.
- Psychotherapy Training: Residents' Perceptions and Experiences.
- Use and characterization of personal psychotherapy by psychiatry residents.
- Psychiatry Resident Quality of Life.
- Gender role orientation as a correlate of perceived health, health behavior, and qualitative well-being in older women.
Treatments
- Trauma, Spinal Pain, Joint Reconstruction And More
- Trigger Finger
- Torn Meniscus
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Back Pain
- Acl Tear
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Rotator Cuff Tear
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
Professional Memberships
- Member MemorialCare Physician Society
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A doctor who listens.
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