Dr. Christopher John Colombo M.D.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER 9040 JACKSON AVE TACOMA WA, 98431About
Dr. Christopher Colombo is a critical care surgeon practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Colombo 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. Colombo 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
Eastern Virginia Medical School 2002
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
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