
Joani M. Christensen, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
To request an appointment with Dr. Christensen, please call (314) 362-7388 or request an appointment online.
Overview
Patients Seen
Adults
Specialties
- Cancer and breast reconstruction
- Lymphatic surgery
- Limb salvage
- General reconstruction
Common conditions treated
- Absence of breast after mastectomy
- Lymphedema
- Mohs surgery
- Traumatic injury
Education
Medical School
2014 Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
Residency
2020 Plastic Surgery, Harvard Combined Plastic Surgery Residency Program, Boston, Mass.
Fellowship
2021, Microvascular Reconstruction, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Memberships
- American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
- Association for Academic Surgery
- American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation Candidate Member
- The International Society for Optics and Photonics
- American College of Surgeons
- Association of Women Surgeons
- American Medical Association
- American Medical Women’s Association
Research
- Lymphedema surgery
- Breast reconstruction
- Lower-extremity reconstruction
- Patient-reported outcomes