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Dr. Thomas James Christensen, MD

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Specializes in: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery and Hand Surgery

University of Southern California (USC), Keck School of Medicine (2007)

555 N Arlington Avenue
Reno, NV 89503

(775) 786-3040

Dr. Thomas James Christensen, MD is an orthopedist in Reno, NV specializing in orthopedics/orthopedic surgery and hand surgery. He graduated from University of Southern California (USC), Keck School of Medicine in 2007 and has 17 years of experience. Dr. Thomas James Christensen, MD is affiliated with Saint Mary's Health Network and RENO ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC INC.

Office Locations

Address:

555 N Arlington Avenue
Reno, NV 89503

doctor visit	139
emergency care	10
hospital care	31
injections	24
inpatient care	31

**Gender**
Male	76
Female	97

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	156
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	75
From 75 to 84	52
85 and over	15
Less than 65	31

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	48
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	28
Dementia	12
Cancer	9

aspiration	21
decompression surgery	12
doctor visit	255
hospital care	56
immobilization	14
injections	41
inpatient care	56
nerve procedures	13
open surgery	11
pelvic imaging	20
upper extremity surgery	1
X-rays	18

**Gender**
Male	119
Female	168

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	264
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	136
From 75 to 84	71
85 and over	31
Less than 65	49

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	16
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	23
Dementia	11
Cancer	8

aspiration	56
decompression surgery	23
doctor visit	621
hip imaging	19
hospital care	75
immobilization	20
injections	138
inpatient care	75
joint surgery	8
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	24
musculoskeletal imaging	42
nerve procedures	24
open surgery	34
pelvic imaging	24
reconstructive surgery	13
tendon surgery	39
transplant procedures	12
upper extremity surgery	72
X-rays	42

**Gender**
Male	410
Female	598

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	890
Black	0
Hispanic	56
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	534
From 75 to 84	220
85 and over	112
Less than 65	142

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	21
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	28
Dementia	13
Cancer	8

aspiration	75
closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture	10
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	14
decompression surgery	24
doctor visit	611
excision	12
hospital care	61
injections	100
inpatient care	61
joint surgery	50
minimally invasive procedures	39
nerve procedures	25
open surgery	34
reconstructive surgery	11
tendon surgery	26
upper extremity surgery	102

**Gender**
Male	185
Female	329

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	465
Black	13
Hispanic	19
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	265
From 75 to 84	141
85 and over	34
Less than 65	74

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	18
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	26
Dementia	13
Cancer	8

aspiration	101
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	15
decompression surgery	31
doctor visit	686
excision	13
hospital care	47
immobilization	46
injections	142
inpatient care	47
joint surgery	91
minimally invasive procedures	55
musculoskeletal imaging	23
nerve procedures	32
open surgery	45
reconstructive surgery	36
tendon surgery	53
transplant procedures	11
upper extremity surgery	162
X-rays	23

**Gender**
Male	254
Female	314

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	507
Black	0
Hispanic	23
Asian	0
Other	14
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	289
From 75 to 84	150
85 and over	50
Less than 65	79

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	27
Dementia	11
Cancer	8

aspiration	139
decompression surgery	44
doctor visit	618
hospital care	45
immobilization	34
injections	175
inpatient care	45
joint surgery	41
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	29
musculoskeletal imaging	64
nerve procedures	45
open surgery	61
reconstructive surgery	46
tendon surgery	25
transplant procedures	11
upper extremity surgery	112
X-rays	34

**Gender**
Male	210
Female	291

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	435
Black	0
Hispanic	37
Asian	0
Other	12
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	267
From 75 to 84	141
85 and over	43
Less than 65	50

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	26
Dementia	11
Cancer	11

aspiration	110
blood draw	13
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	19
decompression surgery	66
doctor visit	788
excision	15
fracture surgery	11
hospital care	88
immobilization	43
implant removal	12
injections	152
inpatient care	88
joint surgery	133
lower extremity surgery	11
minimally invasive procedures	83
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	35
musculoskeletal imaging	33
nerve procedures	47
open surgery	64
reconstructive surgery	50
tendon surgery	79
transplant procedures	19
upper extremity surgery	241

**Gender**
Male	293
Female	393

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	621
Black	0
Hispanic	30
Asian	0
Other	16
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	365
From 75 to 84	209
85 and over	56
Less than 65	56

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	22
Dementia	10
Cancer	10

aspiration	125
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	12
decompression surgery	43
doctor visit	666
excision	10
hospital care	43
immobilization	16
injections	166
inpatient care	43
joint surgery	95
minimally invasive procedures	44
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	72
musculoskeletal imaging	70
nerve procedures	31
open surgery	61
reconstructive surgery	51
tendon surgery	77
transplant procedures	15
upper extremity surgery	192

**Gender**
Male	229
Female	304

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	481
Black	0
Hispanic	27
Asian	0
Other	13
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	269
From 75 to 84	184
85 and over	39
Less than 65	41

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	21
Dementia	8
Cancer	6

aspiration	285
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	17
decompression surgery	89
doctor visit	1605
excision	30
hospital care	130
immobilization	46
injections	427
inpatient care	130
joint surgery	200
minimally invasive procedures	107
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	136
musculoskeletal imaging	134
nerve procedures	58
open surgery	159
reconstructive surgery	93
tendon surgery	169
transplant procedures	13
upper extremity surgery	414

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2013 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Thomas James Christensen, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Thomas James Christensen, MD treated as an orthopedist in Reno, NV were upper extremity surgery, injections, aspiration and joint surgery.

aspiration	114
blood draw	13
closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture	10
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	15
decompression surgery	42
doctor visit	667
emergency care	10
excision	16
fracture surgery	11
hip imaging	19
hospital care	64
immobilization	31
implant removal	12
injections	153
inpatient care	64
joint surgery	90
lower extremity surgery	11
minimally invasive procedures	66
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	59
musculoskeletal imaging	62
nerve procedures	34
open surgery	59
pelvic imaging	22
reconstructive surgery	43
tendon surgery	69
transplant procedures	14
upper extremity surgery	167
X-rays	31

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2013 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas James Christensen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	177
Female	249

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	1
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	381
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	19
Other	5

**Age**
75 to 84	116
85 and over	38
Less than 65	52
65 to 74	220

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas James Christensen, MD From 2013 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Thomas James Christensen, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	49
High Cholesterol	44
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	20
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	7
Osteoporosis	7
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	20
Atrial Fibrillation	7
Cancer	6
Dementia	8

Education & Training

Dr. Thomas James Christensen, MD graduated from University of Southern California (USC), Keck School of Medicine in 2007. He has a state license in Nevada.

Medical School: University of Southern California (USC), Keck School of Medicine (2007)

Licensed In: Nevada

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Thomas James Christensen, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Saint Mary's Health Network

RENO ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC INC

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Thomas James Christensen, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Integra LifeSciences Corporation	$18,786 External Fixation System $7,525	Titan-Shoulder $4,937	Pyro MCP $4,179	Freedom Wrist $1,351	Reverse Shoulder $621	Other $173
TriMed, Inc.	$15,515 $15,515
AXOGEN	$2,303 AxoGuard Nerve Protector $1,693	AxoGuard Nerve Connector $277	AVANCE NERVE GRAFT $233	AxoTouch $99
Tornier, Inc.	$1,448 UE - Aequalis IM Nail $1,121	UE - Aequalis Ascend Flex $327
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.	$819 Extremities $742	Knee $77
Other	$657 Zilretta $138	XIAFLEX $125	Archer R1 Reverse Shoulder System $77	Catalyst Total CSR $62	Joint Implants $50	Other $205

**Types of Payments**
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$14,250
Travel and Lodging	$12,086
Food and Beverage	$7,806
Consulting Fee	$3,375
Honoraria	$1,750
Other	$261

Biography

Dr. Thomas Christensen's specialties are hand surgery and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. Dr. Christensen studied medicine at the University of Southern California (USC), Keck School of Medicine. His professional affiliations include Saint Mary's Health Network and Renown Health.

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