ChristineReneeBurtonMD

Chief Surgery Resident

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Dr. Christine Burton grew up in Littleton, Colorado. She attended Brigham Young University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Developmental Biology. For medical school, she attended University of Colorado School of Medicine. She remained in Denver for her general surgical residency training at St. Joseph's Hospital, an inner-city community program.
Christine is now applying for further training in endocrine and head and neck surgery. Her career goals include offering specialized surgical care to those with head and neck cancer including thyroid cancer, parathyroid adenoma, salivary gland tumors, oral-pharyngeal cancer, and head and neck melanoma.

University of Colorado School of Medicine Anschutz Medical CampusClass of 2019
Brigham Young UniversityBachelor of Science, Physiology and Developmental Biology, 2011 - 2015

George Packard Award for Outstanding Performance in Surgery University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2015

Abstracts/Posters

Potential benefits and challenges of incorporating near infrared autofluorescence imaging into endocrine surgical practice
Burton C.R., Vanderveen K., Davis-Merritt D., Southwest Surgical Congress, Ojai, CA, 4/2022
Using adenoma weight and volume to predict multi-gland disease in primary hyperparathyroidism
Lee, J. , Albuja-Cruz, M. B., Burton, C. R., Raeburn, C.D., McIntryre, R., Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas, NV, 5/2017
Thymidine Kinase I as a possible therapeutic agent in Burkitt's lymphoma
Burton C.R., American Association for Cancer Research, Washington, DC, 4/2013