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Office
1441 N 12th St
Fl 2
Phoenix, AZ 85006Phone+1 602-521-3050Fax+1 602-521-3046
Summary
- Dr. Lovato is a Bariatric and General Surgeon at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix and Assistant Professor of Surgery at University of Arizona Phoenix College of Medicine. She performs a variety of bariatric procedures including sleeve gastrectomy, roux-en-y gastric bypass and duodenal switch as well as bariatric revision procedures as well as general surgery procedures. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and she is the AZ star for access to care for ASMBS. She focuses on access to care and advancement of obesity medicine.
Education & Training
Creighton University School of Medicine/St Joseph's Medical Center (Phoenix)Residency, Surgery, 2009 - 2014
University of New Mexico School of MedicineInternship, Preliminary Year, 2008 - 2009- University of New Mexico School of MedicineClass of 2008
University of Colorado BoulderBS, Psychology, 1998 - 2003
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2013 - Present
AZ State Medical License 2015 - 2026
NM State Medical License 2008 - 2009- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Nurses Day 2020 Friend of Nursing BUMCP, 2020
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Cardiogenic Shock And Heart Failure.Laurel Gieseke, Morgan Vonasek, Christine Lovato, Farah Husain, MacKenzie Landin
Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. Part A. 2024-09-01
Press Mentions
Phoenix Top Docs 2020October 8th, 2020
Science of being HangryOctober 8th, 2020
Do spicy foods cool you down on hot days?October 8th, 2020
Committees
- Member, Promotions and Tenure Committee UofAZ COMP 2019 - Present
- Member, Robotic Committee BUMCP 2018 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric SurgeryFellow
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic SurgeonsMember
- The Obesity SocietyMember
- Obesity Action CoalitionMember
- International Federation for the Surgery of ObesityMember
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