Dr. Christensen received his medical degree from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. His orthopaedic residency was completed at the University of Utah, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. After residency, Dr. Christensen completed a fellowship in Hand and Microvascular Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, as well as a fellowship in Open and Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery with Dr. Laurent Lafosse at the Alps Surgery Institute in Annecy, France.

Dr. Christensen specializes in shoulder, elbow and hand disorders, injuries, reconstruction, and microvascular surgery. Dr. Christensen is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.  He began practicing at the Reno Orthopaedic Clinic in 2013.