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James A. Christon MD

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  • Pulmonology
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Sleep Medicine - Internal Medicine
Biography

James Christon, MD, has been practicing since 1995 and in Eugene since 2005 with a focus on sleep and ventilatory disorders.

He earned his undergraduate and doctor of medicine from Northwestern University Medical School. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Illinois, Chicago, where he also completed his fellowship in respiratory and critical care medicine, which included a year of sleep medicine and serving as chief fellow. He is board certified in pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine and sleep medicine. In his clinic he manages the entire spectrum of pulmonary and sleep medicine.

He served as medical director of the Sacred Heart Sleep Lab and currently serves as the medical director of respiratory care at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.

He’s always been fascinated by sleep. “People underestimate the importance of sleep,” he said. “As a sleep doctor, I have to incorporate everything about the patient. I need to know the whole person: what medicines they take, what their daytime schedule including work and play is, what their 24-hour sleep patterns are.”

Obstructive sleep apnea is thought to affect close to 25 percent of the population, and treatment of this is the first step to improved sleep.

He is married with three grown children, along with two golden retrievers and an angry schipperke. He is an avid swimmer.

Education
  • University of Illinois at Chicago-GME
  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Degree: Doctor of Medicine (MD)
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
Insurance Accepted
  • ATRIO Health Plans
  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • Devoted Health
  • First Choice Health Network
  • Health Net Federal Services
  • Health Net of Oregon
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Medicaid Oregon Health Plan
  • Medicare
  • Moda Health
  • Multiplan Network
  • Pacific Medical Centers
  • PacificSource Health Plans
  • Providence Health Plan (PPO)
  • Provider Network of America
  • Regence - Oregon & Washington
  • Samaritan Health Plan
  • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
  • United Healthcare

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