Strong Regional Burn Center

Burn Team

Christopher Lentz, M.D.

Director of the Strong Regional Burn Center, Dr. Lentz is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Division of General Surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Lentz received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, and was a resident at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Dr. Lentz completed several fellowships in trauma and burn surgery at such institutions as Shriner's Burns Institute at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Previously, he was director of the George David Peak Memorial Burn Center at the University of Missouri Health Science Center. He gained much of his clinical experience serving in the United States Air Force Medical Corps, where he worked in various trauma facilities at such military bases as Lackland and Ft. Sam Houston, both in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Lentz is certified by the American Board of Surgery. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American Burn Association, and the International Society for Burn Injuries. His interested include comprehensive acute burn care and reconstruction for adults and children, trauma surgery, emergency general surgery and respiratory failure.

Contact

Dr. Christopher Lentz
Strong Regional Burn Center
601 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone: 585-275-2876