Christy M. Dunst, MD, FACS

Dr. Christy M. Dunst is a practicing esophageal surgical specialist with the Center for Advanced Surgery at The Oregon Clinic in Portland, Oregon. She joined the multi-specialty group after completing the Thoracic Foregut Fellowship at University of Southern California in 2006 under Dr. Tom DeMeester. She has been the Program Director for the Providence Portland Medical Center Advanced GI-Foregut Clinical Surgery Fellowship since 2018 and is a board member of the Fellowship Council. Dr. Dunst graduated from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado and completed general surgery residency training at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Since 2011, she has been the Executive Director of The Foundation for Surgical Innovation and Education (tFSIE.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of surgery through education and invention. Dr. Dunst is an active member of several organizations, including the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. In addition, she is a founding member and active board member of the American Foregut Society. Dr. Dunst’s area of research focuses on mentoring surgical fellows in all aspects of disorders of the esophagus.