{"id":278228,"date":"2026-03-31T12:45:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/doctors\/christopher-tanga-do\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T05:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:01:45","slug":"christopher-tanga-do","status":"publish","type":"doctors","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/christopher-tanga-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Tanga DO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<p>Christopher F. Tanga obteve a sua licenciatura em medicina na West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine em Lewisburg, West Virginia, tendo conclu\u00eddo os seus estudos de licenciatura no Gordon College em Wenham, Massachusetts. Completou uma resid\u00eancia em Cirurgia Geral na Universidade de Ohio, no Ohio Health Doctors Hospital e no Grant Medical Center, onde foi Chefe de Resid\u00eancia.  \u00c9 um cirurgi\u00e3o geral certificado pelo American College of Osteopathic Surgeons.  Tamb\u00e9m completou uma bolsa de cirurgia vascular na Universidade de Buffalo, Universidade Estatal de Nova Iorque, onde tamb\u00e9m foi Chefe de Bolsa de Cirurgia Vascular, e \u00e9 atualmente eleg\u00edvel para cirurgia vascular.<\/p>\n<p>O Dr. Tanga teve o seu primeiro contacto com a cirurgia quando trabalhava na Costa Norte como auxiliar de enfermagem.  Sentiu-se inspirado por dois cirurgi\u00f5es vasculares que o expuseram \u00e0 sua pr\u00e1tica e aos seus doentes.  Encarou a complexidade do seu trabalho como um desafio e as rela\u00e7\u00f5es que se podiam desenvolver com os doentes como extremamente gratificantes.  Como cirurgi\u00e3o vascular, tem o privil\u00e9gio de estabelecer e manter rela\u00e7\u00f5es de longo prazo com os seus doentes, o que o atraiu para este ramo da cirurgia.  Os seus interesses cl\u00ednicos incluem a repara\u00e7\u00e3o aberta e endovascular de aneurismas da aorta abdominal, doen\u00e7a da art\u00e9ria car\u00f3tida, doen\u00e7a arterial perif\u00e9rica e salvamento de membros, acesso para di\u00e1lise, doen\u00e7a venosa, aneurismas da aorta tor\u00e1cica, dissec\u00e7\u00f5es da aorta e programas de cessa\u00e7\u00e3o tab\u00e1gica.<\/p>\n<p>A filosofia de cuidados do Dr. Tanga centra-se em ter em mente o paciente como um todo e n\u00e3o apenas a doen\u00e7a que o trouxe, e em compreender como a doen\u00e7a est\u00e1 a afetar a vida e o bem-estar geral do paciente.  A sua esperan\u00e7a \u00e9 que os seus doentes consigam melhorar a sua sa\u00fade e bem-estar, mantendo a sua dignidade. Agora, como membro da comunidade Southcoast Health, o Dr. Tanga esfor\u00e7a-se por prestar cuidados compassivos de alta qualidade num sistema de sa\u00fade eficiente, repleto de outros m\u00e9dicos e profissionais especializados.<\/p>\n<p>Fora do trabalho, o Dr. Tanga gosta de passar tempo com a sua mulher e os seus 4 filhos, ler livros semanalmente e fazer mobili\u00e1rio personalizado na sua oficina de carpintaria.  Al\u00e9m disso, gosta de se deliciar com marisco e moluscos.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":287948,"template":"","specialty":[202],"language":[],"keywords":[],"address":[201,629],"class_list":["post-278228","doctors","type-doctors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialties-vascular-surgery","addresses-55_160","addresses-55_374"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Christopher Tanga DO - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/christopher-tanga-do\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christopher Tanga DO - Southcoast Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christopher F. 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