Halphen, Christopher, DO

Christopher R. Halphen, DO, is an orthopedic surgeon in Wichita, Kansas with a specialized focus in orthopedic oncology for pediatric and adult patients. His additional orthopedics areas of interest within specialty include sarcomas, bone tumors, soft tissue mass, adult total joint reconstructions (primary, revisions, complex), and fracture management. He works on areas such as knees, hips and shoulders. Dr. Halphen is from Plaquemine, Louisiana near Baton Rouge. He chose a career in medicine because he wanted to be different from his family of engineers. The most rewarding thing to him about being a doctor is helping people and delivering good news to patients. He chose orthopedic oncology because he enjoys fixing things and positive outcomes in big cases. His best advice to patients is to be informed by asking questions because he says there are "no dumb questions". Outside medicine, he enjoys fishing, biking and college football.