Christopher Luke Peterson, DO

Pronouns:
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Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry
Sierra Tucson Associate Medical Director
Christopher Luke Peterson, DO

Dr. Peterson is the director of the Addiction Medicine Program at Sierra Tucson. He worked with Arizona Department of Health colleagues to develop The Arizona Pain and Addiction Curriculum in response to the Arizona Statewide Public Health Emergency due to the Opioid Epidemic. Dr. Peterson’s Addiction Medicine practice is informed by current medical evidence applied to an individual’s situation. 

He enjoys the outdoors, spending time with family, and sci-fi and fantasy genre books and entertainment.

Degrees

  • DO: Andrew Taylor Still University, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, Missouri, 2013
  • BA: Biology, Utah State University, Logan, 2009
Residency
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Family Medicine, 2016
Fellowship
Swedish Health Services, Ballard addiction recovery services, Seattle, 2017
Research Interests

integration of addiction medicine services into primary care, government policy regarding addiction medicine

Clinical Specialties
Addiction Medicine
Substance Use in Pregnancy
Transplant Addiction Medicine