Mary Elizabeth Christian, MD, FACS, BCBA

Dr. Christian is a graduate of Wofford College (BS, 1984) and the University Of South Carolina School of Medicine (MD, 1988). She completed a General Surgery Residency at the University of Kentucky, where she served as Chief Resident from 1992-1993.

She is board certified by the American Board of Surgery, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons and the American Society of Breast Disease. She was a private practice General Surgeon in South Carolina and at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Alaska until 2003, when she relocated to Louisiana to specialize in Breast Surgery. On June 12, 2020 Dr. Christian joined the Baton Rouge Clinic and is accepting new patients.

Dr. Christian is married and has three daughters. She is an avid runner and supporter of health and fitness in the fight against breast cancer, as well as a member at St. Aloysius Catholic Church. She is one of the few surgeons in Louisiana to perform mammary ductoscopy for the evaluation of nipple discharge. She has an interest in high risk assessment and surveillance, and has performed needle based breast biopsies for more than 25 years.