Christopher R. Tainter, MD, RDMS, FCCM

Clinical Professor
UC San Diego
La Jolla, California

Christopher “Kit” Tainter, MD, RDMS, is a Clinical Professor and the ACCM Fellowship Program Director at the University of California, San Diego, in the Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care. He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine, Neurocritical Care, and Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, as well as Critical Care echocardiography and Basic Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. Dr. Tainter graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, followed by medical school at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He completed an Emergency Medicine residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, concurrent with credentialing as a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS). He then worked as the Assistant Residency Director and Medical Student Clerkship Director at the University of Oklahoma Department of Emergency Medicine in Tulsa, OK. Following this, he completed a fellowship in Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. His professional interests include Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, resuscitation, education, and point-of-care ultrasonography and echocardiography, about which he has co-authored two textbooks.

Presentation(s):

• Airway and Mechanical Ventilation Management for the Critically Ill Patient (Day 1 of 2)

  Thursday, January 19, 2023
  8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PT

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

• Airway and Mechanical Ventilation Management for the Critically Ill Patient (Day 2 of 2)

  Friday, January 20, 2023
  8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PT

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.